Vespers

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Vespers

Summary

Vespers is a Christian liturgical element[1]. Vespers ranks in the top 6% of christian_liturgical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vespers's instance of is recorded as Christian liturgical element[3].
  • Vespers's instance of is recorded as Prayer in the Catholic Church[4].
  • Vespers followed Nones[5].
  • Vespers was followed by Compline[6].
  • Vespers is a type of devotions[7].
  • Vespers is a type of canonical hours[8].
  • Vespers is part of Liturgy of the Hours[9].
  • Vespers's Commons category is recorded as Vespers[10].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Internetowa encyklopedia PWN[13].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Vespers's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Vespers's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Vespera'}[17].
  • Vespers's different from is recorded as Vespers[18].

Body

Geography

Vespers is part of Liturgy of the Hours[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Christian liturgical element[3] and Prayer in the Catholic Church[4].

Why It Matters

Vespers ranks in the top 6% of christian_liturgical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,588 views/month).[2] Vespers has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Vespers is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vespers. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vespers
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vespers_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vespers}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vespers}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 15h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Instance of
    Subclass of devotions, canonical hours
    Instance of Christian liturgical element, Prayer in the Catholic Church
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38081, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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