Our Lady of Zeitoun Church
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Our Lady of Zeitoun Church is a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt, renowned as the site of widely reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1968.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Our Lady of Zeitoun Church canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11451940 — 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: Our Lady of Zeitoun Church Context triple: [El Zeitoun, hasReligiousSite, Our Lady of Zeitoun Church]
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A.
Saint George Maronite Cathedral
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is a prominent Maronite Catholic church in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its historic significance and neoclassical architecture.
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B.
Saint Maroun Church Gemmayzeh
Saint Maroun Church Gemmayzeh is a historic Maronite Catholic church in Beirut’s Gemmayzeh district, known for its religious significance and traditional Lebanese architectural style.
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C.
Our Lady of Ransom Church
Our Lady of Ransom Church is a prominent seaside Catholic church and pilgrimage site in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, known for its striking Gothic architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Holy Cross Church Beirut
Holy Cross Church Beirut is a prominent Christian church and historical landmark in Beirut, reflecting the city’s rich religious and architectural heritage.
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E.
Saint Louis des Capucins Church Beirut
Saint Louis des Capucins Church in Beirut is a historic Catholic church and architectural landmark that reflects the city’s longstanding Christian presence and cultural heritage.
- 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: Our Lady of Zeitoun Church Target entity description: Our Lady of Zeitoun Church is a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt, renowned as the site of widely reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1968.
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A.
Saint George Maronite Cathedral
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is a prominent Maronite Catholic church in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its historic significance and neoclassical architecture.
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B.
Saint Maroun Church Gemmayzeh
Saint Maroun Church Gemmayzeh is a historic Maronite Catholic church in Beirut’s Gemmayzeh district, known for its religious significance and traditional Lebanese architectural style.
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C.
Our Lady of Ransom Church
Our Lady of Ransom Church is a prominent seaside Catholic church and pilgrimage site in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, known for its striking Gothic architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Holy Cross Church Beirut
Holy Cross Church Beirut is a prominent Christian church and historical landmark in Beirut, reflecting the city’s rich religious and architectural heritage.
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E.
Saint Louis des Capucins Church Beirut
Saint Louis des Capucins Church in Beirut is a historic Catholic church and architectural landmark that reflects the city’s longstanding Christian presence and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coptic Orthodox church
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church building ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Church of the Virgin Mary at Zeitoun
NERFINISHED
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Zeitoun Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparitionsEndDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| apparitionsStartDate | 1968-04-02 ⓘ |
| apparitionsType | Marian apparitions ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Zeitoun Marian apparitions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| denomination | Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| devotionalFocus | veneration of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| governingBody | Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crosses on domes
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domes ⓘ icon of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| hasServiceLanguage |
Arabic
ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ |
| hasStatus | major Marian shrine in Egypt ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Coptic rite ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cairo
ⓘ
Zeitoun district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Marian apparitions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSite | yes ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Coptic Orthodox Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coptic Pope Kyrillos VI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Coptic Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportedApparitionsForm | luminous figure of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| reportedApparitionsFrequency | repeated over several years ⓘ |
| reportedApparitionsVisibility | visible to large crowds ⓘ |
| visitedBy | large numbers of pilgrims ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 1968 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Our Lady of Zeitoun Church Description of subject: Our Lady of Zeitoun Church is a Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo, Egypt, renowned as the site of widely reported Marian apparitions beginning in 1968.
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