RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Wilfrid

634 - 709

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Wilfrid (c. 633 – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and became the abbot of a newly founded monastery at Ripon. In 664 Wilfrid acted as spokesman for the Roman position at the Synod of Whitby, and became famous for his speech advocating that the Roman method for calculating the date of Easter should be adopted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilfrid has received more than 364,963 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Wilfrid is the 2,520th most popular religious figure (down from 2,163rd in 2019), the 3,239th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,907th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Religious Figure.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Wilfrid ranks 2,520 out of 3,187. Before her are Acacius of Caesarea, Ísleifur Gissurarson, Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, James of Portugal, Jan Graubner, and Filoimea Telito. After her are Marguerite Bays, Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Aquilino Bocos Merino, Teemu Sippo, Odilo Scherer, and William Wakefield Baum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 634, Wilfrid ranks 2. Before her is Germanus I of Constantinople. After her is Chad of Mercia. Among people deceased in 709, Wilfrid ranks 1. After her is Aldhelm.

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    Wilfrid

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    634 - 709

    HPI: 48.92

    Rank: 1

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    Aldhelm

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    639 - 709

    HPI: 47.69

    Rank: 2

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wilfrid ranks 3,239 out of 8,785. Before her are John Evans (1823), Lottie Dod (1871), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), and John Benbow (1653). After her are Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), Alan Bennett (1934), Martin McGuinness (1950), and Jonathan Wild (1683).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Wilfrid ranks 71. Before her are Asser (900), Edmund Campion (1540), Richard Hooker (1554), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Colet (1467), and Saint Mungo (518). After her are Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Ajahn Brahm (1951), Christian Horner (1973), Justin Welby (1956), Nicholas Ridley (1500), and Anne Hutchinson (1591).

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