St. Elmo's fire

Summary

St. Elmo's fire is a phenomenon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,098 views/month, #2 of 290).^[2]

Key Facts

• St. Elmo's fire's instance of is recorded as phenomenon^[3].
• St. Elmo's fire's instance of is recorded as electrometeor^[4].
• Erasmus of Formiae is named after St. Elmo's fire^[5].
• St. Elmo's fire's Commons category is recorded as St. Elmo's Fire^[6].
• St. Elmo's fire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:St. Elmo's Fire^[7].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal^[8].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[11].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• St. Elmo's fire's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• St. Elmo's fire's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include phenomenon^[3] and electrometeor^[4].

Origins

Erasmus of Formiae is named after St. Elmo's fire^[5].

Why It Matters

St. Elmo's fire ranks in the top 0.69% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,098 views/month, #2 of 290).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]