Diocese of Basel
E496481
The Diocese of Basel is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Switzerland, encompassing several Swiss cantons and centered historically around the city of Basel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Basel canonical | 2 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5027113 — 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: Diocese of Basel Context triple: [Roman Catholic Diocese of Freiburg, borderingEcclesiasticalJurisdiction, Diocese of Basel]
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Diocese of Fribourg
The Diocese of Fribourg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Switzerland, centered in the city of Fribourg and historically significant as a regional seat of Catholic authority.
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Archdiocese of Freiburg
The Archdiocese of Freiburg is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Germany, overseeing numerous dioceses and parishes within its metropolitan province.
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Diocese of Feldkirch
The Diocese of Feldkirch is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, established in 1968 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salzburg.
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Diocese of Bamberg
The Diocese of Bamberg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Bamberg and known for its rich religious and architectural heritage.
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Ecclesiastical Province of Freiburg
The Ecclesiastical Province of Freiburg is a Roman Catholic church province in southwestern Germany that encompasses the Archdiocese of Freiburg and its suffragan dioceses.
- 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: Diocese of Basel Target entity description: The Diocese of Basel is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Switzerland, encompassing several Swiss cantons and centered historically around the city of Basel.
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Diocese of Fribourg
The Diocese of Fribourg is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Switzerland, centered in the city of Fribourg and historically significant as a regional seat of Catholic authority.
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Archdiocese of Freiburg
The Archdiocese of Freiburg is a major Roman Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in southwestern Germany, overseeing numerous dioceses and parishes within its metropolitan province.
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Diocese of Feldkirch
The Diocese of Feldkirch is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, established in 1968 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Salzburg.
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Diocese of Bamberg
The Diocese of Bamberg is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Bavaria, Germany, centered on the city of Bamberg and known for its rich religious and architectural heritage.
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Ecclesiastical Province of Freiburg
The Ecclesiastical Province of Freiburg is a Roman Catholic church province in southwestern Germany that encompasses the Archdiocese of Freiburg and its suffragan dioceses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| bishopResidence | Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | Solothurn Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCathedral | St. Ursus and Victor Cathedral, Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 4th century ⓘ |
| formerCathedral | Basel Minster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Diocesan curia of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBishopTitle | Bishop of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralChapter | Cathedral chapter of Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Diocese of Basel ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Relocation of episcopal see from Basel to Solothurn in the 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalPoliticalStatus | Prince-Bishopric of Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSee | Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Swiss Bishops Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | diocese ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| lostTemporalPower | 1803 ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Besançon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialWebsiteLanguage |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| predecessor | Diocese of Augusta Raurica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seeAlso | Roman Catholicism in Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Canton of Aargau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canton of Basel-Landschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Bern NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Jura NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Nidwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Schaffhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Solothurn NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Thurgau NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Zug NERFINISHED ⓘ Canton of Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Diocese of Basel Description of subject: The Diocese of Basel is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Switzerland, encompassing several Swiss cantons and centered historically around the city of Basel.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel
this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel