Holy Saturday
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Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Saturday canonical | 21 |
| Great Sabbath | 3 |
| Holy Saturday night | 2 |
| Exsultet | 1 |
| Holy Monday | 1 |
| Holy Saturday (in Western usage) | 1 |
| Holy and Great Saturday | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T35154 — 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: Holy Saturday Context triple: [Easter, preceededBy, Holy Saturday]
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A.
Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
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B.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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D.
Epiphany
Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
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E.
Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
- 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: Holy Saturday Target entity description: Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
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A.
Holy Week
Holy Week is the most solemn period in the Christian liturgical year, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ’s life, including his passion, death, and burial, leading up to Easter.
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B.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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C.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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D.
Epiphany
Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
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E.
Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian holy day
ⓘ
liturgical observance ⓘ moveable feast ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Saturday
ⓘ
Easter Eve ⓘ Holy Saturday ⓘ
surface form:
Great Sabbath
Holy Saturday ⓘ
surface form:
Holy and Great Saturday
Joyous Saturday ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Easter Vigil
ⓘ
baptism of catechumens ⓘ blessing of the new fire ⓘ lighting of the Paschal candle ⓘ renewal of baptismal promises ⓘ |
| associatedPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
prayer and reflection ⓘ visiting the tomb or sepulcher representations ⓘ |
| calendarBasis | date of Easter ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb
ⓘ
the time Jesus spent in the grave ⓘ |
| dateRelation |
day after Good Friday
ⓘ
day before Easter Sunday ⓘ |
| follows | Good Friday ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalHour |
Daily Office
ⓘ
surface form:
Morning Prayer
Office of Readings ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor |
violet
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | last day of the Paschal fast in many traditions ⓘ |
| musicTradition | generally subdued liturgical music before the Vigil ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Methodist churches ⓘ
surface form:
Methodist Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Reformed churches ⓘ
surface form:
Reformed Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| occursDuring | Paschal Triduum ⓘ |
| partOf | Holy Week ⓘ |
| positionInHolyWeek | seventh day of Holy Week ⓘ |
| precedes |
Resurrection Sunday
ⓘ
surface form:
Easter Sunday
|
| prohibits | celebration of Mass before the Easter Vigil in the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| scripturalBasis |
1 Peter 3:19–20
ⓘ
Gospels’ accounts of Jesus’ burial ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
hope amid apparent defeat
ⓘ
transition from death to resurrection ⓘ |
| theme |
Jesus’ descent to the dead
ⓘ
silence and contemplation ⓘ waiting for the Resurrection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Holy Saturday Description of subject: Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Exsultet
this entity surface form:
Great Sabbath
this entity surface form:
Holy and Great Saturday
this entity surface form:
Holy Monday
this entity surface form:
Holy Saturday (in Western usage)
this entity surface form:
Holy Saturday night
this entity surface form:
Great Sabbath
this entity surface form:
Great Sabbath
subject surface form:
Lumen Christi
this entity surface form:
Holy Saturday night
subject surface form:
descent of Christ to the dead