Holy Cross
E172446
Holy Cross is a Christian term referring to the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, venerated as a central symbol of sacrifice and redemption in Christianity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Cross canonical | 30 |
| Santa Cruz (Holy Cross) | 1 |
| the Holy Cross | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1511969 — 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 Cross Context triple: [Santa Cruz County, California, namedFor, Holy Cross]
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A.
Holy Cross
Holy Cross is the historic parish in Shrewsbury, England, associated with the medieval Shrewsbury Abbey.
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B.
Holy Cross Cathedral
Holy Cross Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and religious landmark located in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a prominent Roman Catholic church and architectural centerpiece located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
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D.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
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E.
Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral
Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Motherwell, Scotland, serving as the seat of the Diocese of Motherwell and a prominent center of worship in the region.
- 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 Cross Target entity description: Holy Cross is a Christian term referring to the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, venerated as a central symbol of sacrifice and redemption in Christianity.
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A.
Holy Cross
Holy Cross is the historic parish in Shrewsbury, England, associated with the medieval Shrewsbury Abbey.
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B.
Holy Cross Cathedral
Holy Cross Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic church and religious landmark located in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.
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C.
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a prominent Roman Catholic church and architectural centerpiece located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
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D.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
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E.
Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral
Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Motherwell, Scotland, serving as the seat of the Diocese of Motherwell and a prominent center of worship in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious symbol
ⓘ
object of veneration ⓘ symbol of Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
ⓘ
Golgotha ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice |
pilgrimage to sites of the crucifixion
ⓘ
sign of the cross ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitleOfJesus | Christ crucified ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitleOfMary | Our Lady of Sorrows ⓘ |
| centralInDoctrine |
Christology
ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ |
| commemoratedDuringSeason |
Holy Week
ⓘ
Lent ⓘ |
| connectedDoctrine |
doctrine of justification
ⓘ
doctrine of the Passion ⓘ doctrine of the Resurrection ⓘ |
| hasDevotionType |
adoration of Christ crucified
ⓘ
veneration of the Cross ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor | red ⓘ |
| hasRelicType | relic of the True Cross ⓘ |
| honoredInDenomination |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran Churches ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| inspiredArtForm |
Christian iconography
ⓘ
church architecture ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| languageEquivalent |
Greek timios stauros
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Latin crux sancta ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeast | Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeastDate | 14 September ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | New Testament ⓘ |
| refersTo | cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| representedBy |
crucifix
ⓘ
processional cross ⓘ simple wooden cross ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
atonement for sin
ⓘ
love of God ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice of Jesus Christ ⓘ salvation ⓘ |
| theologicalMeaning |
instrument of redemption
ⓘ
sign of reconciliation between God and humanity ⓘ sign of victory over death ⓘ |
| usedInRite |
Good Friday Vespers
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surface form:
Good Friday veneration of the Cross
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| veneratedBy |
Christianity
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surface form:
Christians
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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: Holy Cross Description of subject: Holy Cross is a Christian term referring to the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, venerated as a central symbol of sacrifice and redemption in Christianity.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Santa Cruz (Rio Grande do Norte)
this entity surface form:
Santa Cruz (Holy Cross)
this entity surface form:
the Holy Cross