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Basilica of Bom Jesus

church in Velha Goa, India
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Basilica of Bom Jesus

Summary

Basilica of Bom Jesus is a church building[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month, #11 of 7,924).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's religion is recorded as Catholicism[3].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus is located in North Goa district[4].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus is in the country of India[5].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's image is recorded as Church of St. Francis Xavier, old goa.JPG[6].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's instance of is recorded as church building[7].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's instance of is recorded as minor basilica[8].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's instance of is recorded as Jesuit church[9].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's maintained by is recorded as Archaeological Survey of India, Goa circle[10].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's architectural style is recorded as baroque architecture[11].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 309833641[12].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's GND ID is recorded as 4602421-9[13].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2014013957[14].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's location is recorded as Old Goa[15].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's part of is recorded as Churches and Convents of Goa[16].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's part of is recorded as College of Saint Paul, Goa[17].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's Commons category is recorded as Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)[18].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3569663[19].
  • +1605-05-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Basilica of Bom Jesus[20].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's religious order is recorded as Society of Jesus[21].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 15.50086809, 'lon': 73.91159057}[22].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05nhvf[23].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Tiswadi taluk[24].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's diocese is recorded as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman[25].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's official website is recorded as https://www.goa.app/places/basilica-of-bom-jesus[26].
  • Basilica of Bom Jesus's ASI Monument ID is recorded as N-GA-6[27].

Body

Founding

+1605-05-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Basilica of Bom Jesus[20].

Identity

Part of include Churches and Convents of Goa[16], a World Heritage Site[28], in India[29] and College of Saint Paul, Goa[17], a Jesuit school[30], in Portuguese India[31], founded in 1541[32].

Why It Matters

Basilica of Bom Jesus ranks in the top 0.14% of church_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (524 views/month, #11 of 7,924).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Francis Xavier India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in. Retrieved . bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 9w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Old Goa
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Basilica of Bom Jesus (Goa)
    Religious order → Society of Jesus
    Diocese → Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "BasilicaOfBomJesus::9s5vn"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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