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folk saint

spirit unofficially recognized by a group of people
Thing canonization_status Q5464477
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Summary

folk saint is a canonization status[1]. It draws 1,056 Wikipedia views per month (canonization status category, ranking #4 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[3]
  • Subclass of: saint[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Folk saints[5]
  • Has characteristic: sacredness[6]
  • Female form of label: sainte populaire[7], santa popular[8], народна светица[9]
  • Male form of label: saint populaire[10], santo popular[11], народен светец[12]

Why It Matters

folk saint is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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. 7d ago · Bjankuloski06 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'sainte populaire'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'santa popular'}, {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'santa popular'} +2
    Sitelink count → 6
    Wikipedia languages → ['bn', 'en', 'es', 'pt', 'ro', 'ur']
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'saint populaire'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'santo popular'}, {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'santo popular'} +2
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: народна светица"
  2. 22w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'sainte populaire'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'santa popular'}, {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'santa popular'} +2
    Religion or worldview → Christianity
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'saint populaire'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'santo popular'}, {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'santo popular'} +2
    Instance of → canonization status
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: santa popular"
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