Salesians of Don Bosco
E256608
Catholic religious institute
clerical religious congregation of pontifical right
religious congregation
The Salesians of Don Bosco are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. John Bosco, dedicated especially to the education and pastoral care of young people, particularly the poor and marginalized.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salesians of Don Bosco canonical | 9 |
| Salesian | 1 |
| Salesian Society of Don Bosco | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2312236 — 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: Salesians of Don Bosco Context triple: [Catholic Church in Haiti, hasReligiousOrder, Salesians of Don Bosco]
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A.
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
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B.
Christian Brothers
Christian Brothers is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation formally known as the Congregation of Christian Brothers, dedicated to education and social service worldwide.
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C.
Vincentian Fathers
The Vincentian Fathers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers, founded by St. Vincent de Paul, dedicated to evangelization and service to the poor through missions, education, and charitable works.
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D.
Claretian Missionaries
The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
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E.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
- 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: Salesians of Don Bosco Target entity description: The Salesians of Don Bosco are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. John Bosco, dedicated especially to the education and pastoral care of young people, particularly the poor and marginalized.
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A.
Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
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B.
Christian Brothers
Christian Brothers is a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation formally known as the Congregation of Christian Brothers, dedicated to education and social service worldwide.
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C.
Vincentian Fathers
The Vincentian Fathers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers, founded by St. Vincent de Paul, dedicated to evangelization and service to the poor through missions, education, and charitable works.
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D.
Claretian Missionaries
The Claretian Missionaries are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret, known for their global evangelization, educational, and social outreach work, particularly in former Spanish mission territories.
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E.
Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic religious institute
ⓘ
clerical religious congregation of pontifical right ⓘ religious congregation ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
S.D.B.
ⓘ
SDB ⓘ |
| approvedBy | Pope Pius IX ⓘ |
| charism |
education of youth
ⓘ
pastoral care of young people ⓘ service of the poor and marginalized ⓘ |
| educationalMethod | preventive system ⓘ |
| foundedBy | John Bosco ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Turin ⓘ |
| foundedInCountry | Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ |
| foundedInRegion | Piedmont ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1859 ⓘ |
| founderHonorific | Saint ⓘ |
| generalateCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| generalateLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| governedBy | Rector Major ⓘ |
| governingBody | General Council ⓘ |
| hasFemaleBranch | Daughters of Mary Help of Christians ⓘ |
| hasLayBranch |
Salesian Family
ⓘ
surface form:
Salesian Cooperators
|
| hasYouthMovement | Salesian Youth Movement ⓘ |
| membershipIncludes |
priests
ⓘ
religious brothers ⓘ |
| motto | Da mihi animas, caetera tolle ⓘ |
| mottoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| mottoTranslation | Give me souls, take away the rest ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Bosco ⓘ |
| operatesIn | multiple countries worldwide ⓘ |
| patronSaint |
John Bosco
ⓘ
Mary Help of Christians ⓘ |
| preventiveSystemPillars |
loving-kindness
ⓘ
reason ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| primaryApostolate |
missionary work
ⓘ
oratories ⓘ parish ministry ⓘ schools ⓘ technical and vocational training ⓘ youth centers ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Holy See ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousFamily | Salesian Family ⓘ |
| religiousOrderType |
Society of apostolic life
ⓘ
clerical religious institute ⓘ |
| rite |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| spiritualityTradition | Salesian spirituality ⓘ |
| targetGroup |
marginalized youth
ⓘ
poor youth ⓘ young people ⓘ |
| vows |
chastity
ⓘ
obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Salesians of Don Bosco Description of subject: The Salesians of Don Bosco are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded by St. John Bosco, dedicated especially to the education and pastoral care of young people, particularly the poor and marginalized.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Salesian Society of Don Bosco
subject surface form:
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
this entity surface form:
Salesian
subject surface form:
Tarcisio Bertone
subject surface form:
Tarcisio Bertone