St. Philomena Catholic Church
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St. Philomena Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii, closely associated with the ministry of Saint Damien of Molokaʻi to the Hansen’s disease (leprosy) community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Philomena Catholic Church canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6382389 — 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. Philomena Catholic Church Context triple: [Kalaupapa National Historical Park, contains, St. Philomena Catholic Church]
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A.
St. Alphonsus Church
St. Alphonsus Church is a historic Catholic church located in New Orleans’ Irish Channel neighborhood, known for its distinctive architecture and cultural significance to the local community.
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B.
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
St. Gabriel Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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C.
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish community located in Metairie, Louisiana, known for its active congregational life, parish school, and extensive ministries.
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D.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church in Rockville, Maryland, noted for its 19th-century architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
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E.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church serving the local faith community in Jasper, Indiana.
- 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. Philomena Catholic Church Target entity description: St. Philomena Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii, closely associated with the ministry of Saint Damien of Molokaʻi to the Hansen’s disease (leprosy) community.
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A.
St. Alphonsus Church
St. Alphonsus Church is a historic Catholic church located in New Orleans’ Irish Channel neighborhood, known for its distinctive architecture and cultural significance to the local community.
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B.
St. Gabriel Catholic Church
St. Gabriel Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
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C.
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish community located in Metairie, Louisiana, known for its active congregational life, parish school, and extensive ministries.
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D.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church in Rockville, Maryland, noted for its 19th-century architecture and role as a prominent local landmark.
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E.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
St. Joseph Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic parish church serving the local faith community in Jasper, Indiana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic church
ⓘ
church building ⓘ historic church ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu
ⓘ
linked to:
Diocese of Honolulu
|
| architecturalType | simple rural church ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hansen’s disease community of Kalaupapa
ⓘ
Saint Damien of Molokaʻi ⓘ leprosy settlement at Kalawao ⓘ
linked to:
Kalawao leprosy settlement
|
| context |
Catholic missions in Hawaii
ⓘ
history of Kalaupapa leprosy settlement ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denomination |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| foundedAs | mission church ⓘ |
| function |
historic religious site
ⓘ
place of pilgrimage ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | St. Philomena Church cemetery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | contributing property to Kalaupapa National Historical Park ⓘ |
| historicUse | parish church for the Kalawao leprosy settlement ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Kalawao County
ⓘ
linked to:
Kalawao County, Hawaii
|
| languageOfLiturgy |
English
ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hawaii
ⓘ
Kalaupapa National Historical Park ⓘ Kalaupapa Peninsula ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOn | Molokaʻi ⓘ |
| material |
stone
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Saint Philomena ⓘ |
| near |
Kalawao settlement
ⓘ
sea cliffs of the Kalaupapa Peninsula ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Islands ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significance |
closely associated with the ministry of Saint Damien of Molokaʻi
ⓘ
important site in the history of Hansen’s disease treatment in Hawaii ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Catholic worship
ⓘ
pastoral care of persons with Hansen’s disease ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: St. Philomena Catholic Church Description of subject: St. Philomena Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church on the remote Kalaupapa Peninsula of Molokaʻi, Hawaii, closely associated with the ministry of Saint Damien of Molokaʻi to the Hansen’s disease (leprosy) community.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.