Michaelmas

E262558

Christian feast day religious festival

Michaelmas is a Christian feast day celebrated on September 29 in honor of the Archangel Michael and, in some traditions, the other archangels, historically marking an important quarter day in the Western calendar.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Michaelmas canonical	4
Michaelmas term	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2410538 — 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: Michaelmas
Context triple: [Saint Michael, liturgicalEvent, Michaelmas]

A. May Ball
The May Ball is a lavish, all-night formal celebration held at Cambridge University at the end of the academic year, featuring black-tie dress, live entertainment, and elaborate food and drink.
B. Oriel
Oriel is a surname most notably associated with Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, the late wife of British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.
C. Heythrop
Heythrop is a small rural village in West Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic country estate and tranquil countryside setting.
D. Chalmers
Chalmers is a masculine given name most notably borne by the American political scientist and Japan scholar Chalmers Johnson.
E. Radcliffe
Radcliffe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire and known for its industrial heritage along the River Irwell.
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: Michaelmas
Target entity description: Michaelmas is a Christian feast day celebrated on September 29 in honor of the Archangel Michael and, in some traditions, the other archangels, historically marking an important quarter day in the Western calendar.

A. May Ball
The May Ball is a lavish, all-night formal celebration held at Cambridge University at the end of the academic year, featuring black-tie dress, live entertainment, and elaborate food and drink.
B. Oriel
Oriel is a surname most notably associated with Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, the late wife of British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.
C. Heythrop
Heythrop is a small rural village in West Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic country estate and tranquil countryside setting.
D. Chalmers
Chalmers is a masculine given name most notably borne by the American political scientist and Japan scholar Chalmers Johnson.
E. Radcliffe
Radcliffe is a town in Greater Manchester, England, historically part of Lancashire and known for its industrial heritage along the River Irwell.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast day ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
academicTermNameIn	Durham University ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ Trinity College Dublin ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge Trinity College Dublin ⓘ surface form: University of Dublin University of Oxford ⓘ
agriculturalAssociation	harvest time ⓘ
associatedLegend	Satan falling into a blackberry bush ⓘ St Michael casting Satan from heaven ⓘ
associatedWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ Church of England ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church Western Christianity ⓘ academic year in some universities ⓘ legal year in England and Wales ⓘ
commemorates	Saint Michael ⓘ All Angels ⓘ surface form: Saint Michael and All Angels
dateObserved	September 29 ⓘ
etymology	from Old English ‘Michaeles mæsse’ meaning ‘Michael’s Mass’ ⓘ
followsCalendar	Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ surface form: Gregorian calendar Christian liturgical year ⓘ surface form: Western Christian liturgical calendar
hasAlternativeName	Feast of St. Michael and All Angels ⓘ surface form: Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels Feast of St. Michael and All Angels ⓘ surface form: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and all Archangels All Angels ⓘ surface form: Michael and All Angels
hasHonoree	Gabriel ⓘ surface form: Archangel Gabriel Saint Michael ⓘ surface form: Archangel Michael Raphael (archangel) ⓘ surface form: Archangel Raphael Archangel Uriel ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	feast ⓘ solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
honors	angels ⓘ archangels ⓘ
languageName	Michelsmesse (German historical name) ⓘ Micheál ⓘ surface form: Mícheálmas (Irish)
legalTermStart	Michaelmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michaelmas term
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
marks	one of the traditional quarter days in the Western calendar ⓘ
quarterDayIn	England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
quarterDaySequence	Lady Day – Midsummer – Michaelmas – Christmas ⓘ
seasonalAssociation	autumn ⓘ
traditionalFood	blackberries ⓘ goose ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Michael → liturgicalEvent → Michaelmas ⓘ

All Angels → honoredOn → Michaelmas ⓘ

Abingdon Michaelmas Fair → namedAfter → Michaelmas ⓘ

St Michael → feastTraditionalName → Michaelmas ⓘ

Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, University of Cambridge → usesAcademicTerm → Michaelmas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Michaelmas term

Michaelmas → legalTermStart → Michaelmas self-linksurface differs ⓘ