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Santería

an African diaspora religion developed in Cuba in the late 19th century through syncretism between Yoruba religion, Catholicism, and Spiritism, with no central authority and significant diversity among practitioners
Class type of: Afro-American religion Q927277

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
Afro-American religion
Described by source
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia[2]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lukumi en Santería en Santeria en Regla de Ochá en Regla de Ocha en Cuban Ifá-Orisa en La Regla de Ifa en La Regla de Ifá en Lucumi ar سانتيرية cs Santérie de Santerismus de Santeria el Σαντερία es Ocha es Religion lucumi es Religion yoruba es Santeria es Lukumi es Lucumi
🔖 Identifiers · 26
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85117403
BBC Things ID
e5b8e5a5-8f85-4bb7-b041-65c929abd2e2
BNCF Thesaurus ID
26293
BVPB authority ID
109575
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12063266w
Dewey Decimal Classification
299.674
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Santeria
FAST ID
1105327
Freebase ID
/m/01zwx8
IdRef ID
028890809
J9U entity ID
987007555958605171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
santeros
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Lex ID
santeria
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID
sj2021058046
Library of Congress Classification
BL2532.S3
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779874056
NL CR AUT ID
ph616237
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX532219
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3972193
Quora topic ID
Santería
SVKKL authority ID
0375381-santeria
Sage Social Science Thesaurus ID
Santería
Topic's main category
Category:Santería
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
santeria
Wellcome Collection concept ID
wq7y95uu
YSO ID
28851

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🔗 Connections
← Worshipped by 8
Yemaja, orisha, Ogun, Oshun, Shango, Obatala, Oya, Oxossi
Subclass of 1
Afro-American religion
Topic's main category 1
Category:Santería
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Santería
← Religion or worldview 1
Cuban Americans
← Used by 1
Lucumí
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Summary

Santería is a type of Afro-American religion[1].

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  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 109575
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 109575, batch #294593"
  2. 7w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → an African diaspora religion developed in Cuba in the late 1
    BBC Things ID → e5b8e5a5-8f85-4bb7-b041-65c929abd2e2
    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID → XX532219
    "Created claim: National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX532219"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0375381-santeria
    "Added qualifier: Subject named as: santería, batch #259662"
  4. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora
    Subclass of → Afro-American religion
    Topic's main category → Category:Santería
    Described by source → Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 28851, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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