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ex-voto

votive offering to a saint or to a divinity in Christianity or in ancient religions
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ex-voto

Summary

ex-voto ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ex-voto's genre is popular art[2].
  • ex-voto is a type of votive offering[3].
  • ex-voto is a type of religious visual work[4].
  • ex-voto's Commons category is recorded as Ex voto[5].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include votive offering[3] and religious visual work[4].

Why It Matters

ex-voto ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (137 views/month).[1] ex-voto has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] ex-voto is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ex-voto. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ex-voto
MLA “ex-voto.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ex-voto.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ex-voto_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ex-voto}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ex-voto}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → votive offering, religious visual work
    Genre → —
    Genre → popular art
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12724, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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