Biographical dossier
Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea is classified in the historical people index as RELIGIOUS FIGURE. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:person:person:wd:Q271474
- Catalogue ID
- person:wd:Q271474
- Wikidata ID
- Q271474
- Occupation class
- RELIGIOUS FIGURE
- Life span
- AD 100–AD 96
- Birth anchor
- Ramla (AD 100)
- Death anchor
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre (AD 96)
- HPI
- 80.21852060123281
Chronological record
The dataset places the life between AD 100 and AD 96. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.
Geographic anchors
Birth: Ramla (AD 100). Death: Church of the Holy Sepulchre (AD 96).
Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.
Historical role
The source assigns the broad occupation class RELIGIOUS FIGURE. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.
Source and identity method
Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 8.246683510202368.
Research questions
- Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
- Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
- How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
- Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?