Basilica of St. Wenceslaus
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The Basilica of St. Wenceslaus is a significant Catholic pilgrimage church in Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic, traditionally associated with the martyrdom of the Czech patron saint Wenceslaus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basilica of St. Wenceslaus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7833560 — 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: Basilica of St. Wenceslaus Context triple: [Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, hasReligiousBuilding, Basilica of St. Wenceslaus]
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Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
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B.
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague
The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague is a historic Baroque church best known as the hiding place and memorial site of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
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C.
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
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D.
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church)
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church) is a historic Christian church in the Dutch town of Winschoten, notable for its traditional architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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E.
Basilika Vierzehnheiligen
Basilika Vierzehnheiligen is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, celebrated for its ornate architecture and dedication to the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
- 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: Basilica of St. Wenceslaus Target entity description: The Basilica of St. Wenceslaus is a significant Catholic pilgrimage church in Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic, traditionally associated with the martyrdom of the Czech patron saint Wenceslaus.
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A.
Church of Our Lady before Týn
The Church of Our Lady before Týn is a prominent Gothic church dominating Prague’s Old Town skyline, renowned for its twin spires and historical significance as a major medieval religious and cultural landmark.
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B.
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Prague
The Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague is a historic Baroque church best known as the hiding place and memorial site of the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
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C.
St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is a monumental Gothic cathedral within Prague Castle, renowned as a spiritual symbol of the Czech state and the traditional coronation and burial site of Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors.
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D.
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church)
Sint-Vituskerk (St Vitus Church) is a historic Christian church in the Dutch town of Winschoten, notable for its traditional architecture and role as a central place of worship in the community.
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E.
Basilika Vierzehnheiligen
Basilika Vierzehnheiligen is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, celebrated for its ornate architecture and dedication to the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic church
ⓘ
basilica minor ⓘ pilgrimage church ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Czech national identity
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Czech patron saint Wenceslaus ⓘ cult of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ |
| category |
Basilica churches in the Czech Republic
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Buildings and structures in Stará Boleslav ⓘ Catholic pilgrimage sites in the Czech Republic ⓘ Roman Catholic churches in the Central Bohemian Region ⓘ |
| country | Czech Republic ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Wenceslaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| feastDayAssociated |
28 September
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Feast of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | church building ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | site of national pilgrimages on the feast of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ |
| hasDiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | parish church ⓘ |
| hasLocalName | Bazilika svatého Václava NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | place of worship ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| hasRite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryUse |
historical monument
ⓘ
site of religious festivals ⓘ |
| hasTitle | basilica minor ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national cultural monument of the Czech Republic ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Czech ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Bohemian Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stará Boleslav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerCountry | Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | site of the murder of Saint Wenceslaus according to tradition ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Wenceslaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | National cultural monument of St. Wenceslaus in Stará Boleslav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaint | Saint Wenceslaus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageDestinationFor |
Catholic pilgrims
ⓘ
devotees of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| significance | major Marian and Wenceslas pilgrimage site in Bohemia ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith |
death of Duke Wenceslaus of Bohemia
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martyrdom of Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic liturgy
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pilgrimage ceremonies ⓘ prayer and devotion ⓘ religious processions ⓘ |
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: Basilica of St. Wenceslaus Description of subject: The Basilica of St. Wenceslaus is a significant Catholic pilgrimage church in Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic, traditionally associated with the martyrdom of the Czech patron saint Wenceslaus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.