Shrine of Saint James the Great
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The Shrine of Saint James the Great is a major Christian pilgrimage destination traditionally believed to house the remains of the Apostle James, drawing millions of pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shrine of Saint James the Great canonical | 2 |
| shrine of Saint James the Great | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9494902 — 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: Shrine of Saint James the Great Context triple: [Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, primaryShrine, Shrine of Saint James the Great]
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A.
Igreja de Santiago
Igreja de Santiago is a historic Catholic church in the Portuguese town of Tavira, known for its traditional Algarve architecture and religious heritage.
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B.
Church of Santiago
The Church of Santiago is a historic Catholic church in the town of Alba de Tormes in Spain’s Salamanca province, notable for its traditional architecture and religious heritage.
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C.
Shrine of Saint Andrew
The Shrine of Saint Andrew is a historic religious site in St Andrews, Scotland, venerated as a major medieval pilgrimage destination associated with the relics of the apostle Saint Andrew.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of St. James
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James is a historic Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn, New York, serving as the mother church and episcopal seat of the local diocese.
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E.
Shrine of John the Baptist
The Shrine of John the Baptist is a revered Islamic and Christian holy site within the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, believed to house the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
- 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: Shrine of Saint James the Great Target entity description: The Shrine of Saint James the Great is a major Christian pilgrimage destination traditionally believed to house the remains of the Apostle James, drawing millions of pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago.
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A.
Igreja de Santiago
Igreja de Santiago is a historic Catholic church in the Portuguese town of Tavira, known for its traditional Algarve architecture and religious heritage.
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B.
Church of Santiago
The Church of Santiago is a historic Catholic church in the town of Alba de Tormes in Spain’s Salamanca province, notable for its traditional architecture and religious heritage.
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C.
Shrine of Saint Andrew
The Shrine of Saint Andrew is a historic religious site in St Andrews, Scotland, venerated as a major medieval pilgrimage destination associated with the relics of the apostle Saint Andrew.
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D.
Cathedral Basilica of St. James
The Cathedral Basilica of St. James is a historic Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn, New York, serving as the mother church and episcopal seat of the local diocese.
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E.
Shrine of John the Baptist
The Shrine of John the Baptist is a revered Islamic and Christian holy site within the Umayyad (Great) Mosque of Damascus, believed to house the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian shrine
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pilgrimage site ⓘ reliquary shrine ⓘ |
| associatedPilgrimageRoute |
Camino Francés
GENERATED
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Camino Portugués GENERATED ⓘ Camino Primitivo GENERATED ⓘ Camino del Norte GENERATED ⓘ Via de la Plata GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Apostle James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFeastDay | Feast of Saint James (25 July) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitle | patron saint of Spain ⓘ |
| connectedTo | UNESCO World Heritage-listed Camino de Santiago routes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | one of the most important Christian pilgrimage destinations ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint James the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devotionalPractices |
pilgrims’ prayers
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thanksgiving offerings ⓘ veneration of relics ⓘ |
| draws | millions of pilgrims ⓘ |
| historicalRole | focus of medieval European pilgrimages ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
medieval pilgrimage traditions
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modern long-distance walking pilgrimages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Santiago de Compostela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorPilgrimageDestinationFor | Camino de Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageTradition | Way of St. James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spiritualSignificance | tomb of an apostle ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Christian discipleship and journey of faith ⓘ |
| traditionallyHousesRemainsOf | Saint James the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedBy |
Roman Catholics
NERFINISHED
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other Christian pilgrims ⓘ |
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: Shrine of Saint James the Great Description of subject: The Shrine of Saint James the Great is a major Christian pilgrimage destination traditionally believed to house the remains of the Apostle James, drawing millions of pilgrims along the Camino de Santiago.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
shrine of Saint James the Great