Confessions

autobiographical work by Saint Augustine
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Confessions
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Confessions

Summary

Confessions is a literary work[1]. Confessions ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,956 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Confessions authored Augustine of Hippo[3].
  • Confessions's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Confessions's genre is autobiography[5].
  • Confessions's Commons category is recorded as Confessions by Augustin (Saint)[6].
  • Confessions's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[7].
  • Confessions's country of origin is recorded as Roman Empire[8].
  • Confessions's characters is recorded as Augustine of Hippo[9].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Wyznania[10].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Les Confessions[11].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Q64432980[12].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138515756[13].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138649510[14].
  • Confessions's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138662409[15].
  • Confessions's earliest date is recorded as 397[16].
  • Confessions's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Confessions's title is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Confessiones'}[18].
  • Confessions's different from is recorded as Confessions[19].
  • Confessions's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BR65.A6-.A62[20].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Confessions authored Augustine of Hippo[3].

Publication

Confessions's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[7]. Confessions's genre is autobiography[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Confessions include Confessions[21], a literary work[22], written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau[23].

Why It Matters

Confessions ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,956 views/month).[2] Confessions has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Confessions is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for Confessions include Confessions[21], a literary work[22], written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau[23].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Characters Augustine of Hippo
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    Country of origin Roman Empire
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