Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

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Catholic liturgical feast religious observance

The Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker is a Catholic liturgical celebration held on May 1 that honors Saint Joseph as the patron of workers and affirms the dignity of human labor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker canonical	6
Saint Joseph as worker	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158405 — 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: Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
Context triple: [Saint Joseph, feastName, Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker]

A. International Workers’ Day
International Workers’ Day is an annual labor and left-wing holiday observed on May 1 in many countries to honor workers’ struggles and achievements, particularly the fight for the eight-hour workday.
B. Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the Christian holiday observed on the day after Easter Sunday, often marked by religious services, public celebrations, and, in many countries, a public holiday.
C. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. National Foundation Day
National Foundation Day is a Japanese public holiday celebrated annually on February 11 to commemorate the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.
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: Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker
Target entity description: The Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker is a Catholic liturgical celebration held on May 1 that honors Saint Joseph as the patron of workers and affirms the dignity of human labor.

A. International Workers’ Day
International Workers’ Day is an annual labor and left-wing holiday observed on May 1 in many countries to honor workers’ struggles and achievements, particularly the fight for the eight-hour workday.
B. Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the Christian holiday observed on the day after Easter Sunday, often marked by religious services, public celebrations, and, in many countries, a public holiday.
C. King's Day
King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.
D. Ascension Day
Ascension Day is a major Christian feast commemorating Jesus Christ’s bodily ascension into heaven, observed on the 40th day of Easter.
E. National Foundation Day
National Foundation Day is a Japanese public holiday celebrated annually on February 11 to commemorate the legendary founding of the nation and the ascension of its first emperor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic liturgical feast ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
affirms	dignity of human labor ⓘ
associatedWith	Catholic social teaching ⓘ International Workers Day ⓘ linked to: International Workers’ Day
calendarPlacement	General Roman Calendar ⓘ
celebratedBy	Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Rite many Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
celebratedOn	May 1 ⓘ
commemoratedBy	special homilies on work and justice ⓘ
commemorates	work life of Saint Joseph ⓘ
countryOfStrongObservance	Italy ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Poland ⓘ
distinctFrom	Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary ⓘ linked to: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ
emphasizes	dignity of workers ⓘ rights of workers ⓘ value of work ⓘ
hasDevotionalPractices	Mass in honor of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ blessing of workers and tools in some places ⓘ prayers for workers and the unemployed ⓘ
hasPatron	Saint Joseph ⓘ
honors	Saint Joseph ⓘ
honorsAs	patron of workers ⓘ
introducedBy	Pope Pius XII ⓘ
languageName_en	Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ
languageName_la	Sancti Ioseph Opificis ⓘ
linkedDoctrine	Laborem Exercens (on human work) ⓘ linked to: encyclical Laborem Exercens Rerum Novarum tradition of social encyclicals ⓘ linked to: Catholic social teaching
linkedOccupation	carpenter ⓘ
linkedSaint	Saint Joseph ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Eastertide ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
message	work is a means of holiness ⓘ workers deserve just conditions ⓘ
observanceScope	universal Church ⓘ
opposedTo	atheistic concept of labor ⓘ
promotedBy	Catholic labor movements ⓘ linked to: Catholic social teaching
purpose	to Christianize International Workers Day ⓘ to provide a Christian model of work in Saint Joseph ⓘ
rankInRomanRite	Optional Memorial ⓘ
relatedFeast	Solemnity of Saint Joseph (March 19) ⓘ linked to: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
theologicalTheme	participation in God’s creative work ⓘ sanctification of work ⓘ
typeOfVeneration	devotion to Saint Joseph ⓘ
yearEstablished	1955 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Joseph → feastName → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker → languageName_en → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary → relatedFeast → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

Sancti Ioseph Opificis → alsoKnownAs → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

St Joseph the Worker Parish → hasFeast → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

Novena to Saint Joseph → liturgicalAssociation → Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker ⓘ

San Giuseppe Lavoratore → honorsRoleOf → Saint Joseph as worker ⓘ

linked to: Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker

San José Obrero → honorsRoleOf → Saint Joseph as worker ⓘ