Abbaye aux Hommes
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Abbaye aux Hommes is a Romanesque Benedictine abbey in Caen, France, founded by William the Conqueror and renowned for its historic architecture and his tomb.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abbaye aux Hommes canonical | 4 |
| Abbaye-aux-Hommes | 2 |
| Abbaye-aux-Hommes church | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4299480 — 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: Abbaye aux Hommes Context triple: [Caen, hasLandmark, Abbaye aux Hommes]
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Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
Abbey of Jouarre
The Abbey of Jouarre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Jouarre, France, renowned for its early medieval origins and Merovingian crypts.
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Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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D.
Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
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E.
Cîteaux Abbey
Cîteaux Abbey is a historic French monastery founded in 1098 that became the cradle and mother house of the Cistercian Order and its influential monastic reform movement.
- 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: Abbaye aux Hommes Target entity description: Abbaye aux Hommes is a Romanesque Benedictine abbey in Caen, France, founded by William the Conqueror and renowned for its historic architecture and his tomb.
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A.
Tournus Abbey
Tournus Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in eastern France renowned for its well-preserved Romanesque church and monastic buildings.
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B.
Abbey of Jouarre
The Abbey of Jouarre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Jouarre, France, renowned for its early medieval origins and Merovingian crypts.
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C.
Fontevraud Abbey
Fontevraud Abbey is a historic monastic complex in the Loire Valley of France, renowned as the burial site of several Plantagenet royals and as one of the largest surviving medieval abbeys in Europe.
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D.
Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre
The Abbey of Saint-Germain d’Auxerre is a historic Benedictine monastery in Auxerre, France, renowned for its early medieval architecture and some of the oldest surviving Christian frescoes in the country.
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E.
Cîteaux Abbey
Cîteaux Abbey is a historic French monastery founded in 1098 that became the cradle and mother house of the Cistercian Order and its influential monastic reform movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine monastery
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Romanesque abbey ⓘ medieval monastery ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Duchy of Normandy
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Norman Conquest of England ⓘ Norman Romanesque architecture ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Saint Stephen ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| foundedBy | William the Conqueror ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 11th century ⓘ |
| founder |
William I of England
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linked to:
William the Conqueror
|
| governedBy | City of Caen ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Abbey of Saint-Étienne
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Men's Abbey ⓘ |
| hasBurial | William the Conqueror ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
place of worship
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tourist attraction ⓘ |
| hasNameInFrench |
Abbaye Saint-Étienne de Caen
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linked to:
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen
|
| hasPart |
Church of Saint-Étienne
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abbey church ⓘ chapter house ⓘ dormitory ⓘ monastic buildings ⓘ refectory ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
Norman Romanesque
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linked to:
Norman architecture
|
| hasTourismType |
cultural tourism
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religious tourism ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Monument historique of France
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protected historic monument ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bourg-l'Abbé district of Caen
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linked to:
historic center of Caen
Caen ⓘ Calvados ⓘ Normandy ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Abbaye aux Dames ⓘ |
| locatedOn | left bank of the Orne River ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Romanesque nave
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cloister ⓘ tomb of William the Conqueror ⓘ twin-towered western façade ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictines ⓘ |
| usedAs |
monastic complex
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municipal building of Caen ⓘ religious site ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Abbaye aux Hommes Description of subject: Abbaye aux Hommes is a Romanesque Benedictine abbey in Caen, France, founded by William the Conqueror and renowned for its historic architecture and his tomb.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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