St. Patrick's Purgatory
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St. Patrick's Purgatory is a famous medieval Christian pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, Ireland, long associated with visions of purgatory and spiritual purification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory | 1 |
| St. Patrick's Purgatory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11578586 — 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: St. Patrick's Purgatory Context triple: [Espurgatoire Seint Patriz, setting, St. Patrick's Purgatory]
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A.
The Well of the Saints
The Well of the Saints is a three-act play by Irish dramatist J. M. Synge that blends dark comedy and folklore to explore themes of blindness, illusion, and rural Irish life.
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B.
Purgatory
Purgatory is a state or realm in Christian theology where souls undergo purification before entering Heaven.
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C.
Purgatory
Purgatory is a one-act play by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of guilt, inheritance, and the haunting power of the past within a stark, symbolic family drama.
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D.
Ante-Purgatory
Ante-Purgatory is the outer region of Purgatory in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy where the souls of the excommunicated, the late-repentant, and the negligent must wait before ascending to the main terraces of purification.
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E.
Purgi
Purgi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India.
- 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: St. Patrick's Purgatory Target entity description: St. Patrick's Purgatory is a famous medieval Christian pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, Ireland, long associated with visions of purgatory and spiritual purification.
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A.
The Well of the Saints
The Well of the Saints is a three-act play by Irish dramatist J. M. Synge that blends dark comedy and folklore to explore themes of blindness, illusion, and rural Irish life.
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B.
Purgatory
Purgatory is a state or realm in Christian theology where souls undergo purification before entering Heaven.
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C.
Purgatory
Purgatory is a one-act play by W.B. Yeats that explores themes of guilt, inheritance, and the haunting power of the past within a stark, symbolic family drama.
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D.
Ante-Purgatory
Ante-Purgatory is the outer region of Purgatory in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy where the souls of the excommunicated, the late-repentant, and the negligent must wait before ascending to the main terraces of purification.
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E.
Purgi
Purgi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kargil region of Ladakh in northern India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian pilgrimage site
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Roman Catholic shrine ⓘ medieval pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lough Derg pilgrimage
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Purgatorium Sancti Patricii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
all-night vigil
ⓘ
barefoot pilgrimage ⓘ medieval visionary literature ⓘ pilgrimage fasting rituals ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 12th century ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName | St. Patrick's Purgatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
basilica on Station Island
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cave site traditionally linked to visions ⓘ penitential beds ⓘ pilgrims' hostel ⓘ |
| hasVisitorType |
pilgrims
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tourists ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.loughderg.org/ ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important medieval pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| inception | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later European visions of the afterlife ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Station Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | County Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater |
Lough Derg
NERFINISHED
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Lough Derg, County Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Ulster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwest Ireland ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
penance
ⓘ
purgatory ⓘ spiritual purification ⓘ |
| notableWorkAbout |
The Vision of Owein
NERFINISHED
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Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSeason |
August
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July ⓘ June ⓘ summer ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| theme |
confession of sins
ⓘ
penitential discipline ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| traditionOf | visions of purgatory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: St. Patrick's Purgatory Description of subject: St. Patrick's Purgatory is a famous medieval Christian pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, Ireland, long associated with visions of purgatory and spiritual purification.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory