Waldensians

mediaval Christian movement
Organization religious_movement Q201620
Waldensians
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Summary

Waldensians is a religious movement[1]. Waldensians ranks in the top 5% of religious movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,046 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Christian denomination[3]
  • Named after: Peter Waldo[4]
  • Subclass of: Proto-Protestantism[5]
  • Part of: Reformed Christianity[6], Western Christianity[7]
  • Commons category: Waldensians[8]
  • Inception: 1200[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Waldensians[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11], Vlastenský slovník historický[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Otto's encyclopedia[21], Q29366400[22], Encyclopædia Universalis[23], Encyclopædia Britannica[24]

Why It Matters

Waldensians has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Waldensians is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . 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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → waldenses
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: waldenses, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289967638|waldenses (#289967638)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → QJago
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → mediaval Christian movement
    Svkkl authority id → 0301945-valdensti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0301945-valdensti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vlastenský slovník historický, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +12
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  5. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → v/valdenses
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: v/valdenses, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vlastenský slovník historický, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +12
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 28681, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  7. 23w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vlastenský slovník historický, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +12
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described by source: Encyclopædia Universalis"
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