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Theodoret

393 - 458

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Theodoret of Cyrus or Cyrrhus (Ancient Greek: Θεοδώρητος Κύρρου; c. AD 393 – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodoret has received more than 256,205 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Theodoret is the 883rd most popular writer (down from 807th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 331st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Turkish Writer.

Theodoret was a bishop of Cyrrhus, Syria, who was born in Antioch. He is most famous for his "Ecclesiastical History" which is a history of the Church from the time of Constantine to the time of Theodoret.

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  • 2.91

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodoret ranks 883 out of 7,302Before him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Viktor Shklovsky, Ghassan Kanafani, Dashiell Hammett, Luis Sepúlveda, and Joseph Campbell. After him are Fatema Mernissi, Marko Marulić, Jorge Semprún, Marilyn vos Savant, Cormac McCarthy, and Julien Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 393, Theodoret ranks 3Before him are Theodoric I, and Chlodio.  Among people deceased in 458, Theodoret ranks 1After him are Anatolius of Constantinople, and Juvenal of Jerusalem.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Theodoret ranks 299 out of 1,347Before him are Latife Uşşaki (1898), Erasmus of Formia (300), Aziz Nesin (1915), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Theodora (815), and David of Trebizond (1408). After him are İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958), Sostratus of Cnidus (-290), Onesimus (1), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), and Şehzade Mehmed (1605).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Theodoret ranks 19Before him are André Chénier (1762), Novatian (220), Dio Chrysostom (40), Ahmad Khani (1650), Ibn Hawqal (943), and Aziz Nesin (1915). After him are Bar Hebraeus (1226), Mimnermus (-670), John Malalas (491), Zenodotus (-330), Alcman (-611), and Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257).