Sanctuary of Bona Dea
E397988
The Sanctuary of Bona Dea was an ancient Roman religious site dedicated to the goddess Bona Dea, associated with chastity, fertility, and women’s mysteries, located on the Aventine Hill.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanctuary of Bona Dea canonical | 1 |
| Temple of Bona Dea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3855025 — 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: Sanctuary of Bona Dea Context triple: [Aventine Hill, hasSanctuary, Sanctuary of Bona Dea]
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A.
Temple of Ceres
The Temple of Ceres was an ancient Roman sanctuary on the Aventine Hill dedicated to the goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility, serving as an important religious and political center for the plebeians.
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B.
Shrine of Vulcan (Vulcanal)
The Shrine of Vulcan, or Vulcanal, was an ancient open-air sanctuary in Rome dedicated to the god Vulcan, traditionally regarded as one of the earliest cult sites in the Roman Forum.
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C.
Sanctuary of Jupiter Latiaris
The Sanctuary of Jupiter Latiaris was an important ancient Roman cult site on the Alban Mount where Latin communities gathered for common religious rites and political assemblies under the protection of Jupiter.
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D.
Temple of Fortuna
The Temple of Fortuna was an ancient Roman sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of fortune, located in the coastal city of Antium (modern Anzio) and known for its influential cult and oracular functions.
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E.
Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis
The Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis was an ancient Roman cult center dedicated to the goddess Diana, located by Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills and renowned for its influential religious rites and priesthood.
- 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: Sanctuary of Bona Dea Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Bona Dea was an ancient Roman religious site dedicated to the goddess Bona Dea, associated with chastity, fertility, and women’s mysteries, located on the Aventine Hill.
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A.
Temple of Ceres
The Temple of Ceres was an ancient Roman sanctuary on the Aventine Hill dedicated to the goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility, serving as an important religious and political center for the plebeians.
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B.
Shrine of Vulcan (Vulcanal)
The Shrine of Vulcan, or Vulcanal, was an ancient open-air sanctuary in Rome dedicated to the god Vulcan, traditionally regarded as one of the earliest cult sites in the Roman Forum.
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C.
Sanctuary of Jupiter Latiaris
The Sanctuary of Jupiter Latiaris was an important ancient Roman cult site on the Alban Mount where Latin communities gathered for common religious rites and political assemblies under the protection of Jupiter.
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D.
Temple of Fortuna
The Temple of Fortuna was an ancient Roman sanctuary dedicated to the goddess of fortune, located in the coastal city of Antium (modern Anzio) and known for its influential cult and oracular functions.
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E.
Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis
The Sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis was an ancient Roman cult center dedicated to the goddess Diana, located by Lake Nemi in the Alban Hills and renowned for its influential religious rites and priesthood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Roman sanctuary
ⓘ
religious site ⓘ |
| accessRestriction | men excluded from rites ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
domestic fertility
ⓘ
female virtue ⓘ healing of women’s ailments ⓘ |
| associatedDeityAspect |
chastity
ⓘ
fertility ⓘ women’s mysteries ⓘ |
| associatedGoddess | Bona Dea ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
female-only rituals
ⓘ
mystery elements in worship ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| cultFocus |
female health
ⓘ
fertility rites ⓘ protection of women ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Bona Dea ⓘ |
| genderRestriction | women only (for main cult observances) ⓘ |
| languageOfCult | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aventine Hill
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| primaryFunction |
cult center of Bona Dea on the Aventine
ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Imperial Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Empire
Republican Rome ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Republic
|
| worshippers |
Roman women
ⓘ
matrons ⓘ |
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: Sanctuary of Bona Dea Description of subject: The Sanctuary of Bona Dea was an ancient Roman religious site dedicated to the goddess Bona Dea, associated with chastity, fertility, and women’s mysteries, located on the Aventine Hill.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sanctuary of Bona Dea