Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717503 — 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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Context triple: [Occitanie, hasNotableSanctuary, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes]
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Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Orange in southeastern France, notable for its medieval origins and architectural heritage.
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Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
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St. Mary’s Basilica
St. Mary’s Basilica is a prominent Gothic church in Kraków, Poland, renowned for its towering brick façade, wooden altarpiece by Veit Stoss, and the hourly trumpet call (hejnał) played from its highest tower.
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D.
St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
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E.
Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a historic Roman Catholic basilica and major Marian pilgrimage site in Boston, renowned for its striking architecture and religious significance.
- 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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.
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A.
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Orange in southeastern France, notable for its medieval origins and architectural heritage.
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B.
Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
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C.
St. Mary’s Basilica
St. Mary’s Basilica is a prominent Gothic church in Kraków, Poland, renowned for its towering brick façade, wooden altarpiece by Veit Stoss, and the hourly trumpet call (hejnał) played from its highest tower.
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D.
St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
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E.
Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a historic Roman Catholic basilica and major Marian pilgrimage site in Boston, renowned for its striking architecture and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic pilgrimage site
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Marian shrine ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bernadette Soubirous
ⓘ
Immaculate Conception ⓘ
surface form:
Immaculate Conception dogma
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lourdes water
Lourdes apparitions of 1858 ⓘ
surface form:
Marian apparitions at Lourdes
|
| constructionStart | late 19th century ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Our Lady of Lourdes
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| diocese |
Diocese of Tarbes (later Tarbes-et-Lourdes)
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surface form:
Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes
|
| foundedAfterEvent | apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ |
| governingBody | Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes administration ⓘ |
| hasOfficialMedicalBody |
International Medical Committee of Lourdes
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International Medical Committee of Lourdes ⓘ
surface form:
Lourdes Medical Bureau
|
| hasPart |
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary
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Basilica of St. Pius X ⓘ Basilica of the Immaculate Conception ⓘ Cachot (former prison cell of Bernadette) near the sanctuary ⓘ Church of St. Bernadette ⓘ Massabielle Grotto ⓘ
surface form:
Grotto of Massabielle
Stations of the Cross ⓘ
surface form:
Way of the Cross
baths ⓘ procession esplanade ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
major Marian pilgrimage destination
ⓘ
one of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage sites ⓘ |
| inception | 1858 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Eucharistic procession
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healing waters ⓘ large Marian processions ⓘ miraculous cures ⓘ torchlight Marian procession ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
French
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Latin ⓘ multiple international languages for liturgies ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeast |
11 February
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Our Lady of Lourdes
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| locatedIn |
Hautes-Pyrénées
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Lourdes ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ
surface form:
Pyrenees region
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| owner |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| partOf | Catholic Marian shrines network ⓘ |
| pilgrimsPerYear | approximately 4 to 6 million ⓘ |
| recognisedMiraclesByChurch | over 60 cures ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| visitorCount | millions of pilgrims per year ⓘ |
| website | https://www.lourdes-france.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Description of subject: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of Lourdes
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of Lourdes
this entity surface form:
Lourdes pilgrimage complex