Scrittore

Andrew of Crete

660 - 740

Photo of Andrew of Crete

Icon of person Andrew of Crete

Andrea di Creta, noto anche come Andrea da Gerusalemme, Andrea di Gortina o Andrea l'Innografo (Damasco, 660 circa – Mitilene, 4 luglio 740), è stato un vescovo bizantino, ricordato soprattutto come autore di inni sacri, alcuni dei quali cantati ancora oggi, notevoli per l’originalità della loro forma metrica e musicale. È venerato come santo dalla Chiesa cattolica e da quella ortodossa. Leggi di più su Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew of Crete is the 1,002nd most popular scrittore (down from 950th in 2024), the 64th most popular biography from Syria (down from 48th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Syrian Scrittore.

Andrew of Crete is most famous for his Hexameron, a work on six days of creation.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Andrew of Crete by language

Loading...

Among Scrittores

Among scrittores, Andrew of Crete ranks 1,002 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Wolfe, Wilbur Smith, John Grisham, Joost van den Vondel, Aziz Nesin, and Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff. After him are Agathon, Bettina von Arnim, Ouyang Xiu, E. M. Forster, Henri Troyat, and Nellie Bly.

Most Popular Scrittores in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 660, Andrew of Crete ranks 2. Before him is Leontios. After him are Empress Genmei, Cunipert, Adela of Pfalzel, and Alpaida. Among people deceased in 740, Andrew of Crete ranks 2. Before him is Zayd ibn Ali. After him are Meng Haoran, Wu Daozi, and Æthelheard of Wessex.

Others Born in 660

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 740

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Andrew of Crete ranks 64 out of 210. Before him are Al-Qa'im (893), Thierry, Count of Flanders (1100), Salah al-Din al-Bitar (1912), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din (1170), and Tutush I (1066). After him are Salah Jadid (1926), Shukri al-Quwatli (1891), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), Herodian (170), and Maher al-Assad (1967).

Others born in Syria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among Scrittores In Syria

Among scrittores born in Syria, Andrew of Crete ranks 6. Before him are Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Al-Maʿarri (973), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Nizar Qabbani (1923), and Adunis (1930). After him are Herodian (170), Abu Tammam (788), Cassius Longinus (213), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), and Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389).

Syrian born Scrittores

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
العربية•中文•Nederlands•English•Français•Deutsch•Magyar•Italiano•日本語•Polski•Português•Русский•Español