Sacred Congregation of Rites

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congregation of the Catholic Church dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and the process of canonizing saints in the Catholic Church.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Sacred Congregation of Rites canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7405137 — 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: Sacred Congregation of Rites
Context triple: [Sacra Rituum Congregatio, concerns, Sacred Congregation of Rites]

A. Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and regulation of the sacraments in the Catholic Church.
B. Sacred Congregation for Religious
The Sacred Congregation for Religious was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing religious orders and congregations within the Catholic Church.
C. Sacred Congregation of the Council
The Sacred Congregation of the Council was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the discipline of the clergy and the implementation of the decrees of the Council of Trent.
D. Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide
The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide was a major department of the Roman Curia responsible for directing and coordinating Catholic missionary activity worldwide.
E. Sacred Congregations of the Roman Curia
The Sacred Congregations of the Roman Curia are key administrative and judicial departments of the Holy See that assist the Pope in governing the Catholic Church, particularly in matters of doctrine, discipline, and church governance.
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: Sacred Congregation of Rites
Target entity description: The Sacred Congregation of Rites was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and the process of canonizing saints in the Catholic Church.

A. Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the liturgy and regulation of the sacraments in the Catholic Church.
B. Sacred Congregation for Religious
The Sacred Congregation for Religious was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing religious orders and congregations within the Catholic Church.
C. Sacred Congregation of the Council
The Sacred Congregation of the Council was a former department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the discipline of the clergy and the implementation of the decrees of the Council of Trent.
D. Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide
The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide was a major department of the Roman Curia responsible for directing and coordinating Catholic missionary activity worldwide.
E. Sacred Congregations of the Roman Curia
The Sacred Congregations of the Roman Curia are key administrative and judicial departments of the Holy See that assist the Pope in governing the Catholic Church, particularly in matters of doctrine, discipline, and church governance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congregation of the Catholic Church ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
belongsTo	central administration of the Catholic Church ⓘ
country	Vatican City ⓘ
dateOfEstablishment	1588 ⓘ
dateOfSuppression	1969 ⓘ
establishedBy	Pope Sixtus V NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedByDocument	apostolic constitution Immensa Aeterni Dei NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	Catholic worship discipline ⓘ canonization procedures ⓘ hagiography ⓘ liturgy ⓘ
governedBy	cardinal prefect ⓘ
hadSection	section for causes of saints ⓘ section for liturgical rites ⓘ
jurisdiction	Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOperation	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Apostolic Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversawRite	Latin liturgical rites ⓘ Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Roman Curia ⓘ
placeOfEstablishment	Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	oversight of the liturgy of the Catholic Church ⓘ regulation of Catholic liturgical rites ⓘ supervision of the process of canonization of saints ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
reorganizedInto	Congregation for Divine Worship NERFINISHED ⓘ Congregation for the Causes of Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	ceremonial of the Supreme Pontiff ⓘ liturgical calendar ⓘ liturgy ⓘ process of beatification ⓘ process of canonization ⓘ regulation of sacred images ⓘ regulation of sacred relics ⓘ rubrics of the Roman Rite ⓘ sacred rites ⓘ
status	suppressed ⓘ
successor	Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments NERFINISHED ⓘ Dicastery for the Causes of Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppressedBy	Pope Paul VI NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppressedByDocument	apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied	canon law ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio → concerns → Sacred Congregation of Rites ⓘ

subject surface form: Sacra Rituum Congregatio

apostolic constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio → relatedTo → Sacred Congregation of Rites ⓘ