This page groups historical figures by where they are revered today, the region or tradition that keeps their memory through shrines, feast days or living devotion. 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 this way lets a visitor see the geographic or communal reach of a figure's ongoing cult.
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This source names Africa directly: "khagans and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Americas directly: "and dynastic founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Asia directly: "founders of Africa, the Americas and Asia whose reigns intersected the traditions this atlas covers."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
This source names Mesopotamians directly: "Rulers, emperors and monarchs held political sovereignty, whatever their religious significance beyond it: the Roman emperors under whom Christianity moved from persecuted sect to state church, the..."
Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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