Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, with a long medieval history and jurisdiction over parishes in the Manche department.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13389933 — 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches Context triple: [Coutances, isSeatOf, Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches]
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, encompassing historic centers like Bayeux and the pilgrimage site of Lisieux, and is known for its association with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans is an ecclesiastical territory in western France centered on the city of Le Mans and overseen by a bishop within the Latin Church.
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Diocese of Saint-Malo
The Diocese of Saint-Malo was a former Roman Catholic diocese in Brittany, France, historically centered on the port city of Saint-Malo and known for figures such as St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.
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D.
Diocese of Évreux
The Diocese of Évreux is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, centered on the city of Évreux and historically notable for encompassing influential religious institutions such as the Abbey of Bec.
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Diocese of Luçon
The Diocese of Luçon is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western France, centered in the town of Luçon and historically notable for figures such as Cardinal Richelieu, who once served as its bishop.
- 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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, with a long medieval history and jurisdiction over parishes in the Manche department.
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A.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, encompassing historic centers like Bayeux and the pilgrimage site of Lisieux, and is known for its association with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.
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B.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans is an ecclesiastical territory in western France centered on the city of Le Mans and overseen by a bishop within the Latin Church.
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C.
Diocese of Saint-Malo
The Diocese of Saint-Malo was a former Roman Catholic diocese in Brittany, France, historically centered on the port city of Saint-Malo and known for figures such as St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort.
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D.
Diocese of Évreux
The Diocese of Évreux is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, centered on the city of Évreux and historically notable for encompassing influential religious institutions such as the Abbey of Bec.
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E.
Diocese of Luçon
The Diocese of Luçon is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in western France, centered in the town of Luçon and historically notable for figures such as Cardinal Richelieu, who once served as its bishop.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory
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Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Episcopal residence of Coutances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bishopTitle | Bishop of Coutances and Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy | English Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | Coutances Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city |
Avranches
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coutances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCathedral | Saint-André Cathedral, Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| currentBishop | Laurent Le Boulc’h NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Ecclesiastical province of Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| established | 4th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | Code of Canon Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralChapter | Chapter of Coutances Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClergyType |
religious clergy
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secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Diocese of Coutances and Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalEvent |
concordat re-establishment in 19th century
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loss of Channel Islands jurisdiction in 16th century ⓘ reorganization during the French Revolution ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasMajorChurch | Basilica of Saint-Gervais d’Avranches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://catholique-coutances.fr ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint |
Saint Paul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalJurisdiction | Channel Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOver | parishes in Manche department ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manche department
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedFrom |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Avranches
NERFINISHED
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic Church in France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Holy See ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
Channel Islands (historically)
NERFINISHED
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Mont-Saint-Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches Description of subject: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances and Avranches is an ecclesiastical territory in Normandy, France, with a long medieval history and jurisdiction over parishes in the Manche department.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.