Caiaphas

Jewish High Priest (circa 14 BCE - 46 CE)
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Caiaphas
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Summary

Caiaphas was born on 100[1]. He died on January 1, 100[2]. He worked as a kohen[3] and politician[4]. He ranks in the top 0.6% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,580 views/month, #6,008 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Position held: High Priest of Israel[6]
  • Sex or gender: male[7]
  • Commons category: Caiaphas[8]
  • Given name: Hovsep[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Caiaphas[10]
  • Floruit: 100[11]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Otto's encyclopedia[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
  • P14536: 410809[18]

Why It Matters

Caiaphas has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] He is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

What did Caiaphas do for work?

Caiaphas worked as a kohen[3] and politician[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'bo', 'ca', 'co', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57984|batch #57984]]: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  2. 9w ago · OBender12 · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish virtual library id → caiaphas-joseph
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish virtual library id: caiaphas-joseph, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/96697585|Joseph Caiaphas (#96697585)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3767|Jew"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Brenda Fricker
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3903
    Wikidata description → Jewish High Priest (circa 14 BCE - 46 CE)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q230214, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → —
    P14536 → 410809
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 410809, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  5. 18w ago · Reinheitsgebot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Has works in the collection: TIB special collections, via https://mix-n-match.toolforge.org/#/entry/293238075 ;"
  6. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → kohen, politician
    Sex or gender → male
    Described by source → Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +3
    Topic's main category → Category:Caiaphas
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30846|batch #30846]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (4)"
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