Throne of Saint Peter
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The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Throne of Saint Peter canonical | 2 |
| Ad sanctam beati Petri sedem | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T756847 — 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: Throne of Saint Peter Context triple: [Cathedra Petri, depicts, Throne of Saint Peter]
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A.
Old St. Peter's Basilica
Old St. Peter's Basilica was a 4th-century early Christian church in Rome, traditionally believed to be built over the tomb of Saint Peter and later replaced by the present St. Peter's Basilica.
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B.
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, built over the traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul and renowned for its vast neoclassical interior and historic monastic complex.
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C.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri is a grand Roman Catholic church in Rome, built within the ruins of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and renowned for its Michelangelo-designed architecture and monumental meridian line.
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E.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is a large modern Catholic church and major pilgrimage site in Fátima, Portugal, built to accommodate the many visitors who come in connection with the Marian apparitions reported there.
- 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: Throne of Saint Peter Target entity description: The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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A.
Old St. Peter's Basilica
Old St. Peter's Basilica was a 4th-century early Christian church in Rome, traditionally believed to be built over the tomb of Saint Peter and later replaced by the present St. Peter's Basilica.
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B.
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls is one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas, built over the traditional burial place of the Apostle Paul and renowned for its vast neoclassical interior and historic monastic complex.
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C.
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers is a renowned Baroque pilgrimage church in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Fourteen Holy Helpers and noted for its elaborate architecture and religious significance.
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D.
Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri
The Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri is a grand Roman Catholic church in Rome, built within the ruins of the ancient Baths of Diocletian and renowned for its Michelangelo-designed architecture and monumental meridian line.
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E.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity
The Basilica of the Holy Trinity is a large modern Catholic church and major pilgrimage site in Fátima, Portugal, built to accommodate the many visitors who come in connection with the Marian apparitions reported there.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic devotional object
ⓘ
Christian relic ⓘ liturgical furnishing ⓘ relic ⓘ symbolic episcopal seat ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cathedra Petri
ⓘ
Chair of Saint Peter ⓘ |
| artStyleOfEnclosingSculpture | Baroque ⓘ |
| associatedWithBasilica |
Major Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Peter's Basilica
|
| associatedWithDoctrine |
Petrine primacy
ⓘ
infallible magisterium (symbolically) ⓘ |
| associatedWithFeast | Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice | papacy ⓘ |
| associatedWithTitle |
Supreme Pontiff
ⓘ
linked to:
Pope
|
| commissionedBy |
Pope Alexander VII (for Bernini’s setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Pope Alexander VII
|
| completedInEnclosingSetting | 1666 (Bernini’s Cathedra Petri) ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | enshrined and not used as an ordinary seat ⓘ |
| country | Vatican City ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Peter the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
|
| designerOfEnclosingSculpture | Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalStatus | major papal symbol ⓘ |
| enclosedBy | bronze sculptural throne by Bernini ⓘ |
| enshrinedWithin |
Bernini’s Cathedra Petri sculpture
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
|
| feastDate | 22 February ⓘ |
| historicalAttribution | traditionally linked to Saint Peter’s episcopal chair ⓘ |
| iconographyIncludes |
Doctors of the Church (in Bernini’s sculpture)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Holy Spirit as a dove (in the stained-glass window above) ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinName |
Cathedra Sancti Petri
ⓘ
linked to:
Cathedra Petri
|
| liturgicalFunction | symbolic cathedra of the Pope ⓘ |
| liturgicalSignificance | represents the teaching office of the Church ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Vatican City
ⓘ
apse of St. Peter’s Basilica ⓘ |
| material |
ivory (decorative elements, traditional attribution)
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metal (reinforcements and ornamentation) ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| partOf |
St. Peter’s Basilica
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Peter's Basilica
|
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| symbolizes |
apostolic succession from Saint Peter
ⓘ
authority of the Bishop of Rome ⓘ papal magisterium ⓘ teaching authority of the Pope ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfEnclosingSculpture | 17th century ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Bishop of Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Pope
Pope ⓘ |
| visibleTo |
pilgrims
ⓘ
tourists ⓘ |
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: Throne of Saint Peter Description of subject: The Throne of Saint Peter is a revered relic and symbolic episcopal seat of the Pope, enshrined within Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s monumental Baroque sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Referenced by (3)
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