Marist Brothers
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The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T484400 — 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: Marist Brothers Context triple: [Marist College, foundedBy, Marist Brothers]
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Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
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Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
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Holy Cross
Holy Cross is the historic parish in Shrewsbury, England, associated with the medieval Shrewsbury Abbey.
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Society of the Holy Child Jesus
The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education and the spiritual development of young people, founded in the 19th century by Cornelia Connelly.
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Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers, commonly known as the Jesuits, renowned for its work in education, intellectual scholarship, and missionary activity worldwide.
- 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: Marist Brothers Target entity description: The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
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A.
Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
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B.
Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
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C.
Holy Cross
Holy Cross is the historic parish in Shrewsbury, England, associated with the medieval Shrewsbury Abbey.
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Society of the Holy Child Jesus
The Society of the Holy Child Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education and the spiritual development of young people, founded in the 19th century by Cornelia Connelly.
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Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers, commonly known as the Jesuits, renowned for its work in education, intellectual scholarship, and missionary activity worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic religious institute
ⓘ
religious congregation ⓘ |
| activity |
catechesis
ⓘ
running schools ⓘ teacher training ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FMS
ⓘ
Marist Brothers ⓘ
surface form:
Fratres Maristae a Scholis
Little Brothers of Mary ⓘ |
| clericalStatus | non-clerical religious institute ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| educationalFocus |
primary education
ⓘ
secondary education ⓘ teacher education ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Saint Marcellin Champagnat ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1817 ⓘ |
| founder | Saint Marcellin Champagnat ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | male religious institute ⓘ |
| governingDocument | Constitutions and Statutes of the Marist Brothers ⓘ |
| hasGeneralSuperiorTitle | Superior General ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember | Saint Marcellin Champagnat ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Rome
ⓘ
surface form:
Rome, Italy
|
| inception | 1817 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | life of Mary, Mother of Jesus ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| memberDesignation | brother ⓘ |
| motto | Ad Jesum per Mariam ⓘ |
| officialLatinName |
Little Brothers of Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Fratres Maristae a Scholis
|
| originalDiocese | Diocese of Lyon ⓘ |
| originalLocation | La Valla-en-Gier, France ⓘ |
| partOf | Marist Family ⓘ |
| patron |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Blessed Virgin Mary
|
| primaryMission |
Christian education of youth
ⓘ
education of poor and marginalized young people ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrderType | institute of consecrated life of pontifical right ⓘ |
| spirituality |
Marian spirituality
ⓘ
Marist Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Marist spirituality
|
| typeOfCommunityLife | apostolic religious life ⓘ |
| vows |
chastity
ⓘ
obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Marist Brothers Description of subject: The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fratres Maristae a Scholis
this entity surface form:
Marist spirituality
subject surface form:
Marcellin Champagnat
subject surface form:
Marcellin Champagnat
this entity surface form:
Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools
subject surface form:
Marcellin Champagnat
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers educational tradition
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers of the Schools
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers in perpetual vows
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
this entity surface form:
Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers provinces
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers districts
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers international works
subject surface form:
Superior General of the Marist Brothers
this entity surface form:
Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools
this entity surface form:
Marist Brothers of the Schools