Virgin of the Pillar
E927059
The Virgin of the Pillar is a revered Marian apparition and patroness of Zaragoza, Spain, venerated as one of the oldest Marian devotions in Christianity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Our Lady of the Pillar | 4 |
| Our Lady of the Pillar (traditionally) | 1 |
| Virgin of the Pillar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11440712 — 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: Virgin of the Pillar Context triple: [Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, associatedWith, Virgin of the Pillar]
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A.
Our Lady of Le Puy
Our Lady of Le Puy is a revered Marian title associated with a major medieval pilgrimage shrine in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, long regarded as an important starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
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B.
Pio del Pilar
Pio del Pilar was a Filipino revolutionary general and key figure in the Philippine struggle for independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a widely venerated Marian title and icon in the Catholic Church, associated with the Virgin Mary’s continual aid and protection for the faithful.
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D.
Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
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E.
Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
- 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: Virgin of the Pillar Target entity description: The Virgin of the Pillar is a revered Marian apparition and patroness of Zaragoza, Spain, venerated as one of the oldest Marian devotions in Christianity.
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A.
Our Lady of Le Puy
Our Lady of Le Puy is a revered Marian title associated with a major medieval pilgrimage shrine in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, long regarded as an important starting point on the Camino de Santiago.
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B.
Pio del Pilar
Pio del Pilar was a Filipino revolutionary general and key figure in the Philippine struggle for independence against Spanish colonial rule.
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C.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a widely venerated Marian title and icon in the Catholic Church, associated with the Virgin Mary’s continual aid and protection for the faithful.
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D.
Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
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E.
Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic title of Mary
ⓘ
Marian apparition ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ |
| apparitionCountry | Roman Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparitionDateTradition |
1st century
ⓘ
2 January 40 AD ⓘ |
| apparitionLocation | Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparitionSetting | banks of the Ebro River ⓘ |
| apparitionTo | Saint James the Greater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparitionType | bilocation of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Pope Innocent XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithApostle | Saint James the Greater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
Hispanidad
ⓘ
Spanish national identity ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicallyCrownedBy | Pope Saint Pius X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultApproved | 18th century ⓘ |
| devotionConsidered | one of the oldest Marian devotions in Christianity ⓘ |
| feastDay | 12 October ⓘ |
| feastDayType |
patronal feast of Spain
ⓘ
solemnity in Zaragoza ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
crowned
ⓘ
holding the Child Jesus ⓘ standing on a jasper pillar ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalCoronation | yes ⓘ |
| hasDevotionLanguage |
Aragonese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| hasIconography | statue of the Virgin Mary on a pillar ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRankInZaragoza | solemnity ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | wooden statue ⓘ |
| hasMiracleTradition | protection of Zaragoza from war and disaster ⓘ |
| hasProcession | Fiestas del Pilar in Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelicType | image shrine ⓘ |
| hasSanctuary | Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedToCivilHoliday |
Día de la Hispanidad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fiesta Nacional de España NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainShrineCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainShrineLocation | Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf |
Hispanic world
ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Civil Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pillarMaterial | jasper ⓘ |
| title |
Patroness of the Hispanic World
ⓘ
Queen of the Hispanic World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleGivenBy | Pope Clement XII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Virgin of the Pillar Description of subject: The Virgin of the Pillar is a revered Marian apparition and patroness of Zaragoza, Spain, venerated as one of the oldest Marian devotions in Christianity.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar
subject surface form:
Pilar, Bataan
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar (traditionally)
this entity surface form:
Our Lady of the Pillar