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Symeon the Metaphrast

900 - 987

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Symeon or Simeon (died c. 1000), distinguished as Symeon Metaphrastes (Latin) or Symeon the Metaphrast (Ancient Greek: Συμεών ὁ Μεταφραστής, Symeṓn ho Metaphrastḗs), was a Byzantine writer and official regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day is celebrated on 9 or 28 November. He is best known for his 10-volume Greek menologion, a collection of saints' lives. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Symeon the Metaphrast is the 1,694th most popular writer (down from 1,361st in 2019), the 602nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 489th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 1,694 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne Desclos, Michael Cunningham, Mahadevi Varma, François Pierre La Varenne, Karen Armstrong, and Edward Albee. After him are Mohamed Choukri, Sima Xiangru, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, James Brendan Connolly, Enzo of Sardinia, and Mateo Alemán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 27. Before him are Donald II of Scotland, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Theodora, Ulf Jarl, George Hamartolos, and Alberic I of Spoleto. After him are Hermann Billung, Olaf Guthfrithson, Gero, Indravarman I, Fajsz, and Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia. Among people deceased in 987, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 2. Before him is Louis V of France. After him are Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Pietro I Orseolo, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, and Aron of Bulgaria.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 602 out of 1,347. Before him are Crates of Mallus (-200), Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791), Édouard Balladur (1929), Maria Komnene (1152), Cornelia Salonina (300), and Simeon Stylites the Younger (521). After him are Bohemond IV of Antioch (1172), Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331), Mark of Ephesus (1392), John XI of Constantinople (1225), Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315), and Maximus Planudes (1260).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Symeon the Metaphrast ranks 43. Before him are Adamantios Korais (1748), Callinus (-680), Hipponax (-600), Mustafa Balel (1945), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), and Quintus Smyrnaeus (400). After him are Marcellinus Comes (450), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), Menander Protector (550), Ibn Kemal (1468), Yaşar Kemal (1923), and Theodore I (1290).

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