True Cross

Summary

True Cross ranks in the top 0.53% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,483 views/month, #415 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• True Cross's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodox Church^[2].
• True Cross's religion is recorded as Oriental Orthodox Churches^[3].
• True Cross's religion is recorded as Church of the East^[4].
• True Cross is a type of Christian cross^[5].
• True Cross is a type of relic associated with Jesus^[6].
• True Cross is a type of Christian relic^[7].
• True Cross is a type of instrument of punishment^[8].
• True Cross's Commons category is recorded as True Cross^[9].
• True Cross's said to be the same as is recorded as instrument of Jesus' crucifixion^[10].
• True Cross comprises fragment of the True Cross^[11].
• True Cross's significant event is recorded as crucifixion of Jesus^[12].
• True Cross's significant event is recorded as Finding of the True Cross^[13].
• True Cross's feast day is recorded as May 3^[14].
• True Cross's feast day is recorded as September 14^[15].
• True Cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:True Cross^[16].
• True Cross's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• True Cross's shape is recorded as cross^[18].
• True Cross's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/cross^[19].
• True Cross's different from is recorded as Krzyż^[20].
• True Cross's has part is recorded as fragment of the True Cross^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include Christian cross^[5], relic associated with Jesus^[6], Christian relic^[7], and instrument of punishment^[8].

Use and Application

True Cross comprises fragment of the it^[11].

Influence

Things named for True Cross include Basilica of Santa Croce^[22], a minor basilica^[23], in Italy^[24], founded in 1294^[25]; Santa Cruz^[26], a city in the United States^[27], in United States^[28], founded in 1791^[29]; feast of the Cross^[30]; Santa Cruz Island^[31], an island^[32], in Ecuador^[33]; Holy Cross Church^[34], an architectural heritage monument^[35], in Poland^[36], founded in 1757^[37]; Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem^[38], a minor basilica^[39], in Italy^[40], founded in 1758^[41]; Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross^[42], a monastery^[43], in Turkey^[44], founded in 0915^[45]; and Garrison Church^[46], a garrison church^[47], in Germany^[48], founded in 1730^[49].

Why It Matters

True Cross ranks in the top 0.53% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,483 views/month, #415 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]

Entities named for it include Basilica of Santa Croce^[22], a minor basilica^[23], in Italy^[24], founded in 1294^[25]; Santa Cruz^[26], a city in the United States^[27], in United States^[28], founded in 1791^[29]; feast of the Cross^[30]; Santa Cruz Island^[31], an island^[32], in Ecuador^[33]; Holy Cross Church^[34], an architectural heritage monument^[35], in Poland^[36], founded in 1757^[37]; and Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem^[38], a minor basilica^[39], in Italy^[40], founded in 1758^[41].