Saturnalia

ancient Roman festival in December
Event holiday Q207213
Saturnalia
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Saturnalia

Summary

Saturnalia is a holiday[1]. Saturnalia ranks in the top 4% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,683 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saturnalia is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].
  • Saturnalia's instance of is recorded as holiday[4].
  • Saturnalia's instance of is recorded as religious holiday[5].
  • Saturnalia's instance of is recorded as reversal ritual[6].
  • Saturn is named after Saturnalia[7].
  • Saturnalia's Commons category is recorded as Saturnalia[8].
  • Saturnalia's commemorates is recorded as Saturn[9].
  • Saturnalia's commemorates is recorded as golden age[10].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 17[11].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 18[12].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 19[13].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 20[14].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 21[15].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 22[16].
  • Saturnalia's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as December 23[17].
  • Saturnalia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Saturnalia[18].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[21].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[23].
  • Saturnalia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • Saturnalia's different from is recorded as Saturnalia[25].

Body

When and Where

Saturnalia is in the country of Ancient Rome[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include holiday[4], religious holiday[5], and reversal ritual[6].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for Saturnalia include Saturnalia[26], a monotypic fossil taxon[27].

Why It Matters

Saturnalia ranks in the top 4% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,683 views/month).[2] Saturnalia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Saturnalia is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for Saturnalia include Saturnalia[26], a monotypic fossil taxon[27].

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] ↑ . fsmitha.com. Retrieved . fsmitha.com. Provenance: 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.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Saturnalia
    Named after → Saturn
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon +3
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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