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Santeria (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on Santeria, community-edited. Reliable for the religion's crystallization in Cuba by the late nineteenth century out of enslaved Yoruba practice blended with Roman Catholicism, the only legally permitted religion under Spanish colonial rule, and Spiritism; and for the 1960s emigration following the 1959 Cuban Revolution that spread the religion abroad, especially among Cuban diasporas in Mexico and the United States. General history and diaspora only; this atlas does not draw on or cite any part of the article touching initiation or priesthood procedure, which the religion's own restricted-tradition fact covers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Reliability Tier

Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used only for general history and diaspora, the late-nineteenth-century Cuban crystallization and the 1960s spread abroad after 1959; not used for anything touching initiation or priesthood.

Notes

Used for Santeria's Cuban crystallization and its 1960s spread to the United States after the 1959 revolution.

Citation

Author

Wikipedia contributors

Publisher

Wikipedia

Publication Year

2026

URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa

Source Type

reference

Connections

Associated With

Mexico

This source names Mexico directly: "especially among Cuban diasporas in Mexico and the United States."

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Roman Catholicism

This source names Roman Catholicism directly: "enslaved Yoruba practice blended with Roman Catholicism, the only legally permitted religion under Spanish colonial rule, and Spiritism; and for the 1960s emigration following the 1959 Cuban..."

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Claims Backed By This Source (35 claims)

This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 2 connected. Plus 7 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
Spread Events, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Religions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Subcategories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 general references.