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resignation of Pope Benedict XVI

event in which Pope Benedict XVI resigned on 28 Feb. 2013 at 20:00 CET, after an announcement on 11 Feb.
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resignation of Pope Benedict XVI

Summary

resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is a papal renunciation[1]. It draws 515 Wikipedia views per month (papal_renunciation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is in the country of Vatican City[3].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's image is recorded as Benedict XVI's Last Audience.jpg[4].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's instance of is recorded as papal renunciation[5].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's point in time is recorded as +2013-02-28T00:00:00Z[6].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r3rhv2[7].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's topic's main category is recorded as Q18276786[8].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's BBC Things ID is recorded as 16b292b8-f5e3-4be0-b98f-05774e4221b3[9].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pope-Benedict-XVI-Resigns-February-2013[10].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "PopeBenedictXVIResignsAsPope"][11].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's agent of action is recorded as Benedict XVI[12].
  • resignation of Pope Benedict XVI's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as pope-benedict-xvis-resignation[13].

Why It Matters

resignation of Pope Benedict XVI draws 515 Wikipedia views per month (papal_renunciation category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Benedict XVI Vatican City

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Know Your Meme. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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