mass for the dead

Summary

mass for the dead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• mass for the dead is a type of Catholic Mass^[2].
• mass for the dead is a type of votive mass^[3].
• mass for the dead's Commons category is recorded as Requiem Mass^[4].
• mass for the dead comprises Absolve domine^[5].
• mass for the dead comprises Lux aeterna^[6].
• mass for the dead comprises In paradisum^[7].
• mass for the dead comprises Dies Irae^[8].
• mass for the dead comprises Eternal Rest^[9].
• mass for the dead's commemorates is recorded as funeral^[10].
• mass for the dead's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Requiem Masses^[11].
• mass for the dead's main subject is funeral^[12].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[13].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• mass for the dead's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary^[20].
• mass for the dead's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'requiem'}^[21].
• mass for the dead's different from is recorded as music for the Requiem Mass^[22].
• mass for the dead's different from is recorded as Requiem^[23].
• mass for the dead's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q1613897^[24].
• mass for the dead's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Catholic Mass^[2] and votive mass^[3].

Use and Application

Components include Absolve domine^[5], a tract^[26]; Lux aeterna^[6], a communion^[27]; In paradisum^[7], an antiphon^[28]; Dies Irae^[8], a sequence^[29], written by Thomas of Celano^[30]; and Eternal Rest^[9], a prayer for the dead^[31].

Why It Matters

mass for the dead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,048 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]