Diocese of Astorga
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The Diocese of Astorga is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Astorga and dating back to the early centuries of Christianity on the Iberian Peninsula.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diocese of Astorga canonical | 1 |
| Dioecesis Asturicensis | 1 |
| Episcopal see of Astorga | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9605197 — 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: Diocese of Astorga Context triple: [Diocese of Lugo, borderingDiocese, Diocese of Astorga]
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A.
Diocese of Mondoñedo
The Diocese of Mondoñedo is a historic Roman Catholic diocese in northwestern Spain, centered in the town of Mondoñedo and traditionally encompassing part of the Galician region.
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B.
Diocese of Ourense
The Diocese of Ourense is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Ourense in the Galicia region.
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C.
Diocese of Osma
The Diocese of Osma is a historic Roman Catholic diocese in Spain, notable as the ecclesiastical jurisdiction where Saint Dominic began his clerical career.
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D.
Diocese of Zamora
The Diocese of Zamora is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory centered in the city of Zamora, Spain, overseeing local parishes and religious activities within its jurisdiction.
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E.
Diocese of Lugo
The Diocese of Lugo is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Lugo and traditionally associated with the former Kingdom of Galicia.
- 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: Diocese of Astorga Target entity description: The Diocese of Astorga is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Astorga and dating back to the early centuries of Christianity on the Iberian Peninsula.
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A.
Diocese of Mondoñedo
The Diocese of Mondoñedo is a historic Roman Catholic diocese in northwestern Spain, centered in the town of Mondoñedo and traditionally encompassing part of the Galician region.
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B.
Diocese of Ourense
The Diocese of Ourense is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Ourense in the Galicia region.
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C.
Diocese of Osma
The Diocese of Osma is a historic Roman Catholic diocese in Spain, notable as the ecclesiastical jurisdiction where Saint Dominic began his clerical career.
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D.
Diocese of Zamora
The Diocese of Zamora is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory centered in the city of Zamora, Spain, overseeing local parishes and religious activities within its jurisdiction.
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E.
Diocese of Lugo
The Diocese of Lugo is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Lugo and traditionally associated with the former Kingdom of Galicia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory
ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| borderingDiocese |
Diocese of León
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Lugo NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Ourense NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Ponferrada NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Zamora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Santa María de Astorga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cathedralCity | Astorga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| establishedInCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| governedBy | diocesan bishop ⓘ |
| hasBishopTitle | Bishop of Astorga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedralStatus | minor basilica ⓘ |
| hasClericalType | secular clergy ⓘ |
| hasCoatOfArms | Coat of arms of the Diocese of Astorga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType | diocese ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageRoute | Camino de Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | official diocesan website ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | early centuries of Christianity on the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| isHistoric | true ⓘ |
| isSuffraganOf | Archdiocese of Oviedo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
Latin
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Astorga
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Autonomous community of Castile and León NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of León NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Spain ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Oviedo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCityInDiocese | Ponferrada GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableSanctuary | Shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Encina in Ponferrada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Castile and León
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seeCity | Astorga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
parts of the Province of León
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parts of the Province of Ourense ⓘ parts of the Province of Zamora ⓘ |
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: Diocese of Astorga Description of subject: The Diocese of Astorga is a historic Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northwestern Spain, centered on the city of Astorga and dating back to the early centuries of Christianity on the Iberian Peninsula.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dioecesis Asturicensis
this entity surface form:
Episcopal see of Astorga