San Thome Basilica

church in Tamil Nadu, India
Church catholic_cathedral Q733577
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Summary

San Thome Basilica is a Catholic cathedral[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of catholic_cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,070 views/month, #5 of 765).[2]

Key Facts

  • San Thome Basilica's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • San Thome Basilica is located in Chennai[4].
  • San Thome Basilica is in the country of India[5].
  • San Thome Basilica's instance of is recorded as Catholic cathedral[6].
  • San Thome Basilica's instance of is recorded as minor basilica[7].
  • San Thome Basilica's instance of is recorded as national shrine[8].
  • Thomas the Apostle is named after San Thome Basilica[9].
  • San Thome Basilica's architectural style is recorded as Gothic Revival[10].
  • San Thome Basilica's architectural style is recorded as Gothic architecture[11].
  • San Thome Basilica's postal code is recorded as 600004[12].
  • San Thome Basilica's Commons category is recorded as San Thome Basilica, Chennai[13].
  • 1893 marks the founding of San Thome Basilica[14].
  • San Thome Basilica's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 13.0336, 'lon': 80.277831}[15].
  • San Thome Basilica's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore[16].
  • San Thome Basilica's dedicated to is recorded as Thomas the Apostle[17].
  • San Thome Basilica's official website is recorded as https://www.santhomechurch.org/index.html[18].
  • San Thome Basilica's Christian liturgical rite is recorded as Roman Rite[19].
  • San Thome Basilica's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of San Thome Basilica, Chennai[20].

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Geography

San Thome Basilica is in the country of India[5]. It is located in Chennai[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Catholic cathedral[6], minor basilica[7], and national shrine[8]. San Thome Basilica's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].

History and Context

1893 marks the founding of San Thome Basilica[14]. Thomas the Apostle is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

San Thome Basilica ranks in the top 0.65% of catholic_cathedral entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,070 views/month, #5 of 765).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . gcatholic.org. gcatholic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. 4d ago · Octave 444 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.santhomechurch.org/index.html
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.santhomechurch.org/index.html"
  2. 13d ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diocese → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore"
  3. 13d ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.santhomechurch.org/index.html
    Country → —
    Dedicated to → Thomas the Apostle
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Chennai
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: national shrine"
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