Home›Kings›Veneration Status›Actively venerated in a living traditionBrowse ByActively venerated in a living traditionThis page groups figures by their current standing in the eyes of their own faith. Wikipedia defines veneration as "the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics." Browsing by veneration status lets a visitor tell a figure actively honored today from one no longer widely venerated.FactsLearn MoreActively venerated in a living traditionSourcesComments (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.Actively venerated in a living traditionFilter Results30 entriesPlace of OriginAllAksum (2)Ancient Israel (5)Arabia (1)China (2)Ethiopia (1)India (1)Japan (2)Judea (2)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Scotland (1)Tibet (1)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (21)Historicity debated (3)Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical record (7)TraditionAllBuddhism (7)Christianity (9)Hinduism (1)Islam (1)Judaism (8)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Shinto (1)Zoroastrianism (2)Office HeldAllEmperor of Tibet from about 755 to about 797 (1)First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel (1)King of Aksum in the middle of the fourth century (1)King of Judah, reigning at the end of the eighth century BCE (1)King of Siam from 1868 to 1910, the fifth of the Chakri line (1)Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, 4 BCE to 39 CE (1)Revered InAllBuddhism (8)Christianity (12)Confucianism (1)Hinduism (1)Islam (3)Judaism (8)Paganism (1)Shinto (1)Zoroastrianism (2)Lifespan Start YearAll-1010 (1)-970 (1)-741 (1)-640 (1)-74 (1)-73 (1)-20 (1)250 (1)464 (1)701 (1)1214 (1)1316 (1)1360 (1)1500 (1)1552 (1)1566 (1)1737 (1)1853 (1)1892 (1)Child OfAllBathsheba (1)Herod the Great (1)King David (1)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (2)Died by suicide (1)Died of natural causes (8)Killed in battle (1)GenderAllMale (29)CanonizationAllFormally canonized (2)Not part of any canonization process (2)Pre-Congregation: venerated before any formal process existed (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 30Abgar of EdessaActively venerated in a living traditionCharles V, Holy Roman EmperorActively venerated in a living traditionChulalongkornActively venerated in a living traditionEmperor OjinActively venerated in a living traditionEmperor ShomuActively venerated in a living traditionEmperor Wu of LiangActively venerated in a living traditionEzana of AksumActively venerated in a living traditionFa NgumActively venerated in a living traditionFahd of Saudi ArabiaActively venerated in a living traditionFeridunActively venerated in a living traditionGebre MeskelActively venerated in a living traditionHaile Selassie IActively venerated in a living traditionHerod AntipasActively venerated in a living traditionHerod the GreatActively venerated in a living traditionHezekiahActively venerated in a living traditionJames VI and IActively venerated in a living traditionJosiahActively venerated in a living traditionKing BenjaminActively venerated in a living traditionKing DavidActively venerated in a living traditionLouis IX of FranceActively venerated in a living traditionMahabaliActively venerated in a living traditionNimrodActively venerated in a living traditionRama I of SiamActively venerated in a living traditionRudolf IIActively venerated in a living traditionSaulActively venerated in a living traditionSolomonActively venerated in a living traditionTiridates III of ArmeniaActively venerated in a living traditionTrisong DetsenActively venerated in a living traditionVishtaspaActively venerated in a living traditionYongle EmperorActively venerated in a living traditionSources1. 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.