Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls

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Benedictine monastery monastic community religious house

The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is a historic Benedictine monastic community and complex attached to Rome’s Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, dedicated to prayer, scholarship, and the care of this major papal basilica.

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Label	Occurrences
Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1083992 — 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.

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Target entity: Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Context triple: [Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, hasMonasticComplex, Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls]

A. Fossanova Abbey
Fossanova Abbey is a medieval Cistercian monastery in Italy, renowned as the place where the theologian and philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas died.
B. Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace
The Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace is a renowned Renaissance cloister in Rome, celebrated for its harmonious architectural design by Donato Bramante.
C. Monte Cassino Abbey
Monte Cassino Abbey is a historic hilltop monastery in Italy, renowned as the cradle of the Benedictine Order and a symbol of European monasticism and learning.
D. Mater Ecclesiae Monastery
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery is a small convent within the Vatican Gardens that became widely known as the secluded residence of Pope Benedict XVI after his resignation.
E. Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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: Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Target entity description: The Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is a historic Benedictine monastic community and complex attached to Rome’s Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, dedicated to prayer, scholarship, and the care of this major papal basilica.

A. Fossanova Abbey
Fossanova Abbey is a medieval Cistercian monastery in Italy, renowned as the place where the theologian and philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas died.
B. Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace
The Cloister of Santa Maria della Pace is a renowned Renaissance cloister in Rome, celebrated for its harmonious architectural design by Donato Bramante.
C. Monte Cassino Abbey
Monte Cassino Abbey is a historic hilltop monastery in Italy, renowned as the cradle of the Benedictine Order and a symbol of European monasticism and learning.
D. Mater Ecclesiae Monastery
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery is a small convent within the Vatican Gardens that became widely known as the secluded residence of Pope Benedict XVI after his resignation.
E. Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Benedictine monastery ⓘ monastic community ⓘ religious house ⓘ
affiliation	Holy See ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Paul ⓘ Pope ⓘ
attachedTo	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ
belongsTo	Benedictine Confederation ⓘ
city	Rome ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction	Diocese of Rome ⓘ
function	custody of the shrine of Saint Paul ⓘ hospitality to pilgrims ⓘ liturgical service in the basilica ⓘ
governs	monastic community of monks ⓘ
hasComponent	chapter house ⓘ cloister ⓘ library ⓘ monks’ cells ⓘ refectory ⓘ
hasMonasticRule	Rule of Saint Benedict ⓘ
hasPurpose	preservation of sacred art and architecture of the basilica ⓘ service to pilgrims and visitors to the basilica ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic monastery ⓘ
isGuardianOf	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ tomb of Saint Paul (within the basilica) ⓘ
isPartOf	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ surface form: papal basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
languageOfLiturgy	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Italy ⓘ Rome ⓘ
partOf	Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ surface form: Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls complex
primaryFunction	care of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ prayer ⓘ scholarship ⓘ
region	Lazio ⓘ
religiousOrder	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Order of Saint Benedict
religiousVocation	contemplative life ⓘ intellectual work ⓘ liturgical prayer ⓘ
rite	Latin Rite ⓘ
tradition	Benedictine monasticism ⓘ
typeOfBuilding	monastic complex ⓘ

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → hasMonasticComplex → Benedictine Abbey of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ

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