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anointing of the sick

Type of religious oil for the well-being of the patient, practiced by many Christians religion.
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anointing of the sick

Summary

anointing of the sick ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (639 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • anointing of the sick's religion is recorded as Catholic Church[2].
  • anointing of the sick is a type of Sacraments of the Catholic Church[3].
  • anointing of the sick's Commons category is recorded as Anointing of the Sick (Catholic Church)[4].
  • anointing of the sick's said to be the same as is recorded as Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church[5].
  • anointing of the sick's topic's main category is recorded as Q19480111[6].
  • anointing of the sick's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[7].
  • anointing of the sick's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • anointing of the sick's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • anointing of the sick's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].

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Definition and Type

anointing of the sick is a type of Sacraments of the Catholic Church[3].

Why It Matters

anointing of the sick ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (639 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0293572-svatost-nemocnych
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0293572-svatost-nemocnych, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 4w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → Type of religious oil for the well-being of the patient, practiced by many Chris
    Said to be the same as → Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church
    Uses → Q1595100
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562800305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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