RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Hyginus

100 - 142

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Pope Hyginus (Greek: Υγίνος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Hyginus is the 417th most popular religious figure (up from 569th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Greece (up from 139th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Pope Hyginus is most famous for his role in the development of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Hyginus ranks 417 out of 3,187. Before him are Faustina Kowalska, Dionysius Exiguus, Antipope John XXIII, Gregory of Nyssa, Pope Stephen IX, and Pope Callixtus I. After him are Saint Nino, Pope Benedict VII, Saint Ursula, Pope Telesphorus, Belshazzar, and Erasmus of Formia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 100, Pope Hyginus ranks 6. Before him are Ptolemy, Justin Martyr, Pope Alexander I, Longinus, and Joseph of Arimathea. After him are Pope Telesphorus, Pope Victor I, Saint Sarah, James the Less, Decebalus, and Dionysius the Areopagite. Among people deceased in 142, Pope Hyginus ranks 1. 

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Pope Hyginus ranks 79 out of 1,024. Before him are Nana Mouskouri (1934), Lysippos (-390), George II of Greece (1890), Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906), Peleus (null), and Clement of Alexandria (150). After him are Galla Placidia (388), Paul of Greece (1901), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Handan Sultan (1574), Melissus of Samos (-470), and Creon (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Pope Hyginus ranks 6. Before him are Saint Stephen (1), Pope Sixtus II (215), Pope Eleutherius (171), Pope Dionysius (200), and Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270). After him are Dionysius the Areopagite (100), Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886), Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), and Saint Giles (640).

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