Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani

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Cistercian monastery Roman Catholic monastery Trappist monastery

The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Trappist monastery renowned as one of the oldest in the United States and as the longtime home of writer and monk Thomas Merton.

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Label	Occurrences
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani canonical	1
Thomas Merton’s hermitage	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2513406 — 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: Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Context triple: [Nelson County, Kentucky, contains, Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani]

A. Mater Ecclesiae Monastery
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery is a small convent within the Vatican Gardens that became widely known as the secluded residence of Pope Benedict XVI after his resignation.
B. Abbey of Salem
The Abbey of Salem is a former Cistercian monastery in southern Germany, renowned for its impressive Baroque architecture and historical significance as a wealthy ecclesiastical principality.
C. Subiaco Abbey
Subiaco Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery in Italy renowned as the site where Saint Benedict established his first monastic community and laid the foundations of Western monasticism.
D. Ettal Abbey
Ettal Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery and pilgrimage site in the Bavarian Alps, renowned for its baroque architecture and cultural significance.
E. Hume Cloister
Hume Cloister is a historically significant architectural work by Bernard Maybeck, exemplifying his distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design style.
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: Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Target entity description: The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Trappist monastery renowned as one of the oldest in the United States and as the longtime home of writer and monk Thomas Merton.

A. Mater Ecclesiae Monastery
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery is a small convent within the Vatican Gardens that became widely known as the secluded residence of Pope Benedict XVI after his resignation.
B. Abbey of Salem
The Abbey of Salem is a former Cistercian monastery in southern Germany, renowned for its impressive Baroque architecture and historical significance as a wealthy ecclesiastical principality.
C. Subiaco Abbey
Subiaco Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery in Italy renowned as the site where Saint Benedict established his first monastic community and laid the foundations of Western monasticism.
D. Ettal Abbey
Ettal Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery and pilgrimage site in the Bavarian Alps, renowned for its baroque architecture and cultural significance.
E. Hume Cloister
Hume Cloister is a historically significant architectural work by Bernard Maybeck, exemplifying his distinctive Arts and Crafts–influenced design style.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cistercian monastery ⓘ Roman Catholic monastery ⓘ Trappist monastery ⓘ
affiliation	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville ⓘ
allows	silent retreats ⓘ
associatedWith	20th-century Catholic spirituality ⓘ Catholic monasticism in the United States ⓘ Christian contemplative tradition ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dedicatedTo	Virgin Mary ⓘ surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary Our Lady of Gethsemani ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
followsRule	Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
founded	1848 ⓘ
foundedBy	Dom Eutropius Prou ⓘ Trappist monks from Melleray Abbey ⓘ
hasBuildingType	abbey church ⓘ cloister ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ monastic products ⓘ
hasFunction	monastic community ⓘ retreat center ⓘ
hasNotableResident	Thomas Merton ⓘ
hasNotableWork	Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thomas Merton’s hermitage
hasWebsite	https://monks.org ⓘ
isOneOf	oldest Trappist monasteries in the United States ⓘ oldest monasteries in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	being the longtime home of Thomas Merton ⓘ contemplative monastic life ⓘ production of fruitcakes and cheese ⓘ retreats for lay visitors ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Kentucky ⓘ Nelson County, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Bardstown, Kentucky ⓘ
observes	Cistercian liturgy ⓘ
openTo	retreatants ⓘ visitors during specified hours ⓘ
practice	Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ contemplative prayer ⓘ monastic silence ⓘ
religiousOrder	Cistercians ⓘ surface form: Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance Cistercians ⓘ surface form: Trappists
tourismType	religious tourism ⓘ

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Nelson County, Kentucky → contains → Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani ⓘ

Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani → hasNotableWork → Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Merton’s hermitage

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