Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

E107084

Catholic cemetery burial ground cemetery

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a major Roman Catholic burial ground in Colma, California, known for serving the San Francisco Bay Area’s Catholic community.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery canonical	5
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma	1
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma Mausoleum	1
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Menlo Park	1
Holy Cross Cemetery	1
Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T885809 — 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: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Context triple: [Colma, hasCemetery, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery]

A. Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
B. Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for its association with labor history and as the resting place of several prominent radicals and reformers.
C. Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Youngs Memorial Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Oyster Bay, New York, best known as the final resting place of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
D. Westchester Hills Cemetery
Westchester Hills Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, known as the final resting place of several notable figures, including actor John Garfield.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Target entity description: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a major Roman Catholic burial ground in Colma, California, known for serving the San Francisco Bay Area’s Catholic community.

A. Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
B. Forest Home Cemetery
Forest Home Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Forest Park, Illinois, known for its association with labor history and as the resting place of several prominent radicals and reformers.
C. Youngs Memorial Cemetery
Youngs Memorial Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Oyster Bay, New York, best known as the final resting place of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
D. Westchester Hills Cemetery
Westchester Hills Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, known as the final resting place of several notable figures, including actor John Garfield.
E. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic cemetery ⓘ burial ground ⓘ cemetery ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	San Mateo County ⓘ linked to: San Mateo County, California
follows	Roman Catholic burial rites ⓘ
hasAccess	public during visiting hours ⓘ
hasBurialPolicy	primarily for Roman Catholics and their families ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	Catholic funerary traditions in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
hasDenomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
hasEnvironment	urban fringe ⓘ
hasFeature	Catholic religious monuments ⓘ chapel ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ memorial gardens ⓘ
hasGraveMarkers	flat markers ⓘ headstones ⓘ monuments ⓘ
hasGraveType	columbarium niches ⓘ in-ground burials ⓘ mausoleum entombments ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion	Christianity ⓘ
hasPurpose	Christian burial ⓘ memorialization of the dead ⓘ
hasRegulation	subject to California cemetery law ⓘ subject to Roman Catholic canon law on burial ⓘ
hasType	nonprofit cemetery ⓘ
locatedIn	Colma, California ⓘ
locatedInMetropolitanArea	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear	San Francisco, California ⓘ linked to: San Francisco, California, United States of America
notableFor	being a major Catholic burial ground in the San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
operatedBy	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of San Francisco
ownedBy	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ linked to: Archdiocese of San Francisco
partOf	Colma necropolis ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
serves	Archdiocese of San Francisco ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area Catholic community ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
zoning	cemetery use ⓘ

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