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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 (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 50,698 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Symeon the Metaphrast is the 1,719th most popular writer (down from 1,545th in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 510th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 1,719 out of 5,755. Before him are Vasily Shukshin, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Guillaume de Lorris, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Clark Ashton Smith, and Hannah Szenes. After him are Jules Romains, José Carlos Mariátegui, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Arthur Machen, Dexippus, and Sæmundr fróði.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 22. Before him are Banū Mūsā, Zoe Karbonopsina, Theodora, Hermann Billung, Fajsz, and George Hamartolos. After him are Mojmir II of Moravia, Gero, Alberic I of Spoleto, Antipope Christopher, Naddodd, and Sunyer, Count of Barcelona. Among people deceased in 987, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 3. Before him are Louis V of France and Pietro I Orseolo. After him are Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, and Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 584 out of 1,301. Before him are Leo II, King of Armenia (1236), Namık Kemal (1840), Stachys the Apostle (20), Yousuf Karsh (1908), Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), and Aëtius of Amida (502). After him are Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), Artakama (-350), Eustathius of Antioch (300), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), and Diogenes of Oenoanda (200).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 50. Before him are Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Adamantios Korais (1748), and Namık Kemal (1840). After him are John of Ephesus (507), Menander Protector (550), Aristeas (-600), John Tzetzes (1110), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), and Theodore I (1290).

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