Bernadette Soubirous
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Bernadette Soubirous was a French peasant girl and Catholic saint who reported Marian apparitions at Lourdes, leading the town to become a major pilgrimage site.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bernadette Soubirous canonical | 10 |
| Saint Bernadette Soubirous | 3 |
| Marie-Bernarde Soubirous | 1 |
| Saint Bernadette of Lourdes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2457016 — 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: Bernadette Soubirous Context triple: [Lourdes apparitions of 1858, hasMainVisionary, Bernadette Soubirous]
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A.
Mother Maria Marthe
Mother Maria Marthe is the stern yet devout head of a group of German nuns in the film "Lilies of the Field," whose unwavering faith drives the story’s central conflict and resolution.
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B.
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
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C.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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D.
Marie-Thérèse Guyon
Marie-Thérèse Guyon was a French colonial woman of New France notable as the wife and partner of explorer and Detroit founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
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E.
Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles in early 1920s adventure and drama films.
- 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: Bernadette Soubirous Target entity description: Bernadette Soubirous was a French peasant girl and Catholic saint who reported Marian apparitions at Lourdes, leading the town to become a major pilgrimage site.
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A.
Mother Maria Marthe
Mother Maria Marthe is the stern yet devout head of a group of German nuns in the film "Lilies of the Field," whose unwavering faith drives the story’s central conflict and resolution.
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B.
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
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C.
Constance Bonacieux
Constance Bonacieux is a key female character in Alexandre Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," known as d'Artagnan's love interest and a confidante of Queen Anne.
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D.
Marie-Thérèse Guyon
Marie-Thérèse Guyon was a French colonial woman of New France notable as the wife and partner of explorer and Detroit founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
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E.
Marguerite De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte was an American silent film actress best known for her leading roles in early 1920s adventure and drama films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
ⓘ
French person ⓘ nun ⓘ visionary ⓘ |
| apparitionsEndDate | 1858-07-16 ⓘ |
| apparitionsLocation |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
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surface form:
Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes, France
|
| apparitionsStartDate | 1858-02-11 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lourdes
ⓘ
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ |
| beatificationDate | 1925-06-14 ⓘ |
| beatificationPlace |
St. Peter's Basilica
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
|
| beatifiedBy | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1844-01-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Lourdes
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surface form:
Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
|
| bodyStatus | incorrupt ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Saint-Gildard Convent, Nevers, France ⓘ |
| canonizationDate | 1933-12-08 ⓘ |
| canonizationPlace |
St. Peter's Basilica
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
|
| causeOfDeath |
asthma complications
ⓘ
tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1879-04-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nevers, Nièvre, France ⓘ |
| father | François Soubirous ⓘ |
| feastDay |
02-18
ⓘ
04-16 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Bernadette Soubirous
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marie-Bernarde Soubirous
|
| givenName | Bernadette ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Bernadette Soubirous
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
|
| inspiredDevotion | Our Lady of Lourdes devotion ⓘ |
| inspiredPilgrimageSite | Lourdes pilgrimage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lourdes apparitions of 1858
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surface form:
Marian apparitions at Lourdes
|
| languageSpoken |
French
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Occitan ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Sisters of Charity
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surface form:
Sisters of Charity of Nevers
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| mother | Louise Castérot ⓘ |
| numberOfApparitionsReported | 18 ⓘ |
| occupation |
nun
ⓘ
religious visionary ⓘ |
| patronage |
Lourdes
ⓘ
illness ⓘ people ridiculed for their piety ⓘ poverty ⓘ shepherds ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| reportedApparitionsOf |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
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surface form:
Our Lady of Lourdes
|
| siblingCount | 8 ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bernadette Soubirous Description of subject: Bernadette Soubirous was a French peasant girl and Catholic saint who reported Marian apparitions at Lourdes, leading the town to become a major pilgrimage site.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Marie-Bernarde Soubirous
this entity surface form:
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
subject surface form:
Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
this entity surface form:
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
this entity surface form:
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
this entity surface form:
Saint Bernadette Soubirous