Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
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The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a major Catholic feast celebrated on January 1 honoring Mary’s divine maternity and her role in the mystery of Christ.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God canonical | 4 |
| Feast of Mary, Mother of God | 1 |
| Solemnity of Mary Mother of God | 1 |
| Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T518470 — 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: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Context triple: [Christmastide, hasMajorFeast, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God]
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A.
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
The Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos is an important Eastern Christian celebration commemorating the birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and marking the beginning of the liturgical cycle of her life.
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B.
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is a major Christian celebration commemorating the infant Jesus being brought to the Jerusalem Temple, where he was recognized as the Messiah by Simeon and Anna.
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C.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
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D.
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, observed at the end of the Christmas season, that honors Jesus’ public revelation and the beginning of his ministry.
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E.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi, is a major Catholic feast celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
- 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: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Target entity description: The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a major Catholic feast celebrated on January 1 honoring Mary’s divine maternity and her role in the mystery of Christ.
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A.
Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
The Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos is an important Eastern Christian celebration commemorating the birth of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and marking the beginning of the liturgical cycle of her life.
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B.
Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple is a major Christian celebration commemorating the infant Jesus being brought to the Jerusalem Temple, where he was recognized as the Messiah by Simeon and Anna.
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C.
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
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D.
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is a Christian liturgical celebration, observed at the end of the Christmas season, that honors Jesus’ public revelation and the beginning of his ministry.
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E.
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi, is a major Catholic feast celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marian feast
ⓘ
Solemnity ⓘ holy day of obligation ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of Mary, Mother of God
|
| associatedWith |
New Year’s Day
ⓘ
World Day of Peace ⓘ |
| category |
Christian liturgical feast
ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ |
| celebratedAnnually | yes ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
Roman Rite ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | January 1 ⓘ |
| commemoratesDoctrine |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary as Mother of Jesus Christ
Mary’s role in the mystery of Christ ⓘ divine maternity of Mary ⓘ |
| connectedWith |
devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
ⓘ
reflection on the beginning of the civil year ⓘ |
| currentFormEstablishedIn | 1969 ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Mary’s cooperation in salvation history
ⓘ
the identity of Jesus as true God and true man ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Mary’s divine motherhood
ⓘ
contemplation of Christ’s infancy ⓘ |
| followsImmediatelyAfter |
Christmastide
ⓘ
surface form:
Octave of Christmas
|
| hasCanonicalStatus | day of precept in the Code of Canon Law (can. 1246 §1) ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank | highest rank of feast in the Roman Rite ⓘ |
| hasPrincipalMassReading |
Galatians 4:4–7
ⓘ
Luke 2:16–21 ⓘ Numbers 6:22–27 ⓘ |
| hasProperPreface | Marian preface in the Roman Missal ⓘ |
| honors |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mary, Mother of God
|
| honorsTitleOfMary |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
surface form:
Mother of God
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form:
Theotokos
|
| institutedInCurrentFormBy | Pope Paul VI ⓘ |
| isObservedIn | universal Church ⓘ |
| isWithin | Christmas season ⓘ |
| linkedToMysteryOf |
Incarnation of Christ
ⓘ
Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form:
Nativity of the Lord
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| liturgicalColor | white ⓘ |
| liturgicalObligationMayVaryIn | different episcopal conferences ⓘ |
| liturgicalType | Mass with proper prayers and readings ⓘ |
| partOf | General Roman Calendar ⓘ |
| precedes | Solemnity of the Epiphany in many calendars ⓘ |
| requires | attendance at Mass for Catholics where it is a holy day of obligation ⓘ |
| theologicalBasisIncludes |
Council of Ephesus
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Ephesus (431) declaration of Mary as Theotokos
|
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: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Description of subject: The Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God is a major Catholic feast celebrated on January 1 honoring Mary’s divine maternity and her role in the mystery of Christ.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
this entity surface form:
Feast of Mary, Mother of God
this entity surface form:
Solemnity of Mary Mother of God