Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray
E146025
The Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray is a major Catholic pilgrimage church in Brittany, France, dedicated to Saint Anne and renowned for its neo-Gothic architecture and religious significance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray canonical | 1 |
| Saint Anne d'Auray | 1 |
| Saint Anne’s Basilica, Auray, France | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1238108 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray Context triple: [Saint-Anne-d'Auray, hasPart, Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray]
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Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux is a major 20th-century Roman Catholic basilica in Normandy, France, dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country.
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Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral is a prominent Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in central France, renowned for its distinctive black volcanic stone construction and dominating presence over the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
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Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes
The Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes is a major Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in western France, renowned for its impressive façade, soaring interior, and richly sculpted tombs.
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Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
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Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a famous Gothic cathedral in Rouen, France, renowned for its intricate façade and for inspiring Claude Monet’s celebrated series of impressionist paintings capturing it in different lights and seasons.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray Target entity description: The Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray is a major Catholic pilgrimage church in Brittany, France, dedicated to Saint Anne and renowned for its neo-Gothic architecture and religious significance.
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A.
Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux
The Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse in Lisieux is a major 20th-century Roman Catholic basilica in Normandy, France, dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and renowned as one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country.
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B.
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral
Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral is a prominent Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in central France, renowned for its distinctive black volcanic stone construction and dominating presence over the city of Clermont-Ferrand.
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C.
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes
The Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Nantes is a major Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in western France, renowned for its impressive façade, soaring interior, and richly sculpted tombs.
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D.
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen is a historic Benedictine monastery in Normandy, France, renowned as the Romanesque abbey church associated with William the Conqueror.
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E.
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral is a famous Gothic cathedral in Rouen, France, renowned for its intricate façade and for inspiring Claude Monet’s celebrated series of impressionist paintings capturing it in different lights and seasons.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic church
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basilica ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ pilgrimage church ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Breton Catholicism
ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Anne ⓘ |
| dedication |
Saint Anne
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary
|
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Vannes ⓘ |
| function |
pilgrimage site
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Catholic Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| hasFeature |
bell tower
ⓘ
choir ⓘ cloister ⓘ esplanade for outdoor ceremonies ⓘ nave ⓘ side chapels ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ statue of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | France ⓘ |
| languageOfLocalLiturgy |
Breton
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeastAssociated | Feast of Saint Anne ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Sainte-Anne-d'Auray ⓘ |
| locatedInDepartment | Morbihan ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricalRegion |
Brittany
ⓘ
surface form:
Bretagne
|
| locatedInRegion | Brittany ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Auray ⓘ |
| notableFor |
devotion to Saint Anne
ⓘ
large annual pilgrimages ⓘ neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| pilgrimageImportance |
major Catholic pilgrimage site in Brittany
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one of the principal shrines dedicated to Saint Anne in France ⓘ |
| pilgrimagePeakDate | 26 July ⓘ |
| primaryReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| primaryTradition |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
|
| province | Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes ⓘ |
| regionallySignificantFor |
Breton Catholic identity
ⓘ
pilgrimages in western France ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| tourismType |
cultural tourism
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religious tourism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray Description of subject: The Basilica of Sainte-Anne d'Auray is a major Catholic pilgrimage church in Brittany, France, dedicated to Saint Anne and renowned for its neo-Gothic architecture and religious significance.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saint-Anne-d'Auray
this entity surface form:
Saint Anne’s Basilica, Auray, France