Donation of Constantine

forged Roman imperial decree by which the emperor Constantine supposedly donated Rome and surrounding territory to the Pope
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Donation of Constantine

Summary

Donation of Constantine is a historical forgery[1]. It draws 1,450 Wikipedia views per month (historical_forgery category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Donation of Constantine's image is recorded as Donatio Constantini, school of Raphael.jpg[3].
  • Donation of Constantine's image is recorded as The Donation of Constantine, page 318.jpg[4].
  • Donation of Constantine's instance of is recorded as historical forgery[5].
  • Constantine the Great is named after Donation of Constantine[6].
  • Donation of Constantine's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 186298503[7].
  • Donation of Constantine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80123519[8].
  • Donation of Constantine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 123807414[9].
  • Donation of Constantine's IdRef ID is recorded as 032859368[10].
  • Donation of Constantine's Commons category is recorded as Donatio Constantini[11].
  • Donation of Constantine's language of work or name is recorded as medieval Latin[12].
  • Donation of Constantine's publication date is recorded as +0800-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Donation of Constantine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g158[14].
  • Donation of Constantine's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as unn20241236805[15].
  • Donation of Constantine's has edition or translation is recorded as The Donation of Constantine[16].
  • Donation of Constantine's SELIBR ID is recorded as 297892[17].
  • Donation of Constantine's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BX875.D6-BX875.D7[18].
  • Donation of Constantine's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as KBR4014[19].
  • Donation of Constantine's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0022744[20].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[23].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Enciclopedia Dantesca[24].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Enciclopedia Costantiniana[25].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Donation of Constantine's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Why It Matters

Donation of Constantine draws 1,450 Wikipedia views per month (historical_forgery category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Enciclopedia Dantesca. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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