Pontigny Abbey
E306215
Pontigny Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in northern France, renowned as one of the earliest and largest Cistercian abbeys and an important center of medieval religious and intellectual life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pontigny Abbey canonical | 5 |
| Pontigny Abbey, France | 2 |
| Cistercian Abbey of Pontigny | 1 |
| Pontigny Abbey church | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2812190 — 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: Pontigny Abbey Context triple: [Yonne department, containsHeritageSite, Pontigny Abbey]
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A.
Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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C.
Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
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D.
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
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E.
Marmoutier Abbey
Marmoutier Abbey is a historic monastic complex near Tours in France, traditionally associated with Saint Martin of Tours and influential in the spread of early Western monasticism.
- 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: Pontigny Abbey Target entity description: Pontigny Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in northern France, renowned as one of the earliest and largest Cistercian abbeys and an important center of medieval religious and intellectual life.
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A.
Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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C.
Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
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D.
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
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E.
Marmoutier Abbey
Marmoutier Abbey is a historic monastic complex near Tours in France, traditionally associated with Saint Martin of Tours and influential in the spread of early Western monasticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic religious house
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Cistercian monastery ⓘ former monastery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Cistercian architecture
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Romanesque architecture ⓘ early Gothic architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English exiled archbishops
ⓘ
scholastic theology ⓘ |
| category |
12th-century Christian monasteries
ⓘ
Cistercian monasteries in France ⓘ Monasteries in Yonne ⓘ Roman Catholic churches in Yonne ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| distanceFrom | about 20 km northeast of Auxerre ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Cistercian abbey ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| founder |
Hugh of Mâcon
ⓘ
Theobald II, Count of Champagne ⓘ
surface form:
Thibaut II, Count of Champagne
|
| foundingDate | 1114 ⓘ |
| functionAfterSuppression | parish church ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Pontigny Abbey
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pontigny Abbey church
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.abbayedepontigny.com/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Monument historique of France ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pontigny ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
ⓘ
Yonne ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| motherAbbey | Cîteaux Abbey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest Cistercian abbeys
ⓘ
being one of the largest Cistercian abbeys ⓘ medieval intellectual life ⓘ medieval religious life ⓘ |
| notableResident |
Edmund of Abingdon
ⓘ
Stephen Langton ⓘ Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Becket
|
| originalLanguageOfCommunity |
Latin
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cistercians
ⓘ
surface form:
Cistercian Order
|
| religiousOrder | Cistercians ⓘ |
| status | active parish church ⓘ |
| suppressedAsMonastery | French Revolution ⓘ |
| usedFor |
concerts
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cultural events ⓘ religious retreats ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pontigny Abbey Description of subject: Pontigny Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in northern France, renowned as one of the earliest and largest Cistercian abbeys and an important center of medieval religious and intellectual life.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saint Edmund Rich
this entity surface form:
Pontigny Abbey, France
this entity surface form:
Pontigny Abbey, France
this entity surface form:
Cistercian Abbey of Pontigny
this entity surface form:
Pontigny Abbey church