Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
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The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño is a historic Catholic church in Cebu City, Philippines, renowned as the country's oldest Roman Catholic church and a major pilgrimage site housing the revered image of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilica Minore del Santo Niño canonical | 5 |
| Basilica del Santo Niño | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic basilica
ⓘ
church building ⓘ minor basilica ⓘ |
| affiliation | Order of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| archdiocese |
Archdiocese of Cebu
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cebu
|
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroque architecture
Sicilian Baroque ⓘ
surface form:
Earthquake Baroque
|
| associatedFestival | Sinulog Festival ⓘ |
| cityLandmarkOf |
Cebu
ⓘ
surface form:
Cebu City
|
| constructionStart | 1565 ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Child Jesus
ⓘ
surface form:
Holy Child Jesus
Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| founded | 1565 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Augustinians
ⓘ
surface form:
Augustinian friars
|
| foundingEvent | Spanish arrival in Cebu under Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ |
| function | parish church ⓘ |
| governingBody | Archdiocese of Cebu ⓘ |
| hasImage | Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ |
| hasPart |
basilica church
ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ convent ⓘ courtyard ⓘ museum ⓘ pilgrim center ⓘ plaza ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Cultural Treasure of the Philippines
ⓘ
National Historical Landmark of the Philippines ⓘ |
| imageVeneratedAs | miraculous image of the Holy Child Jesus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
housing the image of Santo Niño de Cebu
ⓘ
major pilgrimage site in the Philippines ⓘ oldest Roman Catholic church in the Philippines ⓘ |
| liturgicalTitle | minor basilica ⓘ |
| liturgicalTitleGrantedBy | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cebu
ⓘ
surface form:
Cebu City
Cebu Island ⓘ Province of Cebu ⓘ
surface form:
Cebu Province
Central Visayas ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Visayas ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Magellan’s Cross ⓘ |
| material | coral stone ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSiteFor | devotees of Santo Niño de Cebu ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| religiousOrder | Order of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| status |
minor basilica
ⓘ
shrine ⓘ |
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: Basilica Minore del Santo Niño Description of subject: The Basilica Minore del Santo Niño is a historic Catholic church in Cebu City, Philippines, renowned as the country's oldest Roman Catholic church and a major pilgrimage site housing the revered image of the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus).
Referenced by (6)
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this entity surface form:
Basilica del Santo Niño