The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Christian devotion Roman Catholic devotion

The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a Roman Catholic devotion that venerates the saving power of Christ’s blood shed during his Passion and Crucifixion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus	1
The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ canonical	1
blood of Jesus Christ	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2925805 — 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: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Context triple: [Westminster Cathedral, dedicatedTo, The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ]

A. Membra Jesu nostri
Membra Jesu nostri is a cycle of seven 17th-century Lutheran cantatas by Dieterich Buxtehude meditating on the crucified body of Christ, and is considered one of his most important sacred vocal works.
B. De Carne Christi
De Carne Christi is an early Christian theological treatise by Tertullian that defends the true, fleshly incarnation of Christ against docetic and Gnostic views.
C. Litany of the Blessed Sacrament
The Litany of the Blessed Sacrament is a traditional Catholic devotional prayer that offers a series of invocations and praises to Jesus Christ present in the Eucharist.
D. Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
E. O Salutaris Hostia
O Salutaris Hostia is a traditional Catholic Eucharistic hymn, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, that is sung in praise and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Target entity description: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a Roman Catholic devotion that venerates the saving power of Christ’s blood shed during his Passion and Crucifixion.

A. Membra Jesu nostri
Membra Jesu nostri is a cycle of seven 17th-century Lutheran cantatas by Dieterich Buxtehude meditating on the crucified body of Christ, and is considered one of his most important sacred vocal works.
B. De Carne Christi
De Carne Christi is an early Christian theological treatise by Tertullian that defends the true, fleshly incarnation of Christ against docetic and Gnostic views.
C. Litany of the Blessed Sacrament
The Litany of the Blessed Sacrament is a traditional Catholic devotional prayer that offers a series of invocations and praises to Jesus Christ present in the Eucharist.
D. Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
E. O Salutaris Hostia
O Salutaris Hostia is a traditional Catholic Eucharistic hymn, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas, that is sung in praise and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian devotion ⓘ Roman Catholic devotion ⓘ
associatedWith	Holy Eucharist ⓘ Holy Week ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ Passion devotions ⓘ Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ Sacrifice of the Mass ⓘ linked to: Holy Qurbana Stations of the Cross ⓘ
category	Catholic devotions to Christ ⓘ Passion of Jesus in Christian devotion ⓘ
emphasizesDoctrine	Christ as High Priest ⓘ linked to: Priesthood of Jesus forgiveness of sins ⓘ merits of Christ ⓘ spiritual protection ⓘ
feastDateIn1962Missal	1 July ⓘ
feastRetainedIn	1962 Roman Missal ⓘ linked to: pre-1962 Roman Missal
feastSuppressedIn	Roman Rite general calendar 1969 ⓘ
hasDevotionalFocus	Blood of Jesus Christ ⓘ Crucifixion of Jesus Christ ⓘ Passion of Jesus Christ ⓘ linked to: Passion of Jesus
hasFeast	Feast of the Most Precious Blood ⓘ
hasLitany	Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus ⓘ linked to: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
hasPrayerForm	chaplet ⓘ consecration prayer ⓘ litany ⓘ novena ⓘ
litanyApprovedBy	Pope John XXIII ⓘ
liturgicalMonth	July ⓘ
practicedBy	Catholic clergy ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic laity ⓘ
promotedBy	Pope Pius IX ⓘ Pope Pius X ⓘ Pope Pius XI ⓘ Pope Pius XII ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
scripturalBasis	1 Peter 1:18–19 ⓘ Hebrews 9 ⓘ Last Supper accounts ⓘ New Testament Passion narratives ⓘ Revelation 7:14 ⓘ
theologicalTheme	atonement ⓘ redemption ⓘ sacrifice of Christ ⓘ salvation ⓘ
veneratedIn	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Latin Church ⓘ linked to: Latin Church worldwide

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Westminster Cathedral → dedicatedTo → The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ ⓘ

Basilica of the Holy Blood → relicBelievedToContain → blood of Jesus Christ ⓘ

linked to: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ → hasLitany → Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus ⓘ