Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor
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The Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction based in Mylapore (now part of Chennai, India), historically linked to the tomb of the Apostle Thomas and serving local Catholics under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Braga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10992488 — 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 São Tomé de Meliapor Context triple: [Archdiocese of Braga, metropolitanSeeOf, Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor]
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Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory covering the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.
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Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
The Diocese of Ponta de Pedras is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil that forms part of the ecclesiastical province overseen by the Archdiocese of Braga.
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C.
Diocese of Angra
The Diocese of Angra is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory based in the Azores, Portugal, overseeing the islands’ parishes under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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D.
Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Cape Verde, historically one of the earliest dioceses established in West Africa during Portuguese colonial expansion.
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E.
Diocese of Vila Real
The Diocese of Vila Real is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Portugal, centered on the city of Vila Real and forming part of the country’s Latin Church hierarchy.
- 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 São Tomé de Meliapor Target entity description: The Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction based in Mylapore (now part of Chennai, India), historically linked to the tomb of the Apostle Thomas and serving local Catholics under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Braga.
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A.
Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory covering the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea.
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B.
Diocese of Ponta de Pedras
The Diocese of Ponta de Pedras is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Brazil that forms part of the ecclesiastical province overseen by the Archdiocese of Braga.
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C.
Diocese of Angra
The Diocese of Angra is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory based in the Azores, Portugal, overseeing the islands’ parishes under the jurisdiction of the Latin Church.
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D.
Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde
The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Cape Verde, historically one of the earliest dioceses established in West Africa during Portuguese colonial expansion.
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E.
Diocese of Vila Real
The Diocese of Vila Real is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in northern Portugal, centered on the city of Vila Real and forming part of the country’s Latin Church hierarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction
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Roman Catholic diocese ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | Cathedral of São Tomé (Mylapore) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint | Saint Thomas the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPilgrimageSite | Shrine of Saint Thomas at Mylapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | site of traditional tomb of the Apostle Thomas ⓘ |
| historicalJurisdictionOver | Catholics in and around Mylapore ⓘ |
| historicalMetropolitan | Archdiocese of Goa (later periods, via reorganization) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType | diocese ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Latin ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Portuguese colonial ecclesiastical structures
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St. Thomas the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomb of Saint Thomas the Apostle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liturgicalTradition | Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British India
NERFINISHED
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Chennai ⓘ Madras Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ Mylapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| metropolitanProvince | Ecclesiastical province of Braga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metropolitanSee | Archdiocese of Braga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic Church in India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| rite | Latin Rite ⓘ |
| servedPopulation | local Catholics in Mylapore region ⓘ |
| suiIurisChurch | Latin Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territorialScope | Mylapore and surrounding areas ⓘ |
| tradition | Latin Catholic ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf | Holy See NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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 São Tomé de Meliapor Description of subject: The Diocese of São Tomé de Meliapor is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction based in Mylapore (now part of Chennai, India), historically linked to the tomb of the Apostle Thomas and serving local Catholics under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Braga.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.