RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shushanik

440 - 475

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Shushanik (Armenian: Շուշանիկ; Georgian: შუშანიკი; c. 440 – 475), also known as Shushanika or Vardandukht, was a Christian Armenian woman who was tortured to death by her husband Varsken in the town of Tsurtavi, Georgia. Since she died defending her right to profess Christianity, she is regarded as a martyr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shushanik has received more than 43,151 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shushanik is the 1,686th most popular religious figure (down from 1,673rd in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shushanik ranks 1,686 out of 3,187. Before her are John Smyth, Paolo Magnani, Stanisław Ryłko, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Diogenes of Byzantium, and Nathan Homer Knorr. After her are Hieronymus von Colloredo, Bhrigu, Bartholomeus Anglicus, Peter of Sebaste, Neferneferuaten, and Giovanni Lajolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 440, Shushanik ranks 7. Before her are Pope Felix III, Childeric I, Euric, Vakhtang I of Iberia, Ammonius Hermiae, and Emperor Wu of Southern Qi. After her is Philoxenus of Mabbug. Among people deceased in 475, Shushanik ranks 2. Before her is Gerasimus of the Jordan. After her is Elishe.

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