Birth of the Virgin Mary
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Birth of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast celebrating the traditional birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus, honored especially in Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendars.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 9 |
| Nativity of Mary | 4 |
| Birth of the Virgin Mary canonical | 3 |
| Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 1 |
| Nativity of Mary, the Mother of Jesus | 1 |
| Nativity of Saint Mary | 1 |
| The Birth of the Virgin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2141455 — 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: Birth of the Virgin Mary Context triple: [Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, hasAlternativeName, Birth of the Virgin Mary]
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A.
Nativity of Christ
The Nativity of Christ is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, commemorating God’s incarnation as a human being in Bethlehem.
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B.
Annunciation
The Annunciation is the biblical event in which the Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive and bear Jesus Christ.
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C.
Virgin Birth of Jesus
The Virgin Birth of Jesus is the Christian doctrine that Jesus was miraculously conceived in the womb of Mary by the Holy Spirit without a human father, affirming his divine origin and role in salvation history.
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D.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
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E.
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
- 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: Birth of the Virgin Mary Target entity description: Birth of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast celebrating the traditional birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus, honored especially in Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendars.
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A.
Nativity of Christ
The Nativity of Christ is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, commemorating God’s incarnation as a human being in Bethlehem.
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B.
Annunciation
The Annunciation is the biblical event in which the Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive and bear Jesus Christ.
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C.
Virgin Birth of Jesus
The Virgin Birth of Jesus is the Christian doctrine that Jesus was miraculously conceived in the womb of Mary by the Holy Spirit without a human father, affirming his divine origin and role in salvation history.
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D.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
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E.
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian feast
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Marian feast ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| associatedWithDoctrine |
preparation for the Incarnation
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veneration of Mary ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
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| commemorates | traditional birthday of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| dateInByzantineRite | 8 September ⓘ |
| dateInCopticChurch | 1 Bashans (some local calendars may differ) ⓘ |
| dateInRomanCatholicChurch | 8 September ⓘ |
| dateInSyriacTraditions | 8 September ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Birth of the Virgin Mary
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surface form:
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Birth of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of Mary
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| hasCanonicalName |
Birth of the Virgin Mary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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| hasIconographicTheme |
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
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surface form:
Nativity of the Theotokos
|
| hasLiturgicalTexts |
proper hymns in the Byzantine Menaion
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proper prayers in the Roman Missal ⓘ proper readings in the Roman Lectionary ⓘ |
| hasPatronage | various cities and regions named for Mary ⓘ |
| honors |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, mother of Jesus
|
| influencedDevotion |
Marian novenas
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Marian pilgrimages ⓘ Marian processions ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Protoevangelium of James
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surface form:
apocryphal Protoevangelium of James
|
| liturgicalColorInRomanRite | White ⓘ |
| liturgicalFamily |
Armenian Rite
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Byzantine Rite ⓘ Coptic Rite ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ |
| liturgicalRankInRomanRite1969 | Feast ⓘ |
| liturgicalRankInTraditionalRomanRite | Double of the Second Class ⓘ |
| occursOn | fixed date in the liturgical year ⓘ |
| precedesLiturgically | Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ |
| relatedFeast |
Annunciation
ⓘ
Assumption of Mary ⓘ Immaculate Conception ⓘ The Presentation of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|
| scripturalReadingsOftenInclude |
Matthew 1:1–16, 18–23 in some lectionaries
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Micah 5:1–4 (or 5:2–5) in some lectionaries ⓘ Romans 8:28–30 in some lectionaries ⓘ |
| tradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| typeOfObservance | fixed feast ⓘ |
| veneratedTitleOfMary |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Birth of the Virgin Mary Description of subject: Birth of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast celebrating the traditional birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus, honored especially in Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendars.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Mary, the Mother of Jesus
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Saint Mary
Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gorlice
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dedicatedTo
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Birth of the Virgin Mary
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this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tarnów
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dedicatedTo
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Birth of the Virgin Mary
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this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form:
The Birth of the Virgin
this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
subject surface form:
Infant Mary
subject surface form:
Infant Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Mary
subject surface form:
Infant Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of Mary
this entity surface form:
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Addis Ababa
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dedicatedTo
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Birth of the Virgin Mary
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this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Addis Ababa
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namedAfter
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Birth of the Virgin Mary
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this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
this entity surface form:
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary