# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/birinus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:42:36.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/birinus"
name: "Birinus"
slug: "birinus"
description: "Birinus was the first Bishop of Dorchester and was known as the \"Apostle to the West Saxons\" for his conversion of the Kingdom of Wessex to Christianity. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglican churches."
tagline: "British bishop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernius_stained_glass_Dorchester_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "600"
deathDate: "0650-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.46
  momentum:             2.517482517482518
  historical:           14.68999466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بيرينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD"
    title: "Бірын"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birino_de_Dorchester"
    title: "Birino de Dorchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birin_de_Dorchester"
    title: "Birin de Dorchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birino_di_Dorchester"
    title: "Birino di Dorchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus_(missionaris)"
    title: "Birinus (missionaris)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinius"
    title: "Birinius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birino_de_Dorchester"
    title: "Birino de Dorchester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Бирин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birin"
    title: "Birin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus"
    title: "Birinus"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump