Inquisition

religious procedure in the ancient régime to persecute those not aligned with Catholic teachings of the Catholic Church
Organization religious_organization Q43173
Inquisition
Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Inquisition

Summary

Inquisition is a religious organization[1]. Inquisition ranks in the top 3% of religious_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,928 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as religious organization[3].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as tribunal[4].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as legal system[5].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as type of Roman Catholic institution[6].
  • Inquisition's instance of is recorded as Officiality[7].
  • Inquisition is part of Catholic Church[8].
  • Inquisition's Commons category is recorded as Inquisition[9].
  • Inquisition's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations[10].
  • Inquisition comprises Episcopal Inquisition[11].
  • Inquisition comprises Papal Inquisition[12].
  • Inquisition comprises Roman Inquisition[13].
  • Inquisition comprises Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office[14].
  • Inquisition comprises Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith[15].
  • Inquisition comprises Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith[16].
  • 1184 marks the founding of Inquisition[17].
  • Inquisition began on 1184[18].
  • Inquisition's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Inquisition[19].
  • Inquisition's Commons gallery is recorded as Inquisition[20].
  • Inquisition's depicted by is recorded as Valenza Gradenigo faints in front of her father, the Inquisitor[21].
  • Inquisition's depicted by is recorded as Valenza Gradenigo before the Inquisition[22].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[23].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[24].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Inquisition's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[27].

Body

Founding

1184 marks the founding of Inquisition[17].

Identity

Inquisition is part of Catholic Church[8].

Industry

Inquisition's industry is recorded as religious congregations and associations[10].

Why It Matters

Inquisition ranks in the top 3% of religious_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,928 views/month).[2] Inquisition has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Inquisition is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 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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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. 10d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/tribunal-del-santo-oficio-de-la-inquisicion
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: i/inquisicion, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275195|batch #275195]]"
  2. 13d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/tribunal-del-santo-oficio-de-la-inquisicion
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX527353
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX527353"
  3. 13d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/tribunal-del-santo-oficio-de-la-inquisicion
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: i/inquisicion"
  4. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicted by → Valenza Gradenigo faints in front of her father, the Inquisitor, Valenza Gradenigo before the Inquisition
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1299]]: [[Q117236703]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q131617919]] → [[Q117236703]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q131617919"
  5. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 8122
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 8122, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480073|INQUISITION (#167480073)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  6. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/tribunal-del-santo-oficio-de-la-inquisicion
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 12w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/tribunal-del-santo-oficio-de-la-inquisicion
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: i/inquisicion, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  8. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → inquisition
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: inquisition, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936400|inquisition (#289936400)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  9. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Edtfg
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37444|batch #37444]]: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) ([[Property:P14541]]) 2"
  10. 16w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007703-inkvizice
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007703-inkvizice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  11. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12543, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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