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{{{name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]]
{{{caption}}}
{{{titles}}}
Born {{{birth_date}}}
{{{birth_place}}}
Hometown {{{home_town}}}
Residence {{{residence}}}
Died {{{death_date}}}
{{{death_place}}}
Honored in {{{venerated_in}}}
Beatified {{{beatified_date}}}, {{{beatified_place}}} by {{{beatified_by}}}
Canonized {{{canonized_date}}}, {{{canonized_place}}} by {{{canonized_by}}}
Major shrine {{{major_shrine}}}
Attributes {{{attributes}}}
Patronage {{{patronage}}}
Controversy {{{issues}}}
Catholic cult suppressed {{{suppressed_date}}} by {{{suppressed_by}}}
Influences {{{influences}}}
Influenced {{{influenced}}}
Tradition/Genre {{{tradition}}}
Major work(s) {{{major_works}}}
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To use the template, copy the wikitext below, and paste it in the Veneration section of the article’s main page. If the article is not divided into sections, it should be placed on top. Then, fill out the data fields. You can omit any unused fields.

Blank template

{{Infobox saint
| name            = 
| image           = 
| imagesize       = 
| alt             = 
| caption         = 
| titles          = 
| birth_date      = 
| birth_place     =
| home_town       =
| residence       =
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| venerated_in    = 
| beatified_date  = 
| beatified_place = 
| beatified_by    = 
| canonized_date  = 
| canonized_place = 
| canonized_by    = 
| major_shrine    = 
| feast_day       = 
| attributes      = 
| patronage       = 
| issues          = 
| suppressed_date = 
| suppressed_by   = 
| influences      = 
| influenced      = 
| tradition       = 
| major_works     = 
}}

Parameters

Required parameters

name
The name under which the saint is venerated or best known. This should usually be the same as the article name.

Optional parameters

image
An icon, statue, etc. Use the name of the image file only. Do not include "Image:"
imagesize
Width of the image. Use appropriate units, e.g. 150px for 150 pixels. If this parameter is omitted, 250px will be used.
alt
Alt text for the image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT. It should be specified if image is specified.
caption
Caption for image, if necessary.
titles
Title under which saint is venerated. See the Style Guidelines for a definition of titles.
birth_date
Date of birth. Can be approximate.
birth_place
Place of birth
death_date
Date of death. Can be approximate.
death_place
Place of death
feast_day
Saint's principal feast day. (Roman Catholic and Orthodox calendars often have different dates for the same saint. If a saint is venerated by both, it would be good to indicated both days and which is which, e.g., for St. John the Apostle: 27 December (Roman Catholic), 8 May (Orthodox).)
venerated_in
Denomination(s) where this saint is recognized.
beatified_date
Date of beatification, if applicable.
beatified_place
Place where beatification was announced, if applicable.
beatified_by
Authority for beatification. In Catholicism, this will be the Pope of the time.
canonized_date
Date of canonization, if applicable.
canonized_place
Place where canonization/glorification was solemnly performed.
canonized_by
Authority for canonization. In Catholicism this will be the Pope of the time; in Orthodoxy is usually a synod.
major_shrine
Usually the site of the saint's relics or principal icon
attributes
Standard iconographic elements. Usually pontifical, episcopal, etc. insignia, tools of martyrdom and so forth.
patronage
People, places, diseases...
issues
Controversial issues surrounding this saint.
suppressed_date
If the Roman Catholic Church has suppressed the cult of this saint, give the date here.
suppressed_by
The Pope under whose authority this saint was removed from official veneration.
influences
Influences
influenced
Influenced
tradition
Tradition/Genre
major_works
Major works

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).

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.