Home›Kings›Revered In›ChristianityBrowse ByChristianityThis page groups figures by which religion actually reveres them. Wikipedia notes that "veneration of saints is practiced, formally or informally, by adherents of some branches of all major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Jainism." Browsing by revered-in lets a visitor find every figure honored within the same religion.FactsLearn MoreChristianitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Kings This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age. The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.ChristianityFilter Results12 entriesPlace of OriginAllAksum (2)Ancient Israel (2)Ethiopia (1)Scotland (1)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (9)Historicity debated (2)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (2)TraditionAllChristianity (9)Judaism (2)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Office HeldAllKing of Aksum in the middle of the fourth century (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (12)Lifespan Start YearAll-1010 (1)-970 (1)250 (1)1214 (1)1500 (1)1552 (1)1566 (1)1892 (1)Child OfAllBathsheba (1)King David (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (4)GenderAllMale (12)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (2)Not part of any canonization process (2)Pre-Congregation: venerated before any formal process existed (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Abgar of EdessaChristianityCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorChristianityEzana of AksumChristianityGebre MeskelChristianityHaile Selassie IChristianityJames VI and IChristianityKing BenjaminChristianityKing DavidChristianityLouis IX of FranceChristianityRudolf IIChristianitySolomonChristianityTiridates III of ArmeniaChristianitySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.