Abbey of Saint Maurice
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The Abbey of Saint Maurice is a historic Swiss monastery renowned as one of the oldest continually inhabited monastic communities in the Western world and an important center of Christian pilgrimage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbey of Saint Maurice canonical | 3 |
| Abbey of Saint-Maurice | 3 |
| Abbey of Saint Maurice d’Agaune | 1 |
| Abbey of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8222019 — 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: Abbey of Saint Maurice Context triple: [Abbot of St. Maurice, heads, Abbey of Saint Maurice]
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Abbey of Baume
The Abbey of Baume is a historic Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned as an early center of Cluniac reform and monastic learning.
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Saint-Pierre Abbey
Saint-Pierre Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery in Moissac, France, renowned for its Romanesque architecture and richly sculpted cloister and portal.
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Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
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Maubuisson Abbey
Maubuisson Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France, founded in the early 13th century by Blanche of Castile and known as a royal abbey and burial site.
- 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: Abbey of Saint Maurice Target entity description: The Abbey of Saint Maurice is a historic Swiss monastery renowned as one of the oldest continually inhabited monastic communities in the Western world and an important center of Christian pilgrimage.
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A.
Abbey of Baume
The Abbey of Baume is a historic Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned as an early center of Cluniac reform and monastic learning.
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B.
Saint-Pierre Abbey
Saint-Pierre Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery in Moissac, France, renowned for its Romanesque architecture and richly sculpted cloister and portal.
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C.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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D.
Cluny Abbey
Cluny Abbey was a powerful medieval Benedictine monastery in eastern France that became a major center of religious reform, art, and architecture in Western Europe.
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E.
Maubuisson Abbey
Maubuisson Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France, founded in the early 13th century by Blanche of Castile and known as a royal abbey and burial site.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine monastery
ⓘ
Christian monastery ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| affiliation | Benedictine Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Theban Legion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
martyr cult of Saint Maurice ⓘ |
| continuousInhabitation | yes ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| foundedAs | monastery ⓘ |
| foundedBefore | 600 ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| function |
cultural center
ⓘ
educational center ⓘ spiritual center ⓘ |
| governedBy | abbot ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
liturgical treasures
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medieval art ⓘ reliquaries ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
archaeological site
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basilica ⓘ cloister ⓘ crypt ⓘ monastic buildings ⓘ treasury ⓘ |
| hasStatus | active monastery ⓘ |
| hasUse |
monastic community
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parish church ⓘ pilgrimage destination ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Swiss cultural property of national significance ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalRite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rhône valley
NERFINISHED
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Saint-Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ canton of Valais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the oldest continually inhabited monasteries in the Western world
ⓘ
long-standing Christian pilgrimage tradition ⓘ relics of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion ⓘ |
| pilgrimageType | Christian pilgrimage ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| tradition | Latin Church 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: Abbey of Saint Maurice Description of subject: The Abbey of Saint Maurice is a historic Swiss monastery renowned as one of the oldest continually inhabited monastic communities in the Western world and an important center of Christian pilgrimage.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Saint Maurice d’Agaune
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Saint-Maurice
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Saint-Maurice
this entity surface form:
Abbey of Saint-Maurice