Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, once an important ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz canonical | 7 |
| Diocese of Mainz | 5 |
| Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mainz | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4261580 — 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz Context triple: [Worms Cathedral, diocese, Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda is a historic German diocese centered on the city of Fulda, long known as an important religious and pilgrimage site associated with the monastery and tomb of Saint Boniface.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück is a historic Latin-rite diocese in northwestern Germany, centered in the city of Osnabrück and forming part of the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg.
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Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz
The Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz was a powerful ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire whose archbishop served as archchancellor and one of the leading prince-electors.
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Ecclesiastical province of Cologne
The Ecclesiastical province of Cologne is a major Roman Catholic church province in western Germany, centered on the Archdiocese of Cologne and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
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E.
Bishopric of Cologne
The Bishopric of Cologne was a significant ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Cologne, ruled by powerful prince-bishops who held both spiritual and temporal authority.
- 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, once an important ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fulda is a historic German diocese centered on the city of Fulda, long known as an important religious and pilgrimage site associated with the monastery and tomb of Saint Boniface.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osnabrück is a historic Latin-rite diocese in northwestern Germany, centered in the city of Osnabrück and forming part of the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg.
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C.
Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz
The Prince-Archbishopric of Mainz was a powerful ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire whose archbishop served as archchancellor and one of the leading prince-electors.
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D.
Ecclesiastical province of Cologne
The Ecclesiastical province of Cologne is a major Roman Catholic church province in western Germany, centered on the Archdiocese of Cologne and encompassing several suffragan dioceses.
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E.
Bishopric of Cologne
The Bishopric of Cologne was a significant ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Cologne, ruled by powerful prince-bishops who held both spiritual and temporal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Catholic diocese
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Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ suffragan diocese ⓘ |
| associatedWithCouncil | Synod of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEpiscopalConference | German Bishops' Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bishopSinceYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| cathedral |
High Cathedral of St. Martin and St. Stephen
NERFINISHED
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Mainz Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralStyle |
Gothic architecture
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Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCathedral | none ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentBishop | Peter Kohlgraf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| foundedInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| hadElectoralVoteIn | election of Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralChapter | Cathedral chapter of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorChurch |
St. Ignaz, Mainz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. Stephan, Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://bistummainz.de ⓘ |
| heldTitle | Archchancellor of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance |
major ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
one of the oldest dioceses in Germany ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | Prince-Bishopric of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mainz
NERFINISHED
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state of Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ state of Rhineland-Palatinate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lostArchdiocesanStatusInYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaint |
Saint Martin of Tours
NERFINISHED
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Saint Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Archdiocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTerritory |
parts of Hesse
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parts of Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ |
| reestablishedAsDioceseInYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| region | southwestern Germany ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suppressedTerritorialPrincipalityInYear | 1803 ⓘ |
| usesCalendar | General Roman Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasElectorate | Electorate of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasMetropolitanSeeOf | Archdiocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPartOf | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasPrinceBishopric | true ⓘ |
| wasSeatOf |
Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince-Archbishop of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, once an important ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Mainz
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg
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borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction
→
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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this entity surface form:
Diocese of Mainz
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Mainz
Mainz Cathedral (shared use for Protestant services in the region)
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diocese
→
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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subject surface form:
Mainz Cathedral
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mainz
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mainz
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Mainz
Ecclesiastical province of Munich and Freising
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hasSuffraganDiocese
→
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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this entity surface form:
Diocese of Mainz