RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Gildas

500 - 570

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Gildas (English pronunciation: , Breton: Gweltaz; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas Badonicus, Gildas fab Caw (in Middle Welsh texts and antiquarian works) and Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise) — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his religious polemic De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which recounts the history of the Britons before and during the coming of the Saxons. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during the sub-Roman period, and was renowned for his Biblical knowledge and literary style. In his later life, he emigrated to Brittany, where he founded a monastery known as Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gildas is the 1,312th most popular religious figure (down from 1,172nd in 2019), the 1,512th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,243rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Gildas ranks 1,312 out of 3,187. Before him are Raymond Nonnatus, Phinehas, Anuruddha, John of Montecorvino, Theophilus Presbyter, and Itta of Metz. After him are Joseph Freinademetz, Joshua the High Priest, Simeon Stylites the Younger, Mauro Piacenza, Saint Publius, and Śāntarakṣita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500, Gildas ranks 28. Before him are Gerasimus of the Jordan, Marcus, Wacho, Muqan Qaghan, Theudigisel, and Vitalian. After him are Hesychius of Alexandria, Agathangelos, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Rechiar, Marcianus, and Aedesia. Among people deceased in 570, Gildas ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and John Philoponus. After him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Aregund, and Waldrada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 1,512 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack W. Szostak (1952), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Helen McCrory (1968), Maurice Wilkes (1913), John Wilkins (1614), and Arnold Jackson (1891). After him are Steve McQueen (1969), Vita Sackville-West (1892), Peter Green (1946), Clarke Abel (1780), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Gildas ranks 35. Before him are Ælfheah of Canterbury (954), John Smyth (1570), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Saint David (512), William Booth (1829), and Stephen Harding (1059). After him are Edith Cavell (1865), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Simon Stock (1164), Annie Chapman (1841), Reginald Pole (1500), and Elizabeth Blount (1500).

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