Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven

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Flemish painter Roman Catholic church building altarpiece former church

The Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls in Leuven was a historic medieval church in Belgium, notable as the original home of Rogier van der Weyden’s renowned altarpiece "The Descent from the Cross."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven canonical	3
Church of Our Lady outside the Walls in Leuven	1
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Buitenkerk, Leuven	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5595678 — 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: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven
Context triple: [The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden), originalLocation, Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven]

A. St. Peter's Church, Leuven
St. Peter's Church in Leuven is a prominent Gothic church in Belgium known for its historic architecture and artworks, and as the burial place of the humanist scholar Justus Lipsius.
B. Church of Our Lady, Kortrijk
The Church of Our Lady in Kortrijk is a historic medieval Roman Catholic church in the Belgian city of Kortrijk, renowned for its architecture and its connection to the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
C. Groot Begijnhof Leuven
Groot Begijnhof Leuven is a well-preserved historic beguinage in Leuven, Belgium, known for its medieval streets, brick houses, and tranquil atmosphere, and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Church of Our Lady of Laeken
The Church of Our Lady of Laeken is a prominent neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in Brussels, Belgium, best known as the burial place of the Belgian royal family.
E. Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (Hasselt)
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption in Hasselt is a historic Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, notable for its religious significance and traditional ecclesiastical architecture.
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: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven
Target entity description: The Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls in Leuven was a historic medieval church in Belgium, notable as the original home of Rogier van der Weyden’s renowned altarpiece "The Descent from the Cross."

A. St. Peter's Church, Leuven
St. Peter's Church in Leuven is a prominent Gothic church in Belgium known for its historic architecture and artworks, and as the burial place of the humanist scholar Justus Lipsius.
B. Church of Our Lady, Kortrijk
The Church of Our Lady in Kortrijk is a historic medieval Roman Catholic church in the Belgian city of Kortrijk, renowned for its architecture and its connection to the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
C. Groot Begijnhof Leuven
Groot Begijnhof Leuven is a well-preserved historic beguinage in Leuven, Belgium, known for its medieval streets, brick houses, and tranquil atmosphere, and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
D. Church of Our Lady of Laeken
The Church of Our Lady of Laeken is a prominent neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church in Brussels, Belgium, best known as the burial place of the Belgian royal family.
E. Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption (Hasselt)
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption in Hasselt is a historic Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, notable for its religious significance and traditional ecclesiastical architecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Flemish painter ⓘ Roman Catholic church building ⓘ altarpiece ⓘ former church ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
creator	Rogier van der Weyden ⓘ
depicts	Descent of Christ from the Cross ⓘ linked to: Descent from the Cross
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Church of Our Lady outside the Walls in Leuven ⓘ linked to: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Buitenkerk, Leuven ⓘ linked to: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven
hasDedication	Our Lady ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasDenomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasLanguageOfLiturgy	Dutch ⓘ Latin ⓘ
heritage	medieval church ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
housedWork	Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) ⓘ linked to: The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)
locatedIn	Europe ⓘ Flanders ⓘ Flemish Brabant ⓘ Leuven ⓘ Low Countries ⓘ
locatedNear	city walls of Leuven ⓘ
notableFor	original location of Rogier van der Weyden’s Descent from the Cross altarpiece ⓘ
notableWork	Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) ⓘ linked to: The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)
originalLocation	Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven ⓘ
partOf	Roman Catholic Diocese of Leuven ⓘ
relativeLocation	outside the medieval walls of Leuven ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
status	no longer extant ⓘ
usedAs	parish church ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) → originalLocation → Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven ⓘ

Depositiodecruce → originalLocation → Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven ⓘ

Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden) → originalLocation → Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven ⓘ

subject linked to: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven

Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven → hasAlternativeName → Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ter-Buitenkerk, Leuven ⓘ

linked to: Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven

Church of Our Lady Outside the Walls, Leuven → hasAlternativeName → Church of Our Lady outside the Walls in Leuven ⓘ