Angelus
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The Angelus is a traditional Catholic prayer recited three times daily in honor of the Incarnation, often accompanied by the ringing of church bells.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Angelus canonical | 5 |
| Angelus bell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2130195 — 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: Angelus Context triple: [Saint Mary, devotion, Angelus]
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A.
Archangel
Archangel is a historic Russian port city on the White Sea that served as a major northern gateway for European trade before the rise of St. Petersburg.
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B.
Angel
Angel is a given name used across various cultures, often associated with spiritual or celestial connotations.
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C.
Angel
Angel is an American supernatural drama television series set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, following a vampire with a soul seeking redemption in Los Angeles.
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D.
Angel
"Angel" is a melancholic, piano-driven ballad by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, widely known for its emotional resonance and use in various charitable and memorial contexts.
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E.
The Angel of Terror
The Angel of Terror is a crime thriller novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a manipulative and murderous femme fatale at the center of a complex web of deception.
- 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: Angelus Target entity description: The Angelus is a traditional Catholic prayer recited three times daily in honor of the Incarnation, often accompanied by the ringing of church bells.
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A.
Archangel
Archangel is a historic Russian port city on the White Sea that served as a major northern gateway for European trade before the rise of St. Petersburg.
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B.
Angel
Angel is an American supernatural drama television series set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, following a vampire with a soul seeking redemption in Los Angeles.
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C.
Angel
Angel is a given name used across various cultures, often associated with spiritual or celestial connotations.
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D.
Angel
"Angel" is a melancholic, piano-driven ballad by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan, widely known for its emotional resonance and use in various charitable and memorial contexts.
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E.
The Angel of Terror
The Angel of Terror is a crime thriller novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a manipulative and murderous femme fatale at the center of a complex web of deception.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic prayer
ⓘ
Christian devotion ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ |
| accompaniedBy | ringing of church bells ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Angelus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Angelus bell
Catholic popular piety ⓘ rural Catholic culture ⓘ |
| category |
Christian liturgical prayers
ⓘ
Marian devotions ⓘ Roman Catholic prayers ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Incarnation of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Word made flesh
|
| contains |
Hail Mary
ⓘ
closing prayer ⓘ three versicles and responses ⓘ |
| devotionalCategory | Marian prayer ⓘ |
| devotionalPosture |
standing on Sundays and solemnities
ⓘ
traditionally prayed kneeling ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Incarnation mystery ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | medieval origin as bell devotion ⓘ |
| honors |
Incarnation of Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Incarnation of Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| includes |
petition for grace
ⓘ
reference to Christ’s Passion and Cross ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginal | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeasonVariation |
Regina Caeli
ⓘ
surface form:
Regina Caeli replaces the Angelus during Eastertide
|
| openingWordsEnglish | The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary ⓘ |
| openingWordsLatin | Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae ⓘ |
| papalLocation |
St. Peter's Square
ⓘ
surface form:
St Peter’s Square
|
| papalPractice | recited publicly by the pope on Sundays and holy days ⓘ |
| prayerType | devotional prayer ⓘ |
| purpose |
daily remembrance of the Incarnation
ⓘ
sanctification of the day ⓘ |
| recitedFrequency | three times daily ⓘ |
| recommendedBy | popes ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholic Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| spreadIn | Western Europe ⓘ |
| structure | call-and-response ⓘ |
| textForm | fixed formula prayer ⓘ |
| timeMarkerFunction | marks hours of the day ⓘ |
| timeOfPapalRecitation | noon ⓘ |
| typicalTimes |
evening
ⓘ
morning ⓘ noon ⓘ |
| usedBy |
clergy
ⓘ
lay Catholics ⓘ religious communities ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Angelus Description of subject: The Angelus is a traditional Catholic prayer recited three times daily in honor of the Incarnation, often accompanied by the ringing of church bells.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Angelus bell