Sanctus
E239268
Sanctus is a central Christian liturgical hymn of praise, traditionally sung during the Eucharistic prayer in many church rites.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanctus canonical | 31 |
| Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth | 1 |
| Tersanctus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2171404 — 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: Sanctus Context triple: [Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form), hasPart, Sanctus]
-
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.
-
B.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Sursum Corda
Sursum Corda is a Latin phrase meaning "Lift up your hearts," commonly used as a Christian liturgical exhortation and as an inspirational motto.
- 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: Sanctus Target entity description: Sanctus is a central Christian liturgical hymn of praise, traditionally sung during the Eucharistic prayer in many church rites.
-
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.
-
B.
Te Deum
Te Deum is a traditional Christian hymn of praise and thanksgiving, historically used in liturgical celebrations and special religious or civic ceremonies.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Sursum Corda
Sursum Corda is a Latin phrase meaning "Lift up your hearts," commonly used as a Christian liturgical exhortation and as an inspirational motto.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian liturgical hymn
ⓘ
hymn of praise ⓘ part of the Mass ⓘ |
| addresses |
God
ⓘ
Lord of hosts ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Holy, Holy, Holy
ⓘ
Tersanctus ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctus
|
| associatedWith |
Eucharist
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Eucharist
Holy Communion ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Eucharist
|
| followedBy |
Eucharistic Prayer proper
ⓘ
linked to:
Eucharistic Prayer
|
| follows | Preface ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Book of Common Prayer
ⓘ
Lutheran Service Book ⓘ Roman Missal ⓘ
linked to:
Missale Romanum
various denominational hymnals ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Latin ⓘ |
| liturgicalFunction |
acclamation of God’s holiness
ⓘ
preparation for consecration ⓘ |
| liturgicalSeasonUsage | used throughout the liturgical year ⓘ |
| liturgicalTextType |
acclamation
ⓘ
hymn ⓘ |
| musicalSetting |
Gregorian chant
ⓘ
congregational hymn settings ⓘ polyphonic Mass settings ⓘ |
| partOf | Ordinary of the Mass ⓘ |
| performedAs |
chanted
ⓘ
recited ⓘ sung ⓘ |
| positionInLiturgy |
before consecration
ⓘ
during Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ |
| refrain | Holy, Holy, Holy ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Isaiah 6:3
ⓘ
Revelation 4:8 ⓘ |
| textBeginsWith | Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine holiness
ⓘ
heavenly worship ⓘ union of earthly and heavenly liturgy ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Holy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Anglican liturgy
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglican rite
Byzantine Rite ⓘ Christian liturgy ⓘ Divine Liturgy ⓘ Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ Lutheran liturgy ⓘ Mass ⓘ Methodist liturgy ⓘ Reformed liturgy ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ |
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: Sanctus Description of subject: Sanctus is a central Christian liturgical hymn of praise, traditionally sung during the Eucharistic prayer in many church rites.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Britten War Requiem
subject linked to:
Britten War Requiem
linked to: Sanctus
linked to: Sanctus