Birth of the Virgin Mary

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Christian feast Marian feast liturgical feast

Birth of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast celebrating the traditional birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus, honored especially in Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendars.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	9
Nativity of Mary	4
Birth of the Virgin Mary canonical	3
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1
Nativity of Mary, the Mother of Jesus	1
Nativity of Saint Mary	1
The Birth of the Virgin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2141455 — 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: Birth of the Virgin Mary
Context triple: [Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos, hasAlternativeName, Birth of the Virgin Mary]

A. Nativity of Christ
The Nativity of Christ is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, commemorating God’s incarnation as a human being in Bethlehem.
B. Annunciation
The Annunciation is the biblical event in which the Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive and bear Jesus Christ.
C. Virgin Birth of Jesus
The Virgin Birth of Jesus is the Christian doctrine that Jesus was miraculously conceived in the womb of Mary by the Holy Spirit without a human father, affirming his divine origin and role in salvation history.
D. Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
E. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
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: Birth of the Virgin Mary
Target entity description: Birth of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast celebrating the traditional birthday of Mary, the mother of Jesus, honored especially in Catholic and Orthodox liturgical calendars.

A. Nativity of Christ
The Nativity of Christ is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus, commemorating God’s incarnation as a human being in Bethlehem.
B. Annunciation
The Annunciation is the biblical event in which the Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive and bear Jesus Christ.
C. Virgin Birth of Jesus
The Virgin Birth of Jesus is the Christian doctrine that Jesus was miraculously conceived in the womb of Mary by the Holy Spirit without a human father, affirming his divine origin and role in salvation history.
D. Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic doctrine holding that the Virgin Mary was preserved free from original sin from the first moment of her conception.
E. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ Marian feast ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	preparation for the Incarnation ⓘ veneration of Mary ⓘ
celebratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Churches ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
commemorates	traditional birthday of the Virgin Mary ⓘ
dateInByzantineRite	8 September ⓘ
dateInCopticChurch	1 Bashans (some local calendars may differ) ⓘ
dateInRomanCatholicChurch	8 September ⓘ
dateInSyriacTraditions	8 September ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Birth of the Virgin Mary Nativity of Mary ⓘ linked to: Birth of the Virgin Mary
hasCanonicalName	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Birth of the Virgin Mary
hasIconographicTheme	Nativity of the Theotokos ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos
hasLiturgicalTexts	proper hymns in the Byzantine Menaion ⓘ proper prayers in the Roman Missal ⓘ proper readings in the Roman Lectionary ⓘ
hasPatronage	various cities and regions named for Mary ⓘ
honors	Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
influencedDevotion	Marian novenas ⓘ Marian pilgrimages ⓘ Marian processions ⓘ
linkedTo	apocryphal Protoevangelium of James ⓘ linked to: Protoevangelium of James
liturgicalColorInRomanRite	White ⓘ
liturgicalFamily	Armenian Rite ⓘ Byzantine Rite ⓘ Coptic Rite ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ
liturgicalRankInRomanRite1969	Feast ⓘ
liturgicalRankInTraditionalRomanRite	Double of the Second Class ⓘ
occursOn	fixed date in the liturgical year ⓘ
precedesLiturgically	Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross ⓘ
relatedFeast	Annunciation ⓘ Assumption of Mary ⓘ Immaculate Conception ⓘ Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
scripturalReadingsOftenInclude	Matthew 1:1–16, 18–23 in some lectionaries ⓘ Micah 5:1–4 (or 5:2–5) in some lectionaries ⓘ Romans 8:28–30 in some lectionaries ⓘ
tradition	Christianity ⓘ
typeOfObservance	fixed feast ⓘ
veneratedTitleOfMary	Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary Theotokos ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary

How these facts were elicited