Medjugorje
E391297
Medjugorje is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination due to reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary since 1981.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Medjugorje canonical | 3 |
| Međugorje | 2 |
| Medjugorje pilgrimage site | 1 |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Medjugorje | 1 |
| shrine of Our Lady of Medjugorje | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3815912 — 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: Medjugorje Context triple: [Marian apparitions, notableApparitionSite, Medjugorje]
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A.
Marian apparitions at Fatima
The Marian apparitions at Fatima refer to a series of reported visions of the Virgin Mary experienced by three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917, which became a major focus of Catholic devotion and pilgrimage.
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B.
Lourdes
Lourdes is a teenage witch character in the 2020 supernatural horror film "The Craft: Legacy," serving as one of the members of the new coven.
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C.
Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
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D.
Fátima
Fátima is a town in central Portugal renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
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E.
Our Lady of Smolensk
Our Lady of Smolensk is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary in the Russian Orthodox tradition, historically associated with protection and intercession for the Russian people.
- 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: Medjugorje Target entity description: Medjugorje is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination due to reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary since 1981.
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A.
Marian apparitions at Fatima
The Marian apparitions at Fatima refer to a series of reported visions of the Virgin Mary experienced by three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917, which became a major focus of Catholic devotion and pilgrimage.
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B.
Lourdes
Lourdes is a teenage witch character in the 2020 supernatural horror film "The Craft: Legacy," serving as one of the members of the new coven.
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C.
Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
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D.
Fátima
Fátima is a town in central Portugal renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage site associated with reported Marian apparitions in 1917.
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E.
Our Lady of Smolensk
Our Lady of Smolensk is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary in the Russian Orthodox tradition, historically associated with protection and intercession for the Russian people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic pilgrimage site
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| apparitionsBegan | 1981 ⓘ |
| apparitionsBeganOn | 1981-06-24 ⓘ |
| apparitionsWitnesses | group of local teenagers ⓘ |
| controversy |
disputed authenticity of apparitions
ⓘ
tensions between local bishop and Franciscans ⓘ |
| country | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Mostar-Duvno ⓘ |
| economy |
hospitality services
ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ |
| hasChurch | St. James Church ⓘ |
| hasDevotion |
Rosary on Apparition Hill
ⓘ
Way of the Cross on Cross Mountain ⓘ |
| hasEvent |
Eucharistic adoration
ⓘ
confession in many languages ⓘ daily Masses for pilgrims ⓘ youth festivals ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
confessionals for pilgrims
ⓘ
outdoor altar near St. James Church ⓘ |
| hasMonument | large concrete cross on Cross Mountain ⓘ |
| hasSite |
Apparition Hill
ⓘ
Cross Mountain ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Catholic pilgrimages
ⓘ
reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary ⓘ shrine of Our Lady of Medjugorje ⓘ
linked to:
Medjugorje
|
| language | Croatian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
ⓘ
Herzegovina ⓘ Čitluk municipality ⓘ |
| majorityEthnicGroup | Croats ⓘ |
| papalAuthorization | official pilgrimages allowed under certain conditions ⓘ |
| papalPosition | apparitions not officially approved as supernatural ⓘ |
| parish | St. James parish ⓘ |
| parishAdministeredBy |
Franciscan friars
ⓘ
linked to:
Franciscan Order
|
| pilgrimsPerYear | millions ⓘ |
| primaryReligionOfLocals | Catholic ⓘ |
| recognizedAsShrineBy | Holy See (pastoral, not doctrinal approval) ⓘ |
| region | Herzegovina-Neretva Canton ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| titleOfMary |
Gospa
ⓘ
Queen of Peace ⓘ
linked to:
Mary, Queen of Peace
|
| visitedBy |
Catholic prayer groups
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ international pilgrims ⓘ |
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: Medjugorje Description of subject: Medjugorje is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina renowned as a major Catholic pilgrimage destination due to reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary since 1981.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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