Template:Infobox religious biography

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{{{honorific-prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific-suffix}}}
{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}|upright=1]] {{{caption}}}
Religion	{{{religion}}}
Denomination	{{{denomination}}}
School	{{{school}}}
Lineage	{{{lineage}}}
Sect	{{{sect}}} {{{subsect}}}
Temple	{{{temple}}}
Order	{{{order}}}
Institute	{{{institute}}}
Church	{{{church}}}
Alma mater	{{{alma_mater}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Dharma names	{{{dharma_names}}}
Monastic name	{{{monastic_name}}}
Pen name	{{{pen_name}}}
Posthumous name	{{{posthumous_name}}}
Personal
Nationality	{{{nationality}}}
Flourished	{{{flourished}}}
Home town	{{{home_town}}}
Born	{{{birth_name}}} {{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Resting place	{{{resting_place}}} {{{resting_place_coordinates}}}
Spouse	{{{spouse}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Parents	{{{parents}}}
Senior posting
Based in	{{{location}}}
Title	{{{title}}}
Period in office	{{{period}}}
Consecration	{{{consecration}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Reason for exit	{{{reason}}}
Rank	{{{rank}}}
Religious career
Teacher	{{{teacher}}}
Reincarnation	{{{reincarnation_of}}}
Students	{{{students}}}
Works	{{{works}}}
Ordination	{{{ordination}}}
Initiation	{{{initiation}}}
Profession	{{{profession}}}
Previous post	{{{previous_post}}}
Present post	{{{present_post}}}
Post	{{{post}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Signature	[[File:{{{signature}}}|frameless|upright=0.9]]

This template can be used to provide comparative at-a-glance information on biographies of religious figures. It is not intended to be used for mythological figures (consider using other infoboxes for them like {{Infobox character}}). It is not intended to be used for biographies not having any religion (consider using other infobox for them like {{Infobox philosopher}}).

Full syntax

All fields are optional, and any unused fields should be removed; if omitted, the name will be inferred from the page title.

{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = 
| name             = 
| honorific-suffix = 
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| image            = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| religion         = 
| denomination     = 
| school           = 
| lineage          = 
| sect             = 
| subsect          = 
| temple           = 
| order            = 
| institute        =
| church           = <!-- or: |churches = --> 
| founder          =
| philosophy       =
| known_for        =
| education        =
| alma_mater       =
| other_names      = <!-- or: | other_name = -->
| dharma_names     = <!-- or: | dharma_name = -->
| monastic_name    = 
| pen_name         = 
| posthumous_name  = 
| nationality      = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| flourished       =
| home_town        = 
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} or, if deceased, {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| birth_place      = 
| death_date       = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| death_place      = 
| death_cause      = <!-- should only be included when the cause of death has significance for the subject's notability -->
| resting_place    = 
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|latitude|longitude|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} -->
| spouse           = 
| partner          =
| children         = 
| parents          = 
| mother           =
| father           =
| location         = 
| title            = 
| period           = 
| consecration     = 
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| reason           = 
| rank             = 
| teacher          = <!-- or | guru = -->
| reincarnation_of = 
| students         = <!-- or | disciples = -->
| initiated        =
| works            = <!-- or | literary_works = -->
| ordination       = 
| initiation       = 
| initiation_date  =
| initiation_place =
| initiator        =
| profession       = 
| previous_post    = 
| present_post     = 
| post             = 
| website          = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} -->
| signature        = 
| background       = <!-- optional header background color -->
}}

Usage

Jain monk

{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific-prefix = 
| honorific-suffix = 
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = [[Digambara]] / [[Svetambara]]
| subsect = 
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| father = 
| mother = 
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| teacher = 
| disciples = 
| work = 
| initiation_rank = 
| initiation_name = 
| initiation_date = 
| initiation_place = 
| initiator = 
| initiation_rank2 = 
| initiation_name2 = 
| initiation_date2 = 
| initiation_place2 = 
| initiator2 = 
| website = 
}}

Example

Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Religion	Catholic
Institute	Missionaries of Charity
Personal
Nationality	Indian, Albanian
Born	Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (1910-08-26)August 26, 1910 Üsküb, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, North Macedonia)
Died	September 5, 1997(1997-09-05) (aged 87) Calcutta, India
Senior posting
Title	Superior General
Period in office	1950–1997
Successor	Nirmala Joshi

{{Infobox religious biography
| background = royalblue
| name = Mother Teresa of Calcutta
| image = MotherTeresa 090.jpg
| alt = An image of Mother Teresa wearing a white head covering with blue stripes
| religion = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| institute = [[Missionaries of Charity]]
| nationality = Indian, Albanian
| birth_name = Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|8|26}}
| birth_place = {{longitem|[[Üsküb]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Skopje]], [[North Macedonia]])}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|5|1910|8|26}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]]
| title = Superior General
| period = 1950–1997
| successor = [[Sister Nirmala|Nirmala Joshi]]
}}

Notes

Separate multiple values using {{plainlist}} or {{flatlist}}.

To use the US-style "MM DD, YYYY" date format in date-producing templates, omit |df=y.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

TemplateData

TemplateData

See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Infobox religious biography in articles based on its TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox religious biography Creates an infobox for biographies of religious figures. Template parameters[Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Character name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME). String optional Image image Image of the character. "File:" and wikilinking is not required. i.e. use {{para|image|Example.png}}. File optional Image upright image_upright The image size defaults to frameless (220px). The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 270px. See [[#Calculating "image_upright"|help below]] for guidance on determining the value to be used. String optional Alt alt Alt text for image per [[WP:MOSALT]]. String optional Caption caption A caption explaining the image. String optional child child no description Unknown optional embed embed no description Unknown optional background background no description Unknown optional Religion religion Religion of the person Example Jainism for Bhadrabahu String required honorific prefix honorific prefix no description Unknown optional pre-nominals pre-nominals no description Unknown optional honorific suffix honorific suffix no description Unknown optional post-nominals post-nominals no description Unknown optional native_name native_name no description Unknown optional native_name_lang native_name_lang no description Unknown optional native name lang native name lang no description Unknown optional image_size image_size no description Unknown optional module0 module0 no description Unknown optional office1 office1 no description Unknown optional term1 term1 no description Unknown optional term_start1 term_start1 no description Unknown optional term_end1 term_end1 no description Unknown optional predecessor1 predecessor1 no description Unknown optional successor1 successor1 no description Unknown optional office2 office2 no description Unknown optional term2 term2 no description Unknown optional term_start2 term_start2 no description Unknown optional term_end2 term_end2 no description Unknown optional predecessor2 predecessor2 no description Unknown optional successor2 successor2 no description Unknown optional office3 office3 no description Unknown optional term3 term3 no description Unknown optional term_start3 term_start3 no description Unknown optional term_end3 term_end3 no description Unknown optional predecessor3 predecessor3 no description Unknown optional successor3 successor3 no description Unknown optional office4 office4 no description Unknown optional term4 term4 no description Unknown optional term_start4 term_start4 no description Unknown optional term_end4 term_end4 no description Unknown optional predecessor4 predecessor4 no description Unknown optional successor4 successor4 no description Unknown optional title title no description Unknown optional official_name official_name no description Unknown optional other names other names no description Unknown optional othername othername no description Unknown optional alias alias no description Unknown optional Birth name birthname birthname Name at birth; only use if different from name. String optional Birth date birth_date Date of birth: {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. If only a year of birth is known, or age as of a certain date, consider using Template:birth year and age or Template:birth based on age as of date. Unknown optional Birth place birth_place Place of birth: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Use the name of the birthplace at the time of birth, e.g.: Saigon (prior to 1976), Ho Chi Minh City (post 1976). Do not use a flag template. String optional nationality nationality no description Unknown optional flourished flourished no description Unknown optional home_town home_town no description Unknown optional partner partner no description Unknown optional spouse spouse no description Unknown optional children children no description Unknown optional parents parents no description Unknown optional citizenship citizenship no description Unknown optional era era no description Unknown optional region region no description Unknown optional denomination denomination no description Unknown optional school school no description Unknown optional lineage lineage no description Unknown optional sect sect no description Unknown optional jurisprudence jurisprudence no description Unknown optional creed creed no description Unknown optional movement movement no description Unknown optional party party no description Unknown optional main interests main interests no description Unknown optional notable ideas notable ideas no description Unknown optional notable works notable works no description Unknown optional education education no description Unknown optional teachers teachers no description Unknown optional Sufi_order Sufi_order no description Unknown optional known_for known_for no description Unknown optional dharma_name dharma_name no description Unknown optional monastic_name monastic_name no description Unknown optional pen_name pen_name no description Unknown optional posthumous_name posthumous_name no description Unknown optional profession profession no description Unknown optional occupation occupation no description Unknown optional relations relations no description Unknown optional birth_name birth_name no description Unknown optional pronunciation pronunciation no description Unknown optional Death date death_date Date of death: {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (if birth date is known) or Template:death date (if birth date unknown). See Template:Death date/doc for details on usage. If exact dates are unknown, consider using Template:death year and age. Unknown optional Death place death_place Place of death: city, administrative region, sovereign state. Note: Do not use a flag template. Use the name of the deathplace at the time of death, e.g.: Saigon (prior to 1976), Ho Chi Minh City (post 1976) String optional Death cause death_cause death cause Cause of death. Unknown optional cremation_place cremation_place no description Unknown optional resting_place resting_place no description Unknown optional resting_place_coordinates resting_place_coordinates no description Unknown optional resting place coordinates resting place coordinates no description Unknown optional father father no description Unknown optional mother mother no description Unknown optional dynasty dynasty no description Unknown optional subsect subsect no description Unknown optional Madh'hab Madh'hab no description Unknown optional Maddhab Maddhab no description Unknown optional school_tradition school_tradition no description Unknown optional political_party political_party no description Unknown optional ideas ideas no description Unknown optional works works no description Unknown optional alma_mater alma_mater no description Unknown optional other_name other_name no description Unknown optional dharma_names dharma_names no description Unknown optional relatives relatives no description Unknown optional misc misc no description Unknown optional signature signature no description Unknown optional signature_size signature_size no description Unknown optional signature alt signature alt no description Unknown optional nickname nickname no description Unknown optional allegiance allegiance no description Unknown optional branch branch no description Unknown optional serviceyears serviceyears no description Unknown optional rank rank no description Unknown optional unit unit no description Unknown optional commands commands no description Unknown optional battles battles no description Unknown optional mawards mawards no description Unknown optional military_blank1 military_blank1 no description Unknown optional awards awards no description Unknown optional military_data1 military_data1 no description Unknown optional military_blank2 military_blank2 no description Unknown optional military_data2 military_data2 no description Unknown optional military_blank3 military_blank3 no description Unknown optional military_data3 military_data3 no description Unknown optional military_blank4 military_blank4 no description Unknown optional military_data4 military_data4 no description Unknown optional military_blank5 military_blank5 no description Unknown optional military_data5 military_data5 no description Unknown optional module1 module1 no description Unknown optional module2 module2 no description Unknown optional module3 module3 no description Unknown optional module4 module4 no description Unknown optional module5 module5 no description Unknown optional footnotes footnotes no description Unknown optional temple temple no description Unknown optional order order no description Unknown optional institute institute no description Unknown optional church church no description Unknown optional churches churches no description Unknown optional founder founder no description Unknown optional philosophy philosophy no description Unknown optional teacher teacher no description Unknown optional guru guru no description Unknown optional location location no description Unknown optional period period no description Unknown optional consecration consecration no description Unknown optional predecessor predecessor no description Unknown optional successor successor no description Unknown optional reincarnation_of reincarnation_of no description Unknown optional reason reason no description Unknown optional disciple_of disciple_of no description Unknown optional disciples disciples no description Unknown optional students students no description Unknown optional influences influences no description Unknown optional influenced influenced no description Unknown optional initiated initiated no description Unknown optional initiation initiation no description Unknown optional initiation_name initiation_name no description Unknown optional initiation_date initiation_date no description Unknown optional initiation_place initiation_place no description Unknown optional initiator initiator no description Unknown optional initiation_name2 initiation_name2 no description Unknown optional initiation_date2 initiation_date2 no description Unknown optional initiation_place2 initiation_place2 no description Unknown optional initiator2 initiator2 no description Unknown optional literary_works literary_works no description Unknown optional ordination ordination no description Unknown optional previous_post previous_post no description Unknown optional present_post present_post no description Unknown optional post post no description Unknown optional website website no description Unknown optional expand_disciples expand_disciples no description Unknown optional expand_students expand_students no description Unknown optional expand_influences expand_influences no description Unknown optional expand_influenced expand_influenced no description Unknown optional initiated_label initiated_label no description Unknown optional initiation_rank initiation_rank no description Unknown optional initiation_rank2 initiation_rank2 no description Unknown optional honors honors no description Unknown optional honours honours no description Unknown optional free_label free_label no description Unknown optional free_text free_text no description Unknown optional module module no description Unknown optional nocat_wdimage nocat_wdimage no description Unknown optional

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox religious biography with unsupported parameters (357)
• Category:Pages using religious biography with multiple nickname parameters (326)
• Category:Pages using infobox religious biography without religion parameter (275)

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