cardinal

Summary

cardinal is a title^[1]. cardinal ranks in the top 2% of title entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,125 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• cardinal's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• cardinal's religion is recorded as Catholic Church^[4].
• cardinal's instance of is recorded as title^[5].
• cardinal's instance of is recorded as position^[6].
• cardinal's instance of is recorded as Catholic vocation^[7].
• cardinal's noble title is recorded as cardinal title^[8].
• cardinal is a type of Catholic cleric^[9].
• cardinal is a type of prince^[10].
• cardinal is part of Catholic Church hierarchy^[11].
• cardinal is part of College of Cardinals^[12].
• cardinal's Commons category is recorded as Cardinals^[13].
• cardinal's honorific prefix is recorded as His Eminence^[14].
• cardinal comprises cardinal elector^[15].
• cardinal comprises cardinal-bishop^[16].
• cardinal comprises cardinal priest^[17].
• cardinal comprises cardinal-deacon^[18].
• cardinal comprises Cardinal in pectore^[19].
• cardinal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cardinals (Catholic Church)^[20].
• cardinal's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as cardinal title^[21].
• cardinal's conferred by is recorded as Pope^[22].
• cardinal's depicted by is recorded as Portrait of a Cardinal^[23].
• cardinal's depicted by is recorded as The Cardinal and Theological Virtues^[24].
• cardinal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• cardinal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• cardinal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Catholic Church hierarchy^[11], a position^[28] and College of Cardinals^[12], an international organization^[29], in Vatican City^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include title^[5], position^[6], and Catholic vocation^[7]. Religious affiliations include Catholicism^[3], a Christian denominational family^[31], founded in 1054^[32] and Catholic Church^[4], a Christian denomination^[33], in Vatican City^[34], founded in 0001^[35], headquartered in Vatican City^[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for cardinal include cardinal slice^[37].

Why It Matters

cardinal ranks in the top 2% of title entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,125 views/month).^[2] cardinal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] cardinal is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for cardinal include cardinal slice^[37].