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pileus

conical or half-egg-shaped cap, often of felt, worn in Ancient Greece and Rome and by ecclesiastics
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Summary

pileus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pileus is a type of clothing in ancient Greece[2].
  • pileus is a type of clothing in ancient Rome[3].
  • pileus is a type of Kalott[4].
  • pileus is a type of liturgical costume[5].
  • pileus is part of heraldry[6].
  • pileus's Commons category is recorded as Pileus[7].
  • pileus's said to be the same as is recorded as zucchetto[8].
  • pileus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[9].
  • pileus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • pileus's described by source is recorded as The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[11].
  • pileus's different from is recorded as pileus[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include clothing in ancient Greece[2], clothing in ancient Rome[3], Kalott[4], and liturgical costume[5].

Use and Application

pileus is part of heraldry[6].

Why It Matters

pileus ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (247 views/month).[1] pileus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] pileus is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

heraldry

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → clothing in ancient Greece, clothing in ancient Rome, Kalott +1
    Different from → pileus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Subclass of: Kalott, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect skullcap → Kalott ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q29479912_Q45671"
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