Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
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The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd is a major Marian shrine in northern Poland, renowned for 19th-century apparitions of the Virgin Mary officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10299361 — 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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd Context triple: [Gietrzwałd, hasPlaceOfWorship, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd]
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A.
Opole Cathedral
Opole Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opole, Poland, renowned for its twin towers and status as one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice is a historic Roman Catholic church in the hometown of Pope John Paul II, closely associated with his early life and spiritual formation.
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C.
Gniezno Cathedral
Gniezno Cathedral is a historic Polish Roman Catholic cathedral renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most important religious and coronation sites.
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D.
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a renowned Polish pilgrimage town famous for its UNESCO-listed Mannerist monastery and park complex dedicated to the Passion of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
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E.
Jasna Góra Monastery
Jasna Góra Monastery is a renowned Polish Pauline monastery and major Catholic pilgrimage site famous for housing the revered icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa.
- 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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd is a major Marian shrine in northern Poland, renowned for 19th-century apparitions of the Virgin Mary officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
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A.
Opole Cathedral
Opole Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opole, Poland, renowned for its twin towers and status as one of the city’s most important religious and architectural monuments.
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B.
Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice
The Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice is a historic Roman Catholic church in the hometown of Pope John Paul II, closely associated with his early life and spiritual formation.
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C.
Gniezno Cathedral
Gniezno Cathedral is a historic Polish Roman Catholic cathedral renowned as one of the country’s oldest and most important religious and coronation sites.
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D.
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a renowned Polish pilgrimage town famous for its UNESCO-listed Mannerist monastery and park complex dedicated to the Passion of Christ and the Virgin Mary.
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E.
Jasna Góra Monastery
Jasna Góra Monastery is a renowned Polish Pauline monastery and major Catholic pilgrimage site famous for housing the revered icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic church
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Marian shrine ⓘ |
| apparitionsEndDate | 1877-09-16 ⓘ |
| apparitionsLanguageOfMessages | Polish ⓘ |
| apparitionsMainMessage |
call to prayer of the rosary
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consolation for Polish people under partition ⓘ encouragement to remain faithful to the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| apparitionsNumberOfReportedApparitions | over 160 ⓘ |
| apparitionsRecognizedBy |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
Holy See ⓘ |
| apparitionsStartDate | 1877-06-27 ⓘ |
| apparitionsWitnessedBy |
Barbara Samulowska
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Justyna Szafryńska ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Polish national identity
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history of the Partitions of Poland ⓘ |
| category |
Marian shrines in Poland
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Roman Catholic shrines in Poland ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| devotionType | Marian devotion ⓘ |
| diocese |
Archdiocese of Warmia
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linked to:
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warmia
|
| governingBody |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| hasChapel | chapel at the apparition site ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Way of the Cross
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linked to:
Stations of the Cross
miraculous spring ⓘ outdoor altar ⓘ parish church ⓘ pilgrim house ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | sanctuary website of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd ⓘ |
| hasStatue |
statue of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
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linked to:
Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
|
| hasTitle | Our Lady of Gietrzwałd ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | important religious heritage site in Warmia ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
few officially recognized Marian apparition sites in Europe
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major Marian shrines in Poland ⓘ |
| knownFor | Marian apparitions of 1877 ⓘ |
| liturgicalFeast | Feast of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd ⓘ |
| liturgicalLanguage |
Latin
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Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gietrzwałd ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | northern Poland ⓘ |
| mainFeastDay | September 8 ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSiteSince | 19th century ⓘ |
| primaryDevotionalPractice | rosary ⓘ |
| receivesPilgrimsFrom |
Poland
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abroad ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd Description of subject: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd is a major Marian shrine in northern Poland, renowned for 19th-century apparitions of the Virgin Mary officially recognized by the Catholic Church.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
parish church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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hasTitle
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Gietrzwałd
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