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St. Elmo's fire

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St. Elmo's fire
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Summary

St. Elmo's fire is a phenomenon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,019 views/month, #2 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: electrometeor[3]
  • Named after: Erasmus of Formiae[4]
  • Commons category: St. Elmo's Fire[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:St. Elmo's Fire[6]
  • Described by source: Dictionnaire Infernal[7], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

St. Elmo's fire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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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