True Cross

Summary

True Cross ranks in the top 0.53% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,700 views/month, #415 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• True Cross's religion is recorded as Eastern Orthodox Church^[2].
• True Cross's religion is recorded as Oriental Orthodox Churches^[3].
• True Cross's religion is recorded as Church of the East^[4].
• True Cross's image is recorded as Jerusalem Church of Holy Sepulchre 20.jpg^[5].
• True Cross's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85061565^[6].
• True Cross's subclass of is recorded as Christian cross^[7].
• True Cross's subclass of is recorded as relic associated with Jesus^[8].
• True Cross's subclass of is recorded as Christian relic^[9].
• True Cross's subclass of is recorded as instrument of punishment^[10].
• True Cross's Commons category is recorded as True Cross^[11].
• True Cross's said to be the same as is recorded as instrument of Jesus' crucifixion^[12].
• True Cross's has part is recorded as fragment of the True Cross^[13].
• True Cross's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n1z8^[14].
• True Cross's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph118116^[15].
• True Cross's significant event is recorded as crucifixion of Jesus^[16].
• True Cross's significant event is recorded as Finding of the True Cross^[17].
• True Cross's feast day is recorded as May 3^[18].
• True Cross's feast day is recorded as September 14^[19].
• True Cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:True Cross^[20].
• True Cross's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0172930^[21].
• True Cross's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• True Cross's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000112768^[23].
• True Cross's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/True-Cross^[24].
• True Cross's shape is recorded as cross^[25].
• True Cross's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/cross^[26].

Body

Personal Life

Religious affiliations include Eastern Orthodox Church^[2], a Christian denomination^[27], founded in 1054^[28]; Oriental Orthodox Churches^[3], a Christian denominational family^[29]; and Church of the East^[4], a Christian denomination^[30], in Syria^[31], headquartered in Assur^[32].

Works and Contributions

Things named for True Cross include Santa Cruz^[33], a city in the United States^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1791^[36]; Basilica of Santa Croce^[37], a minor basilica^[38], in Italy^[39], founded in 1294^[40]; feast of the Cross^[41]; Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem^[42], a minor basilica^[43], in Italy^[44], founded in 1758^[45]; Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross^[46], a monastery^[47], in Turkey^[48], founded in 0915^[49]; Holy Cross Church^[50], an architectural heritage monument^[51], in Poland^[52], founded in 1757^[53]; Santa Cruz Island^[54], an island^[55], in Ecuador^[56]; and Cathedral of the Holy Cross^[57], a Catholic cathedral^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 1875^[60].

Why It Matters

True Cross ranks in the top 0.53% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,700 views/month, #415 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[61] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[62]

Entities named for it include Santa Cruz^[33], a city in the United States^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1791^[36]; Basilica of Santa Croce^[37], a minor basilica^[38], in Italy^[39], founded in 1294^[40]; feast of the Cross^[41]; Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem^[42], a minor basilica^[43], in Italy^[44], founded in 1758^[45]; Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross^[46], a monastery^[47], in Turkey^[48], founded in 0915^[49]; and Holy Cross Church^[50], an architectural heritage monument^[51], in Poland^[52], founded in 1757^[53].