Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead

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Catholic liturgical service Mass for the dead Requiem Mass

The Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead, or Requiem Mass, is a liturgical service of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, featuring specific prayers, chants, and readings focused on death, judgment, and eternal rest.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Catholic Requiem Mass	12
Requiem Mass	8
Mass for the dead	2
Missa pro defunctis	1
Ordo Exsequiarum	1
Requiem Mass Ordinary	1
Requiem mass	1
Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6247200 — 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 Catholic Mass for the Dead
Context triple: [Verdi Requiem, textSource, Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead]

A. Grande messe des morts
Grande messe des morts is Hector Berlioz’s monumental Requiem Mass, renowned for its vast orchestral and choral forces and dramatic, innovative treatment of the liturgical text.
B. All Souls’ Day
All Souls’ Day is a Christian commemoration, observed on November 2 in the Western Church, dedicated to praying for and remembering the faithful departed.
C. Missa Aedis Christi
Missa Aedis Christi is a choral mass setting by English composer Herbert Howells, written in his characteristically rich, modal, and expressive Anglican style.
D. Mozarabic Mass
The Mozarabic Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the ancient Hispanic (Mozarabic) rite, characterized by its distinctive prayers, chants, and ceremonial structure preserved primarily in Toledo, Spain.
E. Ver Sacrum
Ver Sacrum was the official avant-garde art and literary magazine of the Vienna Secession, showcasing the movement’s innovative graphic design and modernist aesthetics.
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 Catholic Mass for the Dead
Target entity description: The Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead, or Requiem Mass, is a liturgical service of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the souls of the deceased, featuring specific prayers, chants, and readings focused on death, judgment, and eternal rest.

A. Grande messe des morts
Grande messe des morts is Hector Berlioz’s monumental Requiem Mass, renowned for its vast orchestral and choral forces and dramatic, innovative treatment of the liturgical text.
B. All Souls’ Day
All Souls’ Day is a Christian commemoration, observed on November 2 in the Western Church, dedicated to praying for and remembering the faithful departed.
C. Missa Aedis Christi
Missa Aedis Christi is a choral mass setting by English composer Herbert Howells, written in his characteristically rich, modal, and expressive Anglican style.
D. Mozarabic Mass
The Mozarabic Mass is the principal Eucharistic liturgy of the ancient Hispanic (Mozarabic) rite, characterized by its distinctive prayers, chants, and ceremonial structure preserved primarily in Toledo, Spain.
E. Ver Sacrum
Ver Sacrum was the official avant-garde art and literary magazine of the Vienna Secession, showcasing the movement’s innovative graphic design and modernist aesthetics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical service ⓘ Mass for the dead ⓘ Requiem Mass ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Funeral Mass ⓘ Missa pro defunctis ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead Requiem Mass ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead
associatedChant	Communion "Lux aeterna" ⓘ linked to: Communio: Lux aeterna Gradual ⓘ Introit "Requiem aeternam" ⓘ linked to: Introitus: Requiem aeternam Kyrie ⓘ Offertory "Domine Jesu Christe" ⓘ linked to: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe Sequence "Dies irae" ⓘ linked to: Dies irae Tract ⓘ
celebratedBy	Catholic priest ⓘ
celebratedOn	All Souls’ Day ⓘ anniversaries of death ⓘ occasions of a Catholic funeral ⓘ
governedBy	Order of Christian Funerals ⓘ Roman Missal ⓘ linked to: Missale Romanum
historicalDevelopment	developed in the Western Church by the early Middle Ages ⓘ
includesElement	Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ Final Commendation ⓘ Introductory Rites ⓘ Liturgy of the Eucharist ⓘ Liturgy of the Word ⓘ Rite of Farewell ⓘ chants ⓘ intercessions for the deceased ⓘ prayers for the dead ⓘ scripture readings ⓘ
liturgicalColor	black (traditional Latin usage) ⓘ violet (post–Vatican II option) ⓘ white (post–Vatican II option in some regions) ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Latin Rite ⓘ
mayInclude	altar servers ⓘ choir ⓘ congregational singing ⓘ deacon ⓘ
musicalInfluence	inspired many polyphonic and orchestral Requiem compositions ⓘ
permittedLanguage	vernacular languages ⓘ
primaryPurpose	prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
theologicalFocus	death ⓘ eternal rest ⓘ judgment ⓘ purgatory ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
underlyingDoctrine	communion of saints ⓘ efficacy of prayers for the dead ⓘ suffrages for souls in purgatory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited