Pontifex maximus

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Pontifex maximus

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Pontifex maximus - the chief high priest of the College of Pontiffs in ancient Rome, open only to patricians until 254 BCE, when a plebeian first occupied this post; gradually became politicized until, beginning with Augustus, it was subsumed into the Imperial office. Article “Pontifex maximus” in French Wikipedia has 22.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 10 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (French) language version.

Since the creation of article “Pontifex maximus”, its content was written by 78 registered users of French Wikipedia and edited by 1200 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 417 times in French Wikipedia and cited 7535 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (French): #12145 in October 2004
  • Global: #3237 in October 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (French): #27090 in January 2008
  • Global: #22277 in May 2025

There are 40 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
77.1217
2Slovenian (sl)
Pontifex maximus
65.5359
3Portuguese (pt)
Pontífice máximo
54.4954
4Catalan (ca)
Pontífex màxim
47.9109
5Hebrew (he)
פונטיפקס מקסימוס
39.4504
6Persian (fa)
پونتیفکس ماکسیموس
31.4165
7Esperanto (eo)
Pontifex Maximus
30.3151
8Italian (it)
Pontefice massimo
27.5288
9Chinese (zh)
大祭司 (古罗马)
27.3093
10Japanese (ja)
最高神祇官
27.0426
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Pontifex maximus" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
2 692 526
2German (de)
Pontifex maximus
622 725
3Italian (it)
Pontefice massimo
496 617
4Russian (ru)
Великий понтифик
478 792
5Spanish (es)
Pontífice máximo
399 801
6French (fr)
Pontifex maximus
375 374
7Polish (pl)
Pontifex maximus
241 408
8Portuguese (pt)
Pontífice máximo
173 164
9Dutch (nl)
Pontifex maximus
140 019
10Japanese (ja)
最高神祇官
99 536
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Pontifex maximus" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
15 232
2Russian (ru)
Великий понтифик
2 240
3German (de)
Pontifex maximus
1 807
4French (fr)
Pontifex maximus
1 745
5Italian (it)
Pontefice massimo
1 488
6Spanish (es)
Pontífice máximo
1 166
7Polish (pl)
Pontifex maximus
612
8Japanese (ja)
最高神祇官
519
9Chinese (zh)
大祭司 (古罗马)
420
10Portuguese (pt)
Pontífice máximo
336
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Pontifex maximus" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
294
2German (de)
Pontifex maximus
101
3Italian (it)
Pontefice massimo
80
4French (fr)
Pontifex maximus
78
5Dutch (nl)
Pontifex maximus
63
6Spanish (es)
Pontífice máximo
58
7Russian (ru)
Великий понтифик
51
8Danish (da)
Pontifex maximus
40
9Hungarian (hu)
Pontifex maximus
39
10Polish (pl)
Pontifex maximus
34
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Pontifex maximus" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
2
2German (de)
Pontifex maximus
1
3Ukrainian (uk)
Pontifex Maximus
1
4Arabic (ar)
الحبر الأعظم
0
5Azerbaijani (az)
Baş pontifik
0
6Belarusian (be)
Вялікі пантыфік
0
7Bulgarian (bg)
Понтифекс максимус
0
8Catalan (ca)
Pontífex màxim
0
9Czech (cs)
Pontifex maximus
0
10Danish (da)
Pontifex maximus
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Pontifex maximus" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Pontifex maximus
930
2Italian (it)
Pontefice massimo
592
3Russian (ru)
Великий понтифик
428
4French (fr)
Pontifex maximus
417
5Portuguese (pt)
Pontífice máximo
396
6Catalan (ca)
Pontífex màxim
382
7Ukrainian (uk)
Pontifex Maximus
346
8Chinese (zh)
大祭司 (古罗马)
316
9Greek (el)
Pontifex Maximus
310
10Polish (pl)
Pontifex maximus
273
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الحبر الأعظم
azAzerbaijani
Baş pontifik
beBelarusian
Вялікі пантыфік
bgBulgarian
Понтифекс максимус
caCatalan
Pontífex màxim
csCzech
Pontifex maximus
daDanish
Pontifex maximus
deGerman
Pontifex maximus
elGreek
Pontifex Maximus
enEnglish
Pontifex maximus
eoEsperanto
Pontifex Maximus
esSpanish
Pontífice máximo
euBasque
Pontifex maximus
faPersian
پونتیفکس ماکسیموس
fiFinnish
Pontifex maximus
frFrench
Pontifex maximus
glGalician
Pontífice máximo
heHebrew
פונטיפקס מקסימוס
hrCroatian
Pontifex maximus
huHungarian
Pontifex maximus
idIndonesian
Pontifex Maximus
itItalian
Pontefice massimo
jaJapanese
最高神祇官
kaGeorgian
პონტიფექს მაქსიმუსი
koKorean
폰티펙스 막시무스
msMalay
Pontifex Maximus
nlDutch
Pontifex maximus
noNorwegian
Pontifex maximus
plPolish
Pontifex maximus
ptPortuguese
Pontífice máximo
roRomanian
Pontifex Maximus
ruRussian
Великий понтифик
shSerbo-Croatian
Pontifex maximus
simpleSimple English
Pontifex Maximus
slSlovenian
Pontifex maximus
srSerbian
Pontifex maximus
svSwedish
Pontifex maximus
trTurkish
Pontifex maximus
ukUkrainian
Pontifex Maximus
zhChinese
大祭司 (古罗马)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank French:
#27090
01.2008
Global:
#22277
05.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank French:
#12145
10.2004
Global:
#3237
10.2002

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Pontifex maximus from Wikipedia articles about Julius Caesar, Pope, Augustus, Vestal Virgin and Lepidus. Whereas reading the article about Pontifex maximus people most often go to Wikipedia articles on College of Pontiffs, Pontiff, Rex Sacrorum, Pope and Augustus.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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