Roman Pontifical

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Catholic liturgical book liturgical book pontifical

The Roman Pontifical is a liturgical book of the Catholic Church containing the rites and ceremonies typically performed by bishops, such as ordinations, confirmations, and the consecration of churches.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Pontifical canonical	5
Pontificale Romanum	2
Caeremoniale Episcoporum	1
Roman Pontifical tradition	1
post–Vatican II Roman Pontifical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373830 — 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: Roman Pontifical
Context triple: [Latin Rite, hasLiturgicalBook, Roman Pontifical]

A. Missale Romanum
Missale Romanum is the official liturgical book of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that contains the prayers, readings, and rubrics for the celebration of Mass.
B. Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
C. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
D. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
E. Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
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: Roman Pontifical
Target entity description: The Roman Pontifical is a liturgical book of the Catholic Church containing the rites and ceremonies typically performed by bishops, such as ordinations, confirmations, and the consecration of churches.

A. Missale Romanum
Missale Romanum is the official liturgical book of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church that contains the prayers, readings, and rubrics for the celebration of Mass.
B. Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
C. Regimini Ecclesiae universae
Regimini Ecclesiae universae was an apostolic constitution issued by Pope Paul VI that reorganized the Roman Curia following the Second Vatican Council.
D. Regimini militantis Ecclesiae
Regimini militantis Ecclesiae is the 1540 papal bull by Pope Paul III that formally established and approved the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) as a religious order in the Catholic Church.
E. Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical book ⓘ liturgical book ⓘ pontifical ⓘ
authority	Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ⓘ
compiledFor	bishops of the Roman Rite ⓘ
contains	blessing rites ⓘ ceremonies ⓘ confirmation rites ⓘ ordination rites ⓘ rites ⓘ rites for blessing of oils ⓘ rites for consecration of altars ⓘ rites for consecration of churches ⓘ rites for dedication of a church ⓘ rites for ordination of bishops ⓘ rites for ordination of deacons ⓘ rites for ordination of priests ⓘ
hasEdition	Roman Pontifical self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: post–Vatican II Roman Pontifical pre–Vatican II Roman Pontifical ⓘ
hasLiturgicalRank	episcopal liturgical book ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Western Christianity ⓘ
partOf	Roman Rite ⓘ
publisher	Holy See ⓘ
relatedTo	Ceremonial of Bishops ⓘ Missale Romanum ⓘ surface form: Roman Missal Roman Ritual ⓘ
revisedAfter	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
tradition	Roman Catholic liturgy ⓘ
usedBy	Latin-rite bishops ⓘ Pope ⓘ archbishops ⓘ bishops ⓘ cardinals ⓘ patriarchs of the Latin Church ⓘ
usedFor	blessing of objects ⓘ blessing of persons ⓘ blessing of places ⓘ consecration of chrism ⓘ episcopal ceremonies ⓘ installation of abbots ⓘ sacramental celebrations ⓘ solemn liturgical functions ⓘ
usedIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church cathedral liturgies ⓘ diocesan liturgies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin Rite → hasLiturgicalBook → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

Missale Romanum → relatedTo → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

Roman Pontifical → hasEdition → Roman Pontifical self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: post–Vatican II Roman Pontifical

Roman Ritual → relatedTo → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

Roman Rite → includes → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

Latin Church in Italy → usesLiturgicalBooks → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

Ceremonial of Bishops → originalTitle → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caeremoniale Episcoporum

Ceremonial of Bishops → partOf → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Pontifical tradition

Ceremonial of Bishops → relatedTo → Roman Pontifical ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pontificale Romanum

pre‑Vatican II Rituale Romanum → distinctFrom → Roman Pontifical ⓘ