RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shemon Bar Sabbae

350 - 344

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Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪܨܒܥܐ, romanized: Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe; died Good Friday, 345) was the Chaldean Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, from Persia, the de facto head of the Church of the East, until his death. He was bishop during the persecutions of King Shapur II of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, and was executed along with many of his followers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shemon Bar Sabbae has received more than 43,374 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Shemon Bar Sabbae is the 2,388th most popular religious figure (down from 2,245th in 2019).

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  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shemon Bar Sabbae ranks 2,388 out of 3,187. Before him are Calgacus, Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Megabates, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Celestino Aós Braco, and Domenico Bartolucci. After him are Louis Raphaël I Sako, António Ribeiro, Ingund, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Ratramnus, and Iuliu Hossu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 350, Shemon Bar Sabbae ranks 22. Before him are Gogugyang of Goguryeo, Juvenal of Jerusalem, Flavius Dalmatius, Attaces, Geberic, and Evagrius of Constantinople. After him are Maximus I of Constantinople, Pope Timothy I of Alexandria, Marina Severa, John I of Antioch, and Faustus of Mileve. Among people deceased in 344, Shemon Bar Sabbae ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Kang of Jin.

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