Ursulines of Quebec

E112011

Roman Catholic religious institute religious order of women teaching religious order

The Ursulines of Quebec are a historic Roman Catholic religious order of women devoted to education, particularly of girls, and charitable works in Quebec.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Ursuline Sisters	4
Ursulines	4
Ursulines of Quebec canonical	2
French Ursulines	1
Ursuline Sisters of Quebec	1
Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union	1
Ursuline missions in North America	1
Ursuline nuns	1
Ursuline order	1
Ursuline schools	1
Ursulines of the Canadian Union	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T929004 — 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: Ursulines of Quebec
Context triple: [Roman Catholic Church in Quebec, hasReligiousOrder, Ursulines of Quebec]

A. Grey Nuns
The Grey Nuns are a Roman Catholic religious order of women, founded in 18th-century Montreal, known for their charitable work in healthcare, education, and social services.
B. Society of the Sacred Heart
The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and academic institutions.
C. Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
D. Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
E. Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
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: Ursulines of Quebec
Target entity description: The Ursulines of Quebec are a historic Roman Catholic religious order of women devoted to education, particularly of girls, and charitable works in Quebec.

A. Grey Nuns
The Grey Nuns are a Roman Catholic religious order of women, founded in 18th-century Montreal, known for their charitable work in healthcare, education, and social services.
B. Society of the Sacred Heart
The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and academic institutions.
C. Congregation of Holy Cross
The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers known for its global work in education, parish ministry, and missionary service.
D. Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth around the world.
E. Sisters of Loreto
The Sisters of Loreto, formally known as the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and missionary work worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic religious institute ⓘ religious order of women ⓘ teaching religious order ⓘ
activity	religious formation ⓘ running schools ⓘ teaching ⓘ
architecturalStyle	French colonial architecture ⓘ
belongsToOrder	Order of Saint Ursula ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
denomination	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide
educationLevel	primary education ⓘ secondary education ⓘ
foundedBy	Marie Guyart ⓘ Marie of the Incarnation ⓘ Ursuline Sisters ⓘ linked to: Ursulines of Quebec
gender	female ⓘ
hasChapel	Ursuline chapel in Quebec City ⓘ linked to: Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City
hasPart	Ursuline convent in Quebec City ⓘ linked to: Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City Ursuline school in Quebec City ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City ⓘ
heritage	French colonial ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ historic monument of Quebec ⓘ
inception	1639 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Archdiocese of Quebec ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedIn	Quebec City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
motherHouse	Ursuline Monastery of Quebec City ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Ursula ⓘ
notableFor	early missionary work among Indigenous peoples ⓘ historic convent complex in Old Quebec ⓘ one of the oldest educational institutions for women in North America ⓘ
partOf	Catholic Church in Canada ⓘ
primaryMission	Christian education ⓘ charitable works ⓘ education of girls ⓘ
regionServed	Canada ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousHabit	Ursuline habit ⓘ
religiousOrderType	contemplative order with active ministry ⓘ
religiousVocation	consecrated life ⓘ
vows	chastity ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited