Template:Infobox religious biography

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{{{honorific-prefix}}} {{{name}}} {{{honorific-suffix}}}
{{{native_name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}|upright={{{upright}}}]] {{{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 Template:Infobox character).

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             = <!--Don't use this till the name to be displayed is different from page title-->
| honorific-suffix = 
| native_name      = 
| native_name_lang = 
| image            = 
| upright          = 
| alt              = 
| caption          = 
| sanskrit         = 
| kunya            =
| religion         = 
| denomination     = 
| school           = 
| lineage          = 
| sect             = 
| subsect          = 
| temple           = 
| order            = 
| institute        =
| church           = <!-- or: |churches = --> 
| 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      = 
| resting_place    = 
| resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|latitude|longitude|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} -->
| spouse           = 
| children         = 
| parents          = 
| 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, Republic of 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
| ethnicity = Albanian
| birth_name = Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|8|26}}
| birth_place = {{longitem|[[Üsküb]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Skopje]], [[Republic of 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.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox religious biography with unsupported parameters (0)
• Category:Pages using religious biography with multiple nickname parameters (2)

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Infobox religious biography/doc. (edit | history)
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