Confiteor
E143750
Confiteor is a traditional Catholic prayer of confession and repentance recited at the beginning of Mass and other liturgical rites.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Confiteor canonical | 3 |
| Confiteor form | 1 |
| Confiteor prayer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1254493 — 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: Confiteor Context triple: [Mass of St. Pius V, containsElement, Confiteor]
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A.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
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B.
Regina Caeli
Regina Caeli is a traditional Catholic Marian antiphon joyfully honoring Mary in her role associated with Christ’s Resurrection and celebrated especially during the Easter season.
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C.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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D.
Miserando atque eligendo
Miserando atque eligendo is a Latin episcopal motto, drawn from a homily by the Venerable Bede, that reflects Pope Francis’s emphasis on God’s merciful and compassionate call.
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E.
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
- 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: Confiteor Target entity description: Confiteor is a traditional Catholic prayer of confession and repentance recited at the beginning of Mass and other liturgical rites.
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A.
Benedicite
Benedicite is a traditional Christian canticle of praise, derived from the Song of the Three Holy Youths and used in various liturgical services.
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B.
Regina Caeli
Regina Caeli is a traditional Catholic Marian antiphon joyfully honoring Mary in her role associated with Christ’s Resurrection and celebrated especially during the Easter season.
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C.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
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D.
Miserando atque eligendo
Miserando atque eligendo is a Latin episcopal motto, drawn from a homily by the Venerable Bede, that reflects Pope Francis’s emphasis on God’s merciful and compassionate call.
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E.
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei is a traditional Christian liturgical chant and devotional motif that invokes Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic prayer
ⓘ
liturgical text ⓘ penitential prayer ⓘ |
| addresses |
Blessed Virgin Mary
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgin Mary
God the Father ⓘ
linked to:
the Father
angels ⓘ brethren present ⓘ saints ⓘ |
| category |
Catholic liturgy
ⓘ
Prayers of repentance ⓘ |
| contains |
petition for prayer from others
ⓘ
public acknowledgment of sinfulness ⓘ |
| hasForm |
Latin typical edition text
ⓘ
vernacular translations ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite text
ⓘ
Tridentine form ⓘ |
| includesGesture | striking of the breast ⓘ |
| keyPhrase | mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction | preparation for celebration of the Eucharist ⓘ |
| liturgicalPosition | beginning of Mass ⓘ |
| liturgicalSection | Introductory Rites ⓘ |
| mentions |
sins in deed
ⓘ
sins in thought ⓘ sins in word ⓘ sins of omission ⓘ |
| openingWords | Confiteor Deo omnipotenti ⓘ |
| purpose |
asking for forgiveness
ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ expression of repentance ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| revisedIn |
Roman Missal of Paul VI
ⓘ
linked to:
Missale Romanum
|
| status | approved liturgical text of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine mercy
ⓘ
intercession of saints ⓘ personal responsibility for sin ⓘ |
| tradition |
post–Vatican II Roman Rite
ⓘ
pre–Vatican II Roman Rite ⓘ |
| usedBy |
deacon
ⓘ
lay faithful ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Liturgy of the Hours
ⓘ
Mass ⓘ Penitential Act ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ other Catholic liturgical rites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Confiteor Description of subject: Confiteor is a traditional Catholic prayer of confession and repentance recited at the beginning of Mass and other liturgical rites.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Confiteor
linked to: Confiteor