Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil, centered in Salvador and recognized as one of the oldest and most influential sees in the Americas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia canonical | 2 |
| Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia | 2 |
| Primatial See of Brazil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3376384 — 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: Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia Context triple: [Portuguese America, mainMetropolitanSee, Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia]
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A.
Archdiocese of Brasília
The Archdiocese of Brasília is the principal Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction serving Brazil’s capital city and surrounding region.
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B.
Archdiocese of São Paulo
The Archdiocese of São Paulo is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil that oversees numerous parishes and institutions in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
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C.
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil that oversees numerous parishes and religious institutions in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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D.
Archdiocese of Braga
The Archdiocese of Braga is one of the oldest and most historically significant Roman Catholic archdioceses in Portugal, long serving as a major ecclesiastical center on the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Brazil, overseeing numerous parishes and suffragan dioceses in and around the city of Campinas.
- 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: Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia Target entity description: The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil, centered in Salvador and recognized as one of the oldest and most influential sees in the Americas.
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A.
Archdiocese of Brasília
The Archdiocese of Brasília is the principal Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction serving Brazil’s capital city and surrounding region.
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B.
Archdiocese of São Paulo
The Archdiocese of São Paulo is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil that oversees numerous parishes and institutions in the metropolitan region of São Paulo.
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C.
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil that oversees numerous parishes and religious institutions in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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D.
Archdiocese of Braga
The Archdiocese of Braga is one of the oldest and most historically significant Roman Catholic archdioceses in Portugal, long serving as a major ecclesiastical center on the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Brazil, overseeing numerous parishes and suffragan dioceses in and around the city of Campinas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic archdiocese
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metropolitan see ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Portuguese colonial history
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history of Salvador, Bahia ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
National Conference of Bishops of Brazil
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surface form:
Brazilian Episcopal Conference
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| cathedralLocatedIn |
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
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surface form:
Pelourinho, Salvador
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| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryLargestCityOfSee | Salvador ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| elevatedToArchdiocese | Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia self-link ⓘ |
| establishedAs |
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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| governedBy | metropolitan archbishop ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Salvador ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
religious orders
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secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
administration of parishes in its jurisdiction
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coordination of suffragan dioceses in its province ⓘ pastoral care of Catholics in its territory ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | archdiocese ⓘ |
| hasMetropolitanArchbishop | Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia ⓘ |
| hasSeeCity | Salvador ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialJurisdiction | parts of the State of Bahia ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Primatial See of Brazil
|
| historicalSignificance |
early center of Catholic evangelization in colonial Brazil
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important role in spread of Catholicism in the Americas ⓘ |
| isEcclesiasticalJurisdictionOf | Roman Catholic Church in Brazil ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
most influential Catholic sees in Brazil
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oldest Catholic dioceses in the Americas ⓘ primatial sees of Brazil ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northeast Region of Brazil
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surface form:
Northeast Region, Brazil
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil ⓘ
surface form:
Salvador, Bahia
Bahia ⓘ
surface form:
State of Bahia
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| locatedOnContinent | South America ⓘ |
| metropolitanSeeOf | Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia ⓘ |
| primaryReligion | Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil
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Catholic Church in Brazil ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church in Brazil
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| suiIurisChurch |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
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| usesLiturgicalCalendar | Roman Catholic liturgical calendar ⓘ |
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: Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia Description of subject: The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Brazil, centered in Salvador and recognized as one of the oldest and most influential sees in the Americas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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hasTitle
→
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Primatial See of Brazil
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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establishedAs
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Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
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elevatedToArchdiocese
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Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
self-link
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