sacristan

officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents
Intangible religious_figure Q1365552
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sacristan

Summary

sacristan is a religious figure[1]. sacristan draws 1,156 Wikipedia views per month (religious_figure category, ranking #12 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • sacristan's instance of is recorded as religious figure[3].
  • sacristan's instance of is recorded as position[4].
  • sacristan's instance of is recorded as historical profession[5].
  • sacristan is a type of sexton[6].
  • sacristan's Commons category is recorded as Sacristans[7].
  • sacristan's field of this occupation is recorded as Q114049643[8].
  • sacristan's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • sacristan's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[10].
  • sacristan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Küster'}[11].
  • sacristan's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'custos'}[12].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'sacristaine'}[13].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'sakristino'}[14].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'sakristianino'}[15].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Küsterin'}[16].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'sacristana'}[17].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'sagristana'}[18].
  • sacristan's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'sacrestana'}[19].
  • sacristan's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'sakristulo'}[20].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include religious figure[3], position[4], and historical profession[5]. sacristan is a type of sexton[6].

Influence

Things named for sacristan include Kirchner[21], a family name[22].

Why It Matters

sacristan draws 1,156 Wikipedia views per month (religious_figure category, ranking #12 of 61).[2] sacristan has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] sacristan is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for sacristan include Kirchner[21], a family name[22].

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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 21h ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pauly–Wissowa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 2d ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 s/sacristan
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: s/sacristan, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Field of this occupation Q114049643
    Instance of religious figure, position, historical profession
    Subclass of
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007551178705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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