Saint Josephine Bakhita
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Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Josephine Bakhita canonical | 2 |
| Bakhita | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2544877 — 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: Saint Josephine Bakhita Context triple: [Spe Salvi, mentionsFigure, Saint Josephine Bakhita]
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A.
Bete Maryam
Bete Maryam is one of the rock-hewn monolithic churches in the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, renowned for its medieval architecture and religious significance in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
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B.
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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C.
Mother Miriam Ruth
Mother Miriam Ruth is a central character in the play and film "Agnes of God," serving as the convent's mother superior who becomes deeply involved in the investigation of a young nun's mysterious pregnancy and death.
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D.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary renowned for her lifelong service to the poor and sick, particularly in Kolkata, India, and is widely regarded as a global symbol of compassion and charity.
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E.
Célestine Ann Beyincé
Célestine Ann Beyincé is an American businesswoman and fashion designer best known as the mother of singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles.
- 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: Saint Josephine Bakhita Target entity description: Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.
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A.
Bete Maryam
Bete Maryam is one of the rock-hewn monolithic churches in the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, renowned for its medieval architecture and religious significance in Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Mother Miriam Ruth
Mother Miriam Ruth is a central character in the play and film "Agnes of God," serving as the convent's mother superior who becomes deeply involved in the investigation of a young nun's mysterious pregnancy and death.
-
D.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary renowned for her lifelong service to the poor and sick, particularly in Kolkata, India, and is widely regarded as a global symbol of compassion and charity.
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E.
Célestine Ann Beyincé
Célestine Ann Beyincé is an American businesswoman and fashion designer best known as the mother of singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic nun
ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ former slave ⓘ human ⓘ |
| baptismDate | 1890-01-09 ⓘ |
| beatifiedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| convertedTo |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Italy
ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ |
| dateOfBeatification | 1992-05-17 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-01-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 2000-10-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1947-02-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Daju ⓘ |
| familyName |
Saint Josephine Bakhita
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bakhita
|
| feastDay | February 8 ⓘ |
| givenName | Josephine ⓘ |
| hasCause | patronage against human trafficking ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Saint
ⓘ
Virgin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Canossian Daughters of Charity ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Daju languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Daju language
|
| notableFor |
being a former slave who became a saint
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deep Christian faith ⓘ forgiveness of her enslavers ⓘ |
| notableWork | autobiographical testimony dictated to the Canossian Sisters ⓘ |
| occupation |
nun
ⓘ
religious sister ⓘ |
| patronage |
Sudan
ⓘ
victims of human trafficking ⓘ victims of slavery ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Darfur region
ⓘ
surface form:
Darfur
Olgossa ⓘ Sudan ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Italy
ⓘ
Schio ⓘ Vicenza ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Schio
ⓘ
Venice ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Devotion to Saint Josephine Bakhita ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Josephine Bakhita Description of subject: Saint Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born former slave who became a Catholic nun in Italy, renowned for her profound faith, forgiveness, and eventual canonization as a saint.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bakhita