Our Lady of Aparecida Day

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national holiday religious holiday

Our Lady of Aparecida Day is a Brazilian national holiday celebrated on October 12 in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the country’s patron saint, marked by religious festivities, pilgrimages, and cultural events.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida (12 October)	2
Dia de Nossa Senhora Aparecida	1
Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida	1
Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida	1
Our Lady of Aparecida Day canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6123857 — 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: Our Lady of Aparecida Day
Context triple: [Our Lady Aparecida, nationalHolidayAssociated, Our Lady of Aparecida Day]

A. Festa Junina
Festa Junina is a traditional Brazilian mid-year festival marked by rural-themed dances, bonfires, folk music, and foods honoring Catholic saints and countryside culture.
B. Independence Day of Brazil
Independence Day of Brazil is the national holiday commemorating Brazil’s declaration of independence from Portugal in 1822, celebrated annually with patriotic events, parades, and civic ceremonies.
C. Feast of Our Lady of Suyapa
The Feast of Our Lady of Suyapa is a Catholic celebration in Honduras honoring the Virgin Mary as the country’s patroness, centered on veneration of her revered image in Tegucigalpa.
D. Assumption Day
Assumption Day is a major Catholic feast on August 15 commemorating the Virgin Mary's assumption into heaven, celebrated as the national holiday of the Acadian people.
E. Carnival of Salvador
Carnival of Salvador is one of Brazil’s largest and most vibrant street festivals, renowned for its Afro-Brazilian music, massive blocos, and all-night celebrations that take over the city of Salvador each year.
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: Our Lady of Aparecida Day
Target entity description: Our Lady of Aparecida Day is a Brazilian national holiday celebrated on October 12 in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the country’s patron saint, marked by religious festivities, pilgrimages, and cultural events.

A. Festa Junina
Festa Junina is a traditional Brazilian mid-year festival marked by rural-themed dances, bonfires, folk music, and foods honoring Catholic saints and countryside culture.
B. Independence Day of Brazil
Independence Day of Brazil is the national holiday commemorating Brazil’s declaration of independence from Portugal in 1822, celebrated annually with patriotic events, parades, and civic ceremonies.
C. Feast of Our Lady of Suyapa
The Feast of Our Lady of Suyapa is a Catholic celebration in Honduras honoring the Virgin Mary as the country’s patroness, centered on veneration of her revered image in Tegucigalpa.
D. Assumption Day
Assumption Day is a major Catholic feast on August 15 commemorating the Virgin Mary's assumption into heaven, celebrated as the national holiday of the Acadian people.
E. Carnival of Salvador
Carnival of Salvador is one of Brazil’s largest and most vibrant street festivals, renowned for its Afro-Brazilian music, massive blocos, and all-night celebrations that take over the city of Salvador each year.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national holiday ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dia de Nossa Senhora Aparecida ⓘ linked to: Our Lady of Aparecida Day Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida ⓘ linked to: Our Lady of Aparecida Day
associatedSanctuary	National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida ⓘ linked to: Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady Aparecida
associatedWith	Brazilian Catholic identity ⓘ Marian devotion ⓘ
celebratedIn	Brazil ⓘ Brazilian Catholic communities abroad ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
culturalSignificance	major date in Brazilian religious calendar ⓘ symbol of national Catholic devotion ⓘ
dateObserved	October 12 ⓘ
demographicParticipation	also observed by some non-Catholic Brazilians as cultural holiday ⓘ observed by many Brazilian Catholics ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governmentRecognition	officially recognized as honoring Brazil’s patron saint ⓘ
hasDevotionalObject	statue of Our Lady of Aparecida ⓘ linked to: Our Lady Aparecida
honors	Our Lady of Aparecida ⓘ linked to: Our Lady Aparecida
legalStatus	national public holiday in Brazil ⓘ
linkedTo	image of Our Lady of Aparecida found in the Paraíba do Sul River ⓘ
liturgicalColor	blue ⓘ
mainLocationOfCelebration	Aparecida, São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ linked to: Aparecida, São Paulo
mediaCoverage	national television broadcasts of celebrations ⓘ
patronage	children in Brazil ⓘ
patronSaintOf	Brazil ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice	motorcycle and cycling pilgrimages ⓘ walking pilgrimages to Aparecida ⓘ
publicInstitutionsStatus	government offices closed in Brazil ⓘ schools closed in Brazil ⓘ
recognizedAs	feast day of Our Lady of Aparecida ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
season	Brazilian spring ⓘ
typeOfCelebration	cultural events ⓘ pilgrimages ⓘ religious festivities ⓘ
typicalActivities	Masses ⓘ family gatherings ⓘ prayers and devotions ⓘ processions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited