St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
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St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney is a prominent Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church and one of the city's most recognizable religious and architectural landmarks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2610435 — 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: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney Context triple: [Hyde Park (Sydney), adjacentTo, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney]
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St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney is a historic Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral in the heart of Sydney, serving as the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and a prominent landmark in the city.
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B.
St Anne’s Cathedral
St Anne’s Cathedral is a prominent Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for its Romanesque Revival architecture and role as a major religious and cultural landmark in the city.
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C.
St Michael’s Cathedral
St Michael’s Cathedral is the historic Anglican cathedral in Coventry, England, whose ruins from the 1940 World War II bombing stand alongside a modern rebuilt church as a symbol of reconciliation and peace.
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D.
St Peter’s Cathedral
St Peter’s Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and prominent architectural landmark located in the German city of Osnabrück.
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E.
St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne is a prominent Anglican cathedral known for its distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and central location opposite Federation Square in the city’s CBD.
- 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: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney Target entity description: St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney is a prominent Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church and one of the city's most recognizable religious and architectural landmarks.
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A.
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney is a historic Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral in the heart of Sydney, serving as the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and a prominent landmark in the city.
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B.
St Anne’s Cathedral
St Anne’s Cathedral is a prominent Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for its Romanesque Revival architecture and role as a major religious and cultural landmark in the city.
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C.
St Michael’s Cathedral
St Michael’s Cathedral is the historic Anglican cathedral in Coventry, England, whose ruins from the 1940 World War II bombing stand alongside a modern rebuilt church as a symbol of reconciliation and peace.
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D.
St Peter’s Cathedral
St Peter’s Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral and prominent architectural landmark located in the German city of Osnabrück.
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E.
St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne
St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne is a prominent Anglican cathedral known for its distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and central location opposite Federation Square in the city’s CBD.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic Revival building
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Roman Catholic church ⓘ cathedral ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| address | St Mary’s Road, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ |
| architect |
Jack Hennessy Jr.
ⓘ
John Hennessy ⓘ William Wilkinson Wardell ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic Revival ⓘ |
| architecturalType | basilica ⓘ |
| city | Sydney ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1882 ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1928 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1868 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 33.871°S 151.213°E ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Immaculate Mother of God
Mary Help of Christians ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, Help of Christians
|
| dedication | 8 September 1900 ⓘ |
| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| governingDiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
apse
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bell tower ⓘ crypt ⓘ nave ⓘ pipe organ ⓘ rose window ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ transepts ⓘ |
| hasSpire | twin western spires ⓘ |
| hasTower | central tower ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales)
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surface form:
New South Wales State Heritage Register
|
| heritageDesignationDate | 2 April 1999 ⓘ |
| isCathedralOf |
Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney
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surface form:
Archdiocese of Sydney
|
| length | approximately 107 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney
ⓘ
surface form:
Archdiocese of Sydney
New South Wales ⓘ |
| material | Sydney sandstone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Gothic Revival architecture
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prominent twin spires on Sydney skyline ⓘ role as major religious and tourist attraction in Sydney ⓘ |
| overlooks | Hyde Park, Sydney ⓘ |
| predecessorBuildingDestroyedBy | fire ⓘ |
| predecessorBuildingFireYear | 1865 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
liturgical services
ⓘ
seat of the Archbishop of Sydney ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| spiresHeight | approximately 74.6 metres ⓘ |
| status |
metropolitan cathedral
ⓘ
minor basilica ⓘ |
| width | approximately 24 metres ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney Description of subject: St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney is a prominent Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church and one of the city's most recognizable religious and architectural landmarks.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hyde Park (Sydney)