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sign of the cross

ritual blessing
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sign of the cross
Louis La Ravoire Morrow · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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sign of the cross

Summary

sign of the cross ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,067 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sign of the cross is a type of gesture[2].
  • sign of the cross is a type of blessing[3].
  • sign of the cross's Commons category is recorded as Sign of the cross[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include gesture[2] and blessing[3].

Why It Matters

sign of the cross ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,067 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 5w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → s/senal-de-la-cruz
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: s/senal-de-la-cruz, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/290447375|Señal de cruz (#290447375)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7927|Encicl"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → gesture, blessing
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533514005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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