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Compline

In Christian liturgy, the canonical hour is the last of the seven times set by the Church for the liturgy.
Class type of: canonical hours Q954995

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
Christian liturgical element, Prayer in the Catholic Church[2]
Language of work or name
Latin[6]
Follows
Vespers[3]
Subclass of
canonical hours[4]
Part of
Liturgy of the Hours[5]
Described by source
Riemann's Music Dictionary, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8][9][10][11]
Native label
completorium[12]
P14483
c/completas-oficio[13]
Religious order
Benedictines[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Compline ar الصلاة السابعة cs kompletář de Komplet de kompletář de Nachtgebet el Απόδειπνον el Μέγα Απόδειπνον es Completas es Completas (oficio) fi Completorium fi Kompletorio fi Kompletorium fr Complies it Compieta ja 晩堂大課 ja 晩堂小課 ja 晩堂課 ko 종과 nl completen
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh95001921
GND ID
4283933-6
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
04187a
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Compline
Freebase ID
/m/036byq
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
completes
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0092351
Harper's tag
compline
NL CR AUT ID
ph1206227
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007539542405171
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2580820
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
naktine
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Yale LUX ID
concept/4bd196e0-2d7a-4a12-ac8d-1bbf841040c9

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🔗 Connections
Belongs to 1
Liturgy of the Hours
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Follows 1
Vespers
Instance of 1
Prayer in the Catholic Church
Part of 1
Liturgy of the Hours
Preceded by (successor) 1
Vespers
Religious order 1
Benedictines
Subclass of 1
canonical hours
← Based on 1
Evening Prayer
← FactGrid item ID 1
Madona
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Summary

Compline is a Christian liturgical element[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → compline
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: compline, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921874|compline (#289921874)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Riemann's Music Dictionary, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  3. 23w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → c/completas-oficio
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: c/completas-oficio, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  4. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → Latin
    Part of → —
    Follows → —
    Part of → Liturgy of the Hours
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007539542405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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