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Vespers

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Summary

Vespers is a Christian liturgical element[1]. Vespers ranks in the top 6% of christian liturgical element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,894 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Prayer in the Catholic Church[3]
  • Follows: Nones[4]
  • Followed by: Compline[5]
  • Subclass of: devotions[6], canonical hours[7]
  • Part of: Liturgy of the Hours[8]
  • Commons category: Vespers[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Internetowa encyklopedia PWN[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
  • Native label: Vespera[16]
  • Different from: Vespers[17]

Why It Matters

Vespers has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Vespers is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vespers. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vespers
MLA “Vespers.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vespers.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vespers_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vespers}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vespers}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 44qowm
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → u0002548-nespory
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: u0002548-nespory, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Internetowa encyklopedia PWN +3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  4. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → v/visperas
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: v/visperas, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → devotions, canonical hours
    Instance of → Christian liturgical element, Prayer in the Catholic Church
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 38081, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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