Italian Cemetery, Colma
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Italian Cemetery in Colma is a historic burial ground serving the Italian-American community in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its cultural heritage and traditional Catholic memorials.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Italian Cemetery (Colma) | 1 |
| Italian Cemetery, Colma canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13269718 — 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: Italian Cemetery, Colma Context triple: [Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, operatesCemetery, Italian Cemetery, Colma]
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A.
Montale Rangone cemetery
Montale Rangone cemetery is a burial ground in the Modena area of Italy best known as the final resting place of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
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B.
Addolorata Cemetery
Addolorata Cemetery is Malta’s largest burial ground, a historic Catholic cemetery in Paola known for its extensive grounds and monumental funerary architecture.
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C.
Staglieno Cemetery
Staglieno Cemetery is a vast monumental cemetery in Genoa, Italy, renowned for its elaborate 19th-century funerary sculptures and as the resting place of notable figures such as Giuseppe Mazzini.
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D.
Cimitero Acattolico
Cimitero Acattolico is a historic non-Catholic cemetery in Rome, Italy, renowned as the final resting place of prominent Romantic poets and foreign artists, writers, and intellectuals.
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E.
Poggioreale Cemetery
Poggioreale Cemetery is a large historic burial ground in Naples, Italy, known for its monumental tombs and as the resting place of many notable Italian figures.
- 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: Italian Cemetery, Colma Target entity description: Italian Cemetery in Colma is a historic burial ground serving the Italian-American community in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its cultural heritage and traditional Catholic memorials.
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A.
Montale Rangone cemetery
Montale Rangone cemetery is a burial ground in the Modena area of Italy best known as the final resting place of legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
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B.
Addolorata Cemetery
Addolorata Cemetery is Malta’s largest burial ground, a historic Catholic cemetery in Paola known for its extensive grounds and monumental funerary architecture.
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C.
Staglieno Cemetery
Staglieno Cemetery is a vast monumental cemetery in Genoa, Italy, renowned for its elaborate 19th-century funerary sculptures and as the resting place of notable figures such as Giuseppe Mazzini.
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D.
Cimitero Acattolico
Cimitero Acattolico is a historic non-Catholic cemetery in Rome, Italy, renowned as the final resting place of prominent Romantic poets and foreign artists, writers, and intellectuals.
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E.
Poggioreale Cemetery
Poggioreale Cemetery is a large historic burial ground in Naples, Italy, known for its monumental tombs and as the resting place of many notable Italian figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
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cemetery ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic burial traditions
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Italian immigration to California ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalSignificance |
community memory for Italian-Americans in the Bay Area
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preservation of Italian-American funerary customs ⓘ |
| governedBy | cemetery administration ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | Italian-American cultural heritage ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Catholic iconography
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family plots ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ religious statuary ⓘ |
| hasLanguageTradition |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| hasReligiousServices | Catholic clergy ⓘ |
| hasSetting | suburban cemetery town of Colma ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMemorials |
crypts
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headstones ⓘ niches ⓘ |
| heritageType |
ethnic cemetery
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religious cemetery ⓘ |
| knownFor |
historic burial grounds
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traditional Catholic memorials ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colma, California
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San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ San Mateo County, California ⓘ |
| near | San Francisco, California ⓘ |
| partOf | Colma necropolis ⓘ |
| regionServed | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| serves | San Francisco Bay Area Italian community ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | Italian-American community ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic funerary rites
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burial ⓘ interment of human remains ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Italian Cemetery, Colma Description of subject: Italian Cemetery in Colma is a historic burial ground serving the Italian-American community in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its cultural heritage and traditional Catholic memorials.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of San Francisco
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operatesCemetery
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Italian Cemetery, Colma
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linked to: Italian Cemetery, Colma