Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre

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Catholic Marian devotion Marian title patron saint

Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre is a revered Marian title and the patroness of Cuba, venerated for centuries as a powerful symbol of Cuban faith, identity, and national unity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre	2
Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre	2
La Caridad (Our Lady of Charity)	1
Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre canonical	1
image of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11858646 — 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: Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre
Context triple: [Our Lady of Charity, alsoKnownAs, Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre]

A. Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
B. Virgen del Rosario
Virgen del Rosario is a Marian devotion in the Catholic Church venerating the Virgin Mary under the title associated with the Holy Rosary.
C. Juana de la Caridad
Juana de la Caridad is the birth name of Juanita Castro, the Cuban activist and sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who later became a critic of their regime.
D. Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a revered Marian image and patroness in the Philippines, especially venerated in the Bicol region through one of the country’s largest annual religious festivals.
E. Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
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: Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre
Target entity description: Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre is a revered Marian title and the patroness of Cuba, venerated for centuries as a powerful symbol of Cuban faith, identity, and national unity.

A. Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria is a revered Marian apparition and patron saint of the Canary Islands, especially venerated in Tenerife.
B. Virgen del Rosario
Virgen del Rosario is a Marian devotion in the Catholic Church venerating the Virgin Mary under the title associated with the Holy Rosary.
C. Juana de la Caridad
Juana de la Caridad is the birth name of Juanita Castro, the Cuban activist and sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who later became a critic of their regime.
D. Our Lady of Peñafrancia
Our Lady of Peñafrancia is a revered Marian image and patroness in the Philippines, especially venerated in the Bicol region through one of the country’s largest annual religious festivals.
E. Virgin of Socavón
The Virgin of Socavón is a revered Marian figure in Bolivia, especially associated with miners and prominently honored during the famous Carnival of Oruro.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic Marian devotion ⓘ Marian title ⓘ patron saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Cuban culture ⓘ Cuban independence movement ⓘ Cuban national identity ⓘ fishermen ⓘ miners of El Cobre ⓘ
canonicalCoronationBy	Pope Pius XI ⓘ
centuryOfOrigin	17th century ⓘ
colorSymbolism	gold ⓘ yellow ⓘ
countryOfPatronage	Cuba ⓘ
declaredPatronessBy	Pope Benedict XV ⓘ
depicts	Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus ⓘ
devotionType	Marian apparition tradition ⓘ
feastDay	September 8 ⓘ
hasCanonicalCrown	yes ⓘ
hasDevotionalObject	candles ⓘ medals ⓘ rosaries ⓘ
hasImageType	statue ⓘ
hasPilgrimage	annual pilgrimages to El Cobre shrine ⓘ
hasProcession	Marian processions in Cuba ⓘ
hasSanctuary	Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre ⓘ
honoredBy	Cuban exiles ⓘ linked to: Cuban Americans
honorificTitleOf	Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
invokedFor	health ⓘ protection of families ⓘ safe travel by sea ⓘ
linkedTradition	Afro-Cuban religiosity ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
mainShrineLocation	El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba ⓘ
mentionedIn	Cuban patriotic speeches ⓘ
originLegend	image found floating in Nipe Bay ⓘ
patronage	Cuba ⓘ Cuban people ⓘ
recognizedBy	Holy See ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
symbolOf	Cuban faith ⓘ Cuban national unity ⓘ hope ⓘ protection ⓘ
syncretizedWith	Oshún in Santería ⓘ
titleLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
translation	Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre ⓘ linked to: Our Lady of Charity
veneratedIn	Cuba ⓘ Cuban diaspora ⓘ linked to: Cuban Americans Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
yearDeclaredPatroness	1916 ⓘ
yearOfCanonicalCoronation	1936 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited