Mission San Xavier del Bac
E132298
Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission known for its ornate Baroque architecture and active parish on the Tohono O’odham Nation near Tucson, Arizona.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mission San Xavier del Bac canonical | 11 |
| San Xavier del Bac Mission | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1125622 — 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: Mission San Xavier del Bac Context triple: [Tucson, hasMajorAttraction, Mission San Xavier del Bac]
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Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in San Miguel, California, founded in 1797 as part of Spain’s colonial mission system to evangelize Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish colonial mission in San Antonio, Texas, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region's early Catholic and cultural history.
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C.
Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in present-day Fremont, California, founded in the late 18th century as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
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D.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in present-day Oceanside, California, renowned as one of the largest and most architecturally significant of the California missions.
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E.
Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Barbara Mission is a historic Spanish mission and iconic architectural landmark known as the "Queen of the Missions," founded in 1786 in Santa Barbara, California.
- 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: Mission San Xavier del Bac Target entity description: Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission known for its ornate Baroque architecture and active parish on the Tohono O’odham Nation near Tucson, Arizona.
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A.
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in San Miguel, California, founded in 1797 as part of Spain’s colonial mission system to evangelize Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish colonial mission in San Antonio, Texas, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and role in the region's early Catholic and cultural history.
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C.
Mission San José
Mission San José is a historic Spanish Catholic mission in present-day Fremont, California, founded in the late 18th century as part of Spain’s colonial mission system.
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D.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in present-day Oceanside, California, renowned as one of the largest and most architecturally significant of the California missions.
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E.
Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Barbara Mission is a historic Spanish mission and iconic architectural landmark known as the "Queen of the Missions," founded in 1786 in Santa Barbara, California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish Catholic mission
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church ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Baroque
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Moorish-influenced ⓘ Spanish Colonial ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Spanish colonization of the Americas
ⓘ
Spanish missions in the Sonoran Desert ⓘ Tohono O’odham culture ⓘ
linked to:
Tohono O'odham
|
| builtInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1797 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1783 ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 31.839 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | -111.975 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Francis Xavier
ⓘ
linked to:
Francis Xavier
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| foundedBy | Father Eusebio Francisco Kino ⓘ |
| foundedFor |
Tohono O’odham people
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohono O'odham
|
| foundingOrder |
Jesuits
ⓘ
linked to:
Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| function |
cultural heritage site
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place of worship ⓘ |
| governingDiocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
barrel-vaulted nave
ⓘ
dome ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ painted murals ⓘ polychrome interior sculptures ⓘ retablo mayor ⓘ twin bell towers ⓘ |
| hasRestoration |
20th-century conservation projects
ⓘ
21st-century conservation projects ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pima County, Arizona
ⓘ
Tohono O’odham Nation ⓘ
linked to:
Tohono O'odham Nation Reservation
|
| locatedNear |
Tucson, Arizona
ⓘ
linked to:
Tucson
|
| locatedOn | San Xavier Indian Reservation ⓘ |
| material | white stuccoed brick ⓘ |
| NHLDesignationDate | October 9, 1960 ⓘ |
| nickname | White Dove of the Desert ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | October 15, 1966 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 66000191 ⓘ |
| ownership |
Tohono O’odham Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Tohono O'odham
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| parishStatus | active parish ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| touristAccess | open to the public ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | major tourist destination in southern Arizona ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mission San Xavier del Bac Description of subject: Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission known for its ornate Baroque architecture and active parish on the Tohono O’odham Nation near Tucson, Arizona.
Referenced by (12)
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