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Symeon the Metaphrast

900 - 987

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Symeon or Simeon (died c. 1000), distinguished as Symeon Metaphrastes (Latin) or Symeon the Metaphrast (Ancient Greek: Συμεών ὁ Μεταφραστής, Symeṓn ho Metaphrastḗs), was a Byzantine writer and official regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is celebrated on 9 or 28 November. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Symeon the Metaphrast has received more than 54,821 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Symeon the Metaphrast is the 1,362nd most popular writer (up from 1,715th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 59.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 1,362 out of 7,302. Before him are Rudolf Erich Raspe, Daniel Pennac, James Murray, Wace, Thornton Wilder, and Joseph Bédier. After him are Per Olov Enquist, Diana Gabaldon, Ibn al-Nadim, Joachim Fest, Thomas Moore, and Ildefonsus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 18. Before him are Robert the Strong, Berengar II of Italy, Pope Leo VIII, Guy III of Spoleto, Banū Mūsā, and Zoe Karbonopsina. After him are Theodora, Hermann Billung, Antipope Christopher, George Hamartolos, Yasovarman I, and Alberic I of Spoleto. Among people deceased in 987, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 2. Before him is Louis V of France. After him are Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Pietro I Orseolo, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, and Aron of Bulgaria.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 403 out of 1,347. Before him are Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Markos Vafeiadis (1906), Sultan Kösen (1982), George Akropolites (1217), Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), and Hakan Şükür (1971). After him are Ziya Gökalp (1876), Pelagia (400), Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Paisios of Mount Athos (1924), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), and Basil Zaharoff (1849).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 35. Before him are Kassia (810), Yeghishe Charents (1897), John Tzetzes (1110), Aelius Aristides (117), Artemidorus (200), and Callinus (-680). After him are Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), George of Pisidia (580), Adnan Oktar (1956), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), and Namık Kemal (1840).

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