Sacred Heart Cathedral

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Gothic Revival architecture Roman Catholic cathedral church building tourist attraction

Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou	2
Sacred Heart Cathedral canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T273870 — 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: Sacred Heart Cathedral
Context triple: [Guangzhou, hasLandmark, Sacred Heart Cathedral]

A. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is a historic Catholic church in San Francisco known as one of the city’s oldest surviving religious buildings and a prominent landmark in Chinatown.
B. St Anne’s Cathedral
St Anne’s Cathedral is a prominent Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for its Romanesque Revival architecture and role as a major religious and cultural landmark in the city.
C. St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
D. St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Church is a Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally identified as being built over the workshop and home of Saint Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus.
E. Saint George Maronite Cathedral
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is a prominent Maronite Catholic church in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its historic significance and neoclassical architecture.
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: Sacred Heart Cathedral
Target entity description: Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominent 19th-century Roman Catholic church in Guangzhou, China, renowned for its grand Gothic Revival architecture built entirely of granite.

A. Old St. Mary’s Cathedral
Old St. Mary’s Cathedral is a historic Catholic church in San Francisco known as one of the city’s oldest surviving religious buildings and a prominent landmark in Chinatown.
B. St Anne’s Cathedral
St Anne’s Cathedral is a prominent Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, noted for its Romanesque Revival architecture and role as a major religious and cultural landmark in the city.
C. St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
D. St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph’s Church is a Catholic church in Nazareth traditionally identified as being built over the workshop and home of Saint Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus.
E. Saint George Maronite Cathedral
Saint George Maronite Cathedral is a prominent Maronite Catholic church in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, known for its historic significance and neoclassical architecture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalMovement	Neo-Gothic ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic Revival ⓘ
buildingType	cathedral ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	19th century ⓘ
city	Guangzhou ⓘ
completionDate	1888 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1863 ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou ⓘ
floorPlanType	Latin cross plan ⓘ
function	parish church ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasAltars	multiple side altars ⓘ
hasChoir	yes ⓘ
hasFacadeOrientation	west ⓘ
hasNave	yes ⓘ
hasOrgan	yes ⓘ
hasStainedGlassWindows	yes ⓘ
hasTower	two ⓘ
hasTransept	yes ⓘ
heritageDesignation	major historical and cultural site protected at the provincial level ⓘ
isLandmarkOf	Guangzhou ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Latin Rite ⓘ
locatedIn	Guangzhou ⓘ Yuexiu District ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
material	granite ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	zh ⓘ
notableFeature	entirely built of granite ⓘ flying buttresses ⓘ large rose window ⓘ pointed arches ⓘ ribbed vaults ⓘ twin bell towers ⓘ
province	Guangdong ⓘ linked to: Guangdong Province
religion	Catholicism ⓘ
significance	one of the few cathedrals in the world built entirely of granite ⓘ one of the most important Catholic churches in southern China ⓘ
status	cathedral ⓘ
usedFor	Mass ⓘ tourism ⓘ weddings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Guangzhou → hasLandmark → Sacred Heart Cathedral ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou → hasCathedral → Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou ⓘ

linked to: Sacred Heart Cathedral

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou → hasMajorChurch → Sacred Heart Cathedral, Guangzhou ⓘ