# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/flavio-gioja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:59:44.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/flavio-gioja"
name: "Flavio Gioja"
slug: "flavio-gioja"
description: "Flavio Gioia or Gioja, also known as Ioannes Gira Amalphensis is reputed to have been an Italian mariner, inventor, and supposedly a marine pilot. He has traditionally been credited with developing the sailor's compass, but this has been debated. However, he is credited with perfecting it by suspending its needle over a wind rose design with north designed by a fleur-de-lys, and enclosing it in a box with a glass cover. He was also said to have introduced such design, which pointed North, to defend against Charles of Anjou, the French king of Naples."
tagline: "Imaginary Italian mariner and inventor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flavio_Gioia_(17734991371).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1300"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           48.66
  momentum:             3.815789473684211
  historical:           10.97160133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Флавіо Джоя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioja"
    title: "Flavio Gioja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioja"
    title: "Flavio Gioja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioja"
    title: "Flavio Gioja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioja"
    title: "Flavio Gioja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioja"
    title: "Flavio Gioja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavio_Gioia"
    title: "Flavio Gioia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8F%2C_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BE"
    title: "Джойя, Флавио"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump