Extreme Unction
E30377
Extreme Unction is a traditional Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a seriously ill or dying person with blessed oil for spiritual strengthening, forgiveness of sins, and preparation for passing into eternal life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Extreme Unction canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229098 — 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: Extreme Unction Context triple: [Anointing of the Sick, alsoKnownAs, Extreme Unction]
-
A.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
-
B.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
-
C.
Iconoclastic Fury
Iconoclastic Fury was a wave of Protestant mob attacks on Catholic churches and religious images in the Low Countries in 1566, which helped ignite the broader conflict of the Eighty Years' War.
-
D.
Traditionis custodes
Traditionis custodes is a 2021 apostolic letter issued by Pope Francis that significantly restricts the use of the traditional Latin (Tridentine) Mass and reasserts the authority of local bishops over its celebration.
-
E.
the Whore of Babylon
The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic female figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing a corrupt, idolatrous city or system opposed to God and destined for divine judgment.
- 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: Extreme Unction Target entity description: Extreme Unction is a traditional Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a seriously ill or dying person with blessed oil for spiritual strengthening, forgiveness of sins, and preparation for passing into eternal life.
-
A.
Holy Orders
Holy Orders is the sacrament in which men are ordained as deacons, priests, or bishops to serve the Church’s ministry and leadership.
-
B.
Pastor aeternus
Pastor aeternus is the 1870 dogmatic constitution of the First Vatican Council that definitively articulated the doctrine of papal primacy and infallibility in the Roman Catholic Church.
-
C.
Iconoclastic Fury
Iconoclastic Fury was a wave of Protestant mob attacks on Catholic churches and religious images in the Low Countries in 1566, which helped ignite the broader conflict of the Eighty Years' War.
-
D.
Traditionis custodes
Traditionis custodes is a 2021 apostolic letter issued by Pope Francis that significantly restricts the use of the traditional Latin (Tridentine) Mass and reasserts the authority of local bishops over its celebration.
-
E.
the Whore of Babylon
The Whore of Babylon is a symbolic female figure in the Book of Revelation often interpreted as representing a corrupt, idolatrous city or system opposed to God and destined for divine judgment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic sacrament
ⓘ
anointing ritual ⓘ sacrament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Anointing of the Sick
ⓘ
Last Rites ⓘ Anointing of the Sick ⓘ
surface form:
Sacrament of the Sick
|
| associatedWithCondition |
danger of death
ⓘ
old age ⓘ serious illness ⓘ |
| cannotBeRepeatedCondition | may be repeated if illness worsens ⓘ |
| category |
Catholic theology
ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ pastoral care of the sick ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| developedFrom | early Christian anointing of the sick ⓘ |
| effectAccordingToDoctrine |
peace and courage
ⓘ
possible restoration of bodily health ⓘ remission of temporal punishment due to sin ⓘ remission of venial sins ⓘ special grace of the Holy Spirit ⓘ strengthening of soul ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalMinister |
bishop
ⓘ
priest ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
comfort of the sick
ⓘ
forgiveness of sins ⓘ preparation for death ⓘ preparation for eternal life ⓘ spiritual strengthening ⓘ union with the passion of Christ ⓘ |
| historicalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| isNot | sacrament reserved only to the moment of death ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
The Seven Sacraments
ⓘ
surface form:
Seven Sacraments
sacraments of healing ⓘ |
| liturgicalBook |
Anointing of the Sick
ⓘ
surface form:
Rite of Anointing and Pastoral Care of the Sick
|
| mayInclude |
Anointing of the Sick
ⓘ
surface form:
Eucharist as Viaticum
apostolic pardon ⓘ confession of sins ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
1917 Code of Canon Law
ⓘ
surface form:
Code of Canon Law
|
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| requires |
at least implicit contrition for sins
ⓘ
proper disposition of the recipient ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
anointing with oil
ⓘ
laying on of hands ⓘ |
| theologicalBasis |
Letter of James 5:14–15
ⓘ
surface form:
Epistle of James 5:14–15
|
| typicalRecipients | baptized Catholics ⓘ |
| usesLiturgicalObject |
Oil of the Sick
ⓘ
blessed oil ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Extreme Unction Description of subject: Extreme Unction is a traditional Catholic sacrament in which a priest anoints a seriously ill or dying person with blessed oil for spiritual strengthening, forgiveness of sins, and preparation for passing into eternal life.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.