Last Rites

E30378

Catholic sacramental practice religious ritual

Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Last Rites canonical	4
Fifth Station	1
the last sacraments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T229099 — 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: Last Rites
Context triple: [Anointing of the Sick, alsoKnownAs, Last Rites]

A. Life After Death
Life After Death is the posthumously released double album by The Notorious B.I.G., widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records of all time.
B. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
C. Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
D. Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
E. Fidelis ad Mortem
Fidelis ad Mortem is the Latin motto of the New York City Police Department, expressing a commitment to remain faithful unto death.
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: Last Rites
Target entity description: Last Rites is a traditional set of Catholic sacramental practices given to a gravely ill or dying person to prepare their soul for death.

A. Life After Death
Life After Death is the posthumously released double album by The Notorious B.I.G., widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records of all time.
B. Resurrection
Resurrection is a 1899 novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of moral redemption, social injustice, and spiritual awakening through the story of a nobleman seeking to atone for a wrong done to a peasant woman.
C. Square of Sorrow
Square of Sorrow is a solemn commemorative plaza within the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex dedicated to honoring the victims and suffering of the Battle of Stalingrad.
D. Back to Bedlam
Back to Bedlam is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter James Blunt, best known for featuring the global hit single "You're Beautiful."
E. Fidelis ad Mortem
Fidelis ad Mortem is the Latin motto of the New York City Police Department, expressing a commitment to remain faithful unto death.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic sacramental practice ⓘ religious ritual ⓘ
administeredBy	Catholic priest ⓘ
aimsTo	forgive sins ⓘ prepare the person for eternal life ⓘ provide comfort in the face of death ⓘ strengthen the sick person spiritually ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	final sacraments ⓘ the last sacraments ⓘ linked to: Last Rites
appliesTo	dying person ⓘ gravely ill person ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	Catholic doctrine of Purgatory ⓘ Catholic doctrine of the Communion of Saints ⓘ Catholic doctrine of the sacraments ⓘ
associatedWithSacrament	Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick ⓘ linked to: Anointing of the Sick Sacrament of Penance ⓘ linked to: Penance Sacrament of the Eucharist ⓘ linked to: Holy Eucharist
category	Catholic liturgy ⓘ Christian death customs ⓘ
hasComponent	Anointing of the Sick ⓘ Penance ⓘ Viaticum ⓘ
hasDevotionalAspect	commendation of the dying ⓘ family prayer at the bedside ⓘ
historicalTerm	Extreme Unction ⓘ
includesAction	anointing with oil ⓘ giving Holy Communion as Viaticum ⓘ granting absolution ⓘ hearing confession ⓘ
languageOfTerm	English ⓘ
liturgicalElement	apostolic pardon in many cases ⓘ prayers for the dying ⓘ
mayBeGivenTo	unconscious person presumed to desire the sacraments ⓘ
purpose	prepare the soul of a gravely ill or dying person for death ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anointing of the Sick ⓘ Extreme Unction ⓘ Viaticum ⓘ
religiousTradition	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
requires	at least implicit contrition for sins ⓘ baptized Catholic recipient in ordinary circumstances ⓘ
theologyBasis	Catholic teaching on grace at the hour of death ⓘ
timeOfAdministration	danger of death ⓘ immediately before death when possible ⓘ serious illness ⓘ
usesLiturgicalBook	Pastoral Care of the Sick ⓘ linked to: Unction of the Sick Roman Ritual ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Anointing of the Sick → alsoKnownAs → Last Rites ⓘ

Extreme Unction → alsoKnownAs → Last Rites ⓘ

Last Rites → alsoKnownAs → the last sacraments ⓘ

linked to: Last Rites

Unction of the Sick → hasAlternativeName → Last Rites ⓘ

Viaticum → relatedConcept → Last Rites ⓘ

Simon of Cyrene → stationNumberInStationsOfTheCross → Fifth Station ⓘ