Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier
E437806
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, centered in the city of Trier and rooted in early Christian times.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Trier | 5 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier canonical | 4 |
| Archdiocese of Trier | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4400416 — 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 Trier Context triple: [Trier, isSeatOf, Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Worms
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worms was a historic bishopric in Germany centered in the city of Worms, influential in the early and medieval Church before its eventual dissolution.
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C.
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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D.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg is a major ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Germany, encompassing much of Baden-Württemberg and centered on the Archdiocese based in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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E.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn is a historic German ecclesiastical jurisdiction that evolved from the former Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and today serves as a major archdiocese in the Catholic Church in Germany.
- 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 Trier Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, centered in the city of Trier and rooted in early Christian times.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz
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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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Worms
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worms was a historic bishopric in Germany centered in the city of Worms, influential in the early and medieval Church before its eventual dissolution.
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C.
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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D.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg is a major ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Germany, encompassing much of Baden-Württemberg and centered on the Archdiocese based in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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E.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paderborn is a historic German ecclesiastical jurisdiction that evolved from the former Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn and today serves as a major archdiocese in the Catholic Church in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church diocese
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Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| belongsTo | German Bishops' Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderingDiocese |
Diocese of Cologne
NERFINISHED
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Diocese of Limburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Liège NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Luxembourg NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Metz NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Namur NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Speyer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral |
High Cathedral of Saint Peter in Trier
NERFINISHED
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Trier Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCathedral | none ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| establishedInCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| formerPoliticalRole | Prince-Bishopric of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerRulerTitle | Prince-Archbishop of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerSecularAuthority | Elector of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBishop | Stephan Ackermann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Diocese of Trier ⓘ |
| hasDeaneries | yes ⓘ |
| hasOfficialNameInGerman | Bistum Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasParishes | yes ⓘ |
| hasSeminary | yes ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | historically influential diocese in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest dioceses in Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rhineland-Palatinate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saarland NERFINISHED ⓘ Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorPilgrimageSite | Trier Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorRelic | Holy Tunic of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaint | Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCity | Trier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western Germany ⓘ |
| regionType | diocesan territory ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
parts of Rhineland-Palatinate
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parts of Saarland ⓘ |
| usesCalendar | General Roman Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bistum-trier.de ⓘ |
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 Trier Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier is one of Germany’s oldest and historically most influential dioceses, centered in the city of Trier and rooted in early Christian times.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Trier
this entity surface form:
Archdiocese of Trier
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Trier
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Trier
this entity surface form:
Diocese of Trier
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Luxembourg
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borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction
→
Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier
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this entity surface form:
Diocese of Trier