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Paisius of Hilendar

1722 - 1773

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Saint Paisius of Hilendar or Paìsiy Hilendàrski (Bulgarian: Свети Паисий Хилендарски) (1722–1773) was a Bulgarian Orthodox clergyman and a key Bulgarian National Revival figure. He is most famous for being the author of Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya (1762), the first significant modern Bulgarian history that became famous and has been copied and distributed everywhere in the Bulgarian lands. The book is, overall, the third modern work of Bulgarian history, after the works titled "History of Bulgaria" by Petar Bogdan Bakshev in 1667 and by Blasius Kleiner in 1761. He is considered the forefather of the Bulgarian National Revival. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paisius of Hilendar is the 129th most popular historian (up from 157th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 88th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bulgarian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Paisius of Hilendar ranks 129 out of 561. Before him are Guibert of Nogent, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Michael Rostovtzeff, Alois Riegl, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, and Arnold Hauser. After him are Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, John Kinnamos, Philostorgius, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, and Barbara W. Tuchman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Paisius of Hilendar ranks 8. Before him are Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Gregory Skovoroda, Georg Benda, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, and Jazzar Pasha. After him are Samuel Adams, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Leopold Auenbrugger, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Paisius Velichkovsky. Among people deceased in 1773, Paisius of Hilendar ranks 6. Before him are Mustafa III, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Johann Joachim Quantz, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, and Anton Janša. After him are Ali Bey al-Kabir, Luigi Vanvitelli, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Philibert Commerson, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and Stanisław Konarski.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Paisius of Hilendar ranks 70 out of 415. Before him are Kaliman I of Bulgaria (1234), Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (1300), Sineperver Sultan (1761), Kera Tamara (1301), Kimon Georgiev (1882), and Vitalian (500). After him are Bogdan Filov (1883), Peter Deunov (1864), Sevar of Bulgaria (710), Valko Chervenkov (1900), Petar Stoyanov (1952), and Fakhri Pasha (1868).

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Among HISTORIANS In Bulgaria

Among historians born in Bulgaria, Paisius of Hilendar ranks 2. Before him are Tzvetan Todorov (1939). After him are Marin Drinov (1838).

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