Holy Door
E239437
The Holy Door is a rare ceremonial doorway in certain Catholic churches that is traditionally opened only during special jubilee years as a symbol of spiritual passage and renewal.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holy Door canonical | 2 |
| Door of Faith | 1 |
| Opening of the Holy Door (Puerta Santa) | 1 |
| Porta fidei | 1 |
| The Door of Faith | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161281 — 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: Holy Door Context triple: [Basilica-Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec, notableFeature, Holy Door]
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A.
Puerta de Bisagra
Puerta de Bisagra is a monumental city gate in Toledo, Spain, notable for its imposing towers and Renaissance façade that once served as the main entrance to the historic walled city.
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B.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
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C.
Gate of Salutation
The Gate of Salutation is the monumental second courtyard entrance of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, historically marking the threshold from the outer public areas to the more restricted inner precincts of the Ottoman imperial residence.
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D.
Resurrection Gate
Resurrection Gate is a historic ceremonial archway in central Moscow that serves as a prominent entrance to Red Square and a symbol of the city's architectural heritage.
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E.
Iljumun Gate
Iljumun Gate is the traditional first gate of Korean Buddhist temples, symbolizing the entrance from the secular world into the sacred precincts.
- 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: Holy Door Target entity description: The Holy Door is a rare ceremonial doorway in certain Catholic churches that is traditionally opened only during special jubilee years as a symbol of spiritual passage and renewal.
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A.
Puerta de Bisagra
Puerta de Bisagra is a monumental city gate in Toledo, Spain, notable for its imposing towers and Renaissance façade that once served as the main entrance to the historic walled city.
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B.
Gate of Felicity
The Gate of Felicity is the ceremonial inner gateway of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, marking the entrance to the sultan’s private and administrative quarters in the Ottoman imperial complex.
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C.
Gate of Salutation
The Gate of Salutation is the monumental second courtyard entrance of Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, historically marking the threshold from the outer public areas to the more restricted inner precincts of the Ottoman imperial residence.
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D.
Resurrection Gate
Resurrection Gate is a historic ceremonial archway in central Moscow that serves as a prominent entrance to Red Square and a symbol of the city's architectural heritage.
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E.
Iljumun Gate
Iljumun Gate is the traditional first gate of Korean Buddhist temples, symbolizing the entrance from the secular world into the sacred precincts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic religious symbol
ⓘ
pilgrimage object ⓘ ritual doorway ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo | jubilee years ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eucharist
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Eucharist
confession ⓘ indulgence ⓘ penance ⓘ pilgrimage ⓘ |
| category |
Catholic devotions
ⓘ
Catholic liturgy ⓘ Jubilee in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| decoratedWith |
Christian symbols
ⓘ
biblical scenes ⓘ |
| geographicContext |
Rome
ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
symbol of conversion
ⓘ
symbol of mercy ⓘ symbol of reconciliation ⓘ symbol of renewal ⓘ symbol of spiritual passage ⓘ |
| liturgicalBookReference |
Ceremonial of Bishops
ⓘ
Roman Ritual ⓘ |
| locationType | major Catholic basilica ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| normallyState | sealed ⓘ |
| notableLocation |
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran
ⓘ
linked to:
Basilica of Saint John Lateran
Basilica of Saint Mary Major ⓘ Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls ⓘ St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ |
| openedBy |
Pope
ⓘ
designated bishop ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| requires | papal authorization to open ⓘ |
| requiresForIndulgence |
confession and communion
ⓘ
crossing the threshold ⓘ detachment from sin ⓘ prayer for the Pope's intentions ⓘ |
| ritualAction |
solemn closing
ⓘ
solemn opening ⓘ |
| sealingMethod |
masonry
ⓘ
plaster ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christ as the door
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God's mercy ⓘ entry into salvation ⓘ extraordinary grace ⓘ passage from sin to grace ⓘ renewal of faith ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
extraordinary jubilee
ⓘ
jubilee year ⓘ ordinary jubilee ⓘ |
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: Holy Door Description of subject: The Holy Door is a rare ceremonial doorway in certain Catholic churches that is traditionally opened only during special jubilee years as a symbol of spiritual passage and renewal.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Holy Door
linked to: Holy Door
subject linked to:
apostolic letter Porta fidei
linked to: Holy Door
linked to: Holy Door