Salus Populi Romani

E577551

Marian icon religious painting

Salus Populi Romani is a revered Byzantine-style icon of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child housed in Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and traditionally associated with the protection of the Roman people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Salus Populi Romani canonical	2
Salus Populi Romani icon	1
salus populi Romani	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6237897 — 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: Salus Populi Romani
Context triple: [Icon of Salus Populi Romani, hasTitle, Salus Populi Romani]

A. Milites Templi
Milites Templi is the 1139 papal bull issued by Pope Innocent II that granted the Knights Templar significant privileges and autonomy within Christendom.
B. Typis Vaticanis
Typis Vaticanis is the Vatican's official publishing house historically responsible for printing liturgical and other ecclesiastical texts.
C. Bulla Cruciatae
Bulla Cruciatae is a papal bull issued by Pope Paul V that renewed and regulated the granting of indulgences and financial contributions associated with crusading efforts against non-Christian powers.
D. Unam Sanctam
Unam Sanctam is a 1302 papal bull by Pope Boniface VIII that famously asserted the supremacy of spiritual and papal authority over temporal rulers.
E. Aeterni Patris
Aeterni Patris is an 1879 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII that called for the revival and promotion of Thomistic philosophy as the foundation of Catholic intellectual life.
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: Salus Populi Romani
Target entity description: Salus Populi Romani is a revered Byzantine-style icon of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child housed in Rome’s Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and traditionally associated with the protection of the Roman people.

A. Milites Templi
Milites Templi is the 1139 papal bull issued by Pope Innocent II that granted the Knights Templar significant privileges and autonomy within Christendom.
B. Typis Vaticanis
Typis Vaticanis is the Vatican's official publishing house historically responsible for printing liturgical and other ecclesiastical texts.
C. Bulla Cruciatae
Bulla Cruciatae is a papal bull issued by Pope Paul V that renewed and regulated the granting of indulgences and financial contributions associated with crusading efforts against non-Christian powers.
D. Unam Sanctam
Unam Sanctam is a 1302 papal bull by Pope Boniface VIII that famously asserted the supremacy of spiritual and papal authority over temporal rulers.
E. Aeterni Patris
Aeterni Patris is an 1879 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII that called for the revival and promotion of Thomistic philosophy as the foundation of Catholic intellectual life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marian icon ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Madonna Salus Populi Romani ⓘ Our Lady Salus Populi Romani ⓘ
artHistoricalCategory	Italo-Byzantine icon ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman people ⓘ protection of Rome ⓘ
belongsTo	patrimony of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ⓘ
connectedTo	Marian devotion in the city of Rome ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of the spiritual protection of the city of Rome ⓘ
depicts	Christ Child ⓘ linked to: Child Jesus Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasDevotionalRole	protective icon of Rome ⓘ
hasFunction	object of intercessory prayer ⓘ object of pilgrimage ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFeast	local celebrations in Rome ⓘ
hasTitle	Salvation of the Roman People ⓘ
historicallyDocumentedSince	at least the 13th century ⓘ
housedInChapel	Borghese Chapel ⓘ
iconographicFeature	Mary holding the Christ Child ⓘ frontal pose of the Virgin ⓘ solemn, hieratic style ⓘ
iconType	Hodegetria-type icon ⓘ
keptIn	highly venerated chapel setting ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ
linkedTo	Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore as a Marian shrine ⓘ linked to: Basilica of Saint Mary Major papal Marian devotion ⓘ
locatedIn	Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ⓘ linked to: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
locatedInCity	Rome ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Italy ⓘ
material	wooden panel ⓘ
medium	tempera ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significanceFor	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide city of Rome ⓘ linked to: Rome
style	Byzantine ⓘ
subjectHeading	Virgin and Child ⓘ linked to: Madonna and Child
titleMeaning	Health of the Roman People ⓘ Salvation of the Roman People ⓘ
traditionallyBelievedToBe	miraculous image ⓘ protector of the Roman people ⓘ
traditionallyDatedTo	early Christian era ⓘ late antiquity ⓘ
usedIn	prayers for protection in times of crisis ⓘ public processions in Rome ⓘ
veneratedBy	Roman Catholics ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism popes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Icon of Salus Populi Romani → hasTitle → Salus Populi Romani ⓘ

Saint Mary Major → hasIconographicAssociation → Salus Populi Romani icon ⓘ

linked to: Salus Populi Romani

Borghese Chapel → contains → Salus Populi Romani ⓘ

Salus → linkedConcept → salus populi Romani ⓘ