Veleda

1st century seeress of the Bructeri, a Germanic people
Person human Q267711
Veleda
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Veleda

Summary

Veleda is a human[1]. She was born on +0050-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. She died on +0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. She worked as a seer[4], oracle[5], and priest[6]. She ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #7,211 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Veleda was born on +0050-01-01T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Veleda died on +0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Veleda is identified as part of the Bructeri ethnic group[8].
  • Veleda worked as a seer[4].
  • Veleda worked as an oracle[5].
  • Veleda worked as a priest[6].
  • Veleda is recorded as female[9].
  • Veleda's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Veleda's Commons category is recorded as Veleda[11].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie[12].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Veleda's described by source is recorded as A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography[17].

Body

Origins and Family

Veleda was born on +0050-01-01T00:00:00Z[2]. She is identified as part of the Bructeri ethnic group[8].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include seer[4], oracle[5], and priest[6].

Death and Burial

Veleda died on +0100-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Veleda include Weleda[18], a multinational corporation[19], in Switzerland[20], founded in 1921[21], headquartered in Arlesheim[22].

Why It Matters

Veleda ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (90 views/month, #7,211 of 1,000,298).[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for her include Weleda[18], a multinational corporation[19], in Switzerland[20], founded in 1921[21], headquartered in Arlesheim[22].

FAQs

What did Veleda do for work?

Veleda worked as seer[4], oracle[5], and priest[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . books.google.cz. books.google.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · ~2026-25106-45 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth +0050-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Instance of human
    Occupation seer, oracle, priest
    Described by source Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +3
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P569]]: 50 CE"
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