Template:Infobox religious biography

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

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The design and content of biographical infoboxes must follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy, as well as infobox and biographical style guideline. All content displayed in this template must adhere to the biographies of living persons policy if applicable. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediately from the article and its infobox, especially if potentially libellous.

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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[edit]

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      = 
| 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      =
| 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[edit]

Jain monk[edit]

{{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[edit]

{{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
| ethnicity = 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Tracking category[edit]

Supporting template[edit]

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