Oura Church
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Oura Church is a historic Catholic church in Nagasaki, Japan, renowned as one of the oldest surviving Christian churches in the country and a symbol of Japan’s hidden Christian heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oura Church canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7103952 — 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: Oura Church Context triple: [Catholic community of Nagasaki, hasImportantSite, Oura Church]
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A.
Lamaria Church
Lamaria Church is a historic medieval Georgian Orthodox church overlooking the village of Ushguli in the mountainous Svaneti region of Georgia.
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B.
Hovin Church
Hovin Church is a parish church serving the local Church of Norway congregation in Ullensaker, Norway.
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C.
Gemarke Church
Gemarke Church is a notable Christian church located in the Barmen district of Wuppertal, Germany.
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D.
Talgje Church
Talgje Church is a historic parish church located on the island of Talgje in Rogaland county, Norway.
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E.
Seglora Church
Seglora Church is a historic wooden country church from western Sweden, now preserved and displayed at the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm.
- 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: Oura Church Target entity description: Oura Church is a historic Catholic church in Nagasaki, Japan, renowned as one of the oldest surviving Christian churches in the country and a symbol of Japan’s hidden Christian heritage.
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A.
Lamaria Church
Lamaria Church is a historic medieval Georgian Orthodox church overlooking the village of Ushguli in the mountainous Svaneti region of Georgia.
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B.
Hovin Church
Hovin Church is a parish church serving the local Church of Norway congregation in Ullensaker, Norway.
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C.
Gemarke Church
Gemarke Church is a notable Christian church located in the Barmen district of Wuppertal, Germany.
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D.
Talgje Church
Talgje Church is a historic parish church located on the island of Talgje in Rogaland county, Norway.
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E.
Seglora Church
Seglora Church is a historic wooden country church from western Sweden, now preserved and displayed at the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic church
ⓘ
historic building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan
ⓘ
Oura Tenshudo ⓘ |
| architect |
Bernard Petitjean
ⓘ
Fathers Louis Furet ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ |
| cityDistrict | Minamiyamate ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1863 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
26 Martyrs of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Nagasaki Catholic martyrs
|
| denomination |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| facingDirection | toward Nagasaki harbor ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
French missionaries
ⓘ
Society of Foreign Missions of Paris ⓘ |
| hasBellTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Latin cross floor plan
ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ steeple ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | monument to the 26 Martyrs of Japan ⓘ |
| hasMuseum | Christian museum on site ⓘ |
| hasOrgan | pipe organ ⓘ |
| hasParish |
Nagasaki Archdiocese
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki
|
| heritageCriteria | cultural ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Treasure of Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
National Treasures of Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| isOneOf | oldest surviving Christian churches in Japan ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kyushu
ⓘ
Nagasaki ⓘ Nagasaki Prefecture ⓘ |
| material |
stone
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| notableEvent | revelation of hidden Christians to Father Petitjean in 1865 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | protected cultural property of Japan ⓘ |
| recognizedFor | association with Kakure Kirishitan (hidden Christians) ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roofType | gabled roof ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of Japan’s hidden Christian heritage ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | inscribed in 2018 ⓘ |
| usesLanguageInLiturgy |
Japanese
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction | popular tourist destination in Nagasaki ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1864 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oura Church Description of subject: Oura Church is a historic Catholic church in Nagasaki, Japan, renowned as one of the oldest surviving Christian churches in the country and a symbol of Japan’s hidden Christian heritage.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.