Rita of Cascia
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Rita of Cascia was a 15th-century Italian Augustinian nun venerated as a patron saint of impossible causes, known for her piety, mystical experiences, and enduring a painful forehead wound associated with Christ’s crown of thorns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rita of Cascia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20486178 — 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: Rita of Cascia Context triple: [Cascia, hasSaint, Rita of Cascia]
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A.
Lucia da Torsano
Lucia da Torsano was an Italian noblewoman best known as the mother of Francesco Sforza, the 15th-century condottiero who became Duke of Milan.
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B.
Sergia Plautilla
Sergia Plautilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century and the mother of the future emperor Nerva.
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C.
Saint Rose of Viterbo
Saint Rose of Viterbo was a 13th-century Italian Franciscan tertiary and mystic renowned for her preaching, charity, and defense of the papacy, later venerated as the patron saint of her native city of Viterbo.
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D.
Benedetta of Cagliari
Benedetta of Cagliari was a medieval Sardinian noblewoman and giudicessa of Cagliari, notable as the mother of Marianus IV of Arborea and a key figure in the island’s complex dynastic politics.
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E.
Madonna di Foligno
Madonna di Foligno is a celebrated High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, depicting the Virgin and Child in glory above a group of saints and the donor in a dramatic, atmospheric composition.
- 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: Rita of Cascia Target entity description: Rita of Cascia was a 15th-century Italian Augustinian nun venerated as a patron saint of impossible causes, known for her piety, mystical experiences, and enduring a painful forehead wound associated with Christ’s crown of thorns.
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A.
Lucia da Torsano
Lucia da Torsano was an Italian noblewoman best known as the mother of Francesco Sforza, the 15th-century condottiero who became Duke of Milan.
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B.
Sergia Plautilla
Sergia Plautilla was a Roman noblewoman of the 1st century and the mother of the future emperor Nerva.
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C.
Saint Rose of Viterbo
Saint Rose of Viterbo was a 13th-century Italian Franciscan tertiary and mystic renowned for her preaching, charity, and defense of the papacy, later venerated as the patron saint of her native city of Viterbo.
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D.
Benedetta of Cagliari
Benedetta of Cagliari was a medieval Sardinian noblewoman and giudicessa of Cagliari, notable as the mother of Marianus IV of Arborea and a key figure in the island’s complex dynastic politics.
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E.
Madonna di Foligno
Madonna di Foligno is a celebrated High Renaissance altarpiece by Raphael, depicting the Virgin and Child in glory above a group of saints and the donor in a dramatic, atmospheric composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.