Ambrosian calendar

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liturgical calendar

The Ambrosian calendar is the liturgical calendar of the Ambrosian Rite used primarily in the Archdiocese of Milan, featuring its own cycle of feasts and observances distinct from the Roman Rite.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ambrosian liturgical year	2
Ambrosian calendar canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10816797 — 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: Ambrosian calendar
Context triple: [Ambrosian breviary, follows, Ambrosian calendar]

A. Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is an ancient solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, historically used throughout Europe and still employed by some Eastern Christian churches for liturgical purposes.
B. Revised Julian calendar
The Revised Julian calendar is a modernized version of the traditional Julian calendar, adopted by several Eastern Orthodox Churches to more closely align fixed feast dates with the Gregorian calendar while retaining the Orthodox Paschalion.
C. Gregorian
Gregorian is a German musical group known for performing popular songs in a distinctive Gregorian chant-inspired style.
D. Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
E. Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
The Gregorian calendar (Western churches) is the internationally used solar dating system introduced in 1582 that most Western Christian churches follow for determining liturgical dates and feasts.
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: Ambrosian calendar
Target entity description: The Ambrosian calendar is the liturgical calendar of the Ambrosian Rite used primarily in the Archdiocese of Milan, featuring its own cycle of feasts and observances distinct from the Roman Rite.

A. Julian calendar
The Julian calendar is an ancient solar calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, historically used throughout Europe and still employed by some Eastern Christian churches for liturgical purposes.
B. Revised Julian calendar
The Revised Julian calendar is a modernized version of the traditional Julian calendar, adopted by several Eastern Orthodox Churches to more closely align fixed feast dates with the Gregorian calendar while retaining the Orthodox Paschalion.
C. Gregorian
Gregorian is a German musical group known for performing popular songs in a distinctive Gregorian chant-inspired style.
D. Badíʻ calendar
The Badíʻ calendar is the unique solar calendar of the Bahá'í Faith, structured around 19 months of 19 days each and anchored by Bahá'í holy days and astronomical events like the vernal equinox.
E. Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
The Gregorian calendar (Western churches) is the internationally used solar dating system introduced in 1582 that most Western Christian churches follow for determining liturgical dates and feasts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liturgical calendar ⓘ
AdventBegins	two Sundays later than Roman Rite Advent ⓘ
AdventEnds	on the Sunday before Christmas ⓘ
AdventLength	six weeks ⓘ
associatedWith	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
coexistsWith	General Roman Calendar ⓘ
differsFrom	Roman Rite calendar ⓘ linked to: Roman Rite liturgical calendar
follows	Ambrosian liturgical year ⓘ linked to: Ambrosian calendar
followsComputationOf	Easter date according to Western computus ⓘ
governs	lectionary cycle in Ambrosian Rite ⓘ liturgical colors in Ambrosian Rite ⓘ ranking of solemnities feasts and memorials in Ambrosian Rite ⓘ
hasDistinct	cycle of feasts ⓘ liturgical observances ⓘ
hasFeast	Dedication of the Duomo of Milan ⓘ linked to: Milan Cathedral Saint Ambrose ⓘ linked to: Ambrose of Milan
hasFeature	different arrangement of liturgical seasons ⓘ proper texts for Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ proper texts for Mass ⓘ
hasLanguage	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
hasLectionaryCycle	three-year Sunday cycle ⓘ two-year weekday cycle ⓘ
hasLiturgicalUse	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide
hasLocalSolemnity	Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of the Sanctuary of Caravaggio ⓘ
hasOwn	proper commons and propers of the saints ⓘ proper saints and blesseds ⓘ
hasPreLentenPeriod	Carnival until first Sunday of Lent ⓘ
hasRite	Ambrosian Rite ⓘ
hasSeason	Advent ⓘ Christmas season ⓘ Easter season ⓘ linked to: Easter Week Lent ⓘ Ordinary Time ⓘ
LentBegins	first Sunday of Lent ⓘ
LentDoesNotInclude	Ash Wednesday as start of Lent ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Ambrose ⓘ linked to: Ambrose of Milan
observedIn	Milan ⓘ parts of the Diocese of Lugano ⓘ some neighboring dioceses historically linked to Milan ⓘ
reformedAfter	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
regulatedBy	Archbishop of Milan ⓘ Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	Roman Rite lectionary structure ⓘ
typeOf	particular calendar of a sui iuris liturgical tradition ⓘ
usedIn	Ambrosian Rite ⓘ
usedPrimarilyIn	Archdiocese of Milan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ambrosian breviary → follows → Ambrosian calendar ⓘ

Advent in the Ambrosian Rite → partOf → Ambrosian liturgical year ⓘ

linked to: Ambrosian calendar

Ambrosian calendar → follows → Ambrosian liturgical year ⓘ