Prester John

mythical Christian patriarch, presbyter, and king
Person mythical_character Q118192
Prester John
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Prester John

Summary

Prester John is a mythical character[1]. He ranks in the top 2% of mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,737 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Prester John's image is recorded as Prester John.jpg[3].
  • Prester John is recorded as male[4].
  • Prester John's instance of is recorded as mythical character[5].
  • Prester John's ISNI is recorded as 0000000056898420[6].
  • Prester John's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5722701[7].
  • Prester John's GND ID is recorded as 118557947[8].
  • Prester John's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2017025336[9].
  • Prester John's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12346022j[10].
  • Prester John's IdRef ID is recorded as 154024732[11].
  • Prester John's Commons category is recorded as Prester John[12].
  • Prester John's said to be the same as is recorded as Emperor of Ethiopia[13].
  • Prester John's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0lwhk[14].
  • Prester John's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jo2016908851[15].
  • Prester John's SELIBR ID is recorded as 191694[16].
  • Prester John's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BR275.J7[17].
  • Prester John's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0052688[18].
  • Prester John's NLA Trove people ID is recorded as 1249741[19].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[20].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[25].
  • Prester John's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[26].
  • Prester John's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Prester-John-legendary-ruler[27].

Why It Matters

Prester John ranks in the top 2% of mythical_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,737 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . cervantesvirtual.com. cervantesvirtual.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  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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  1. 14d ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as Emperor of Ethiopia
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +4
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    Instance of mythical character
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