Angelus Temple
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Angelus Temple is a historic Pentecostal megachurch in Los Angeles founded by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and known for its distinctive domed architecture and influential role in early 20th-century American Christianity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Angelus Temple canonical | 7 |
| Angelus Temple radio ministry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T628110 — 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: Angelus Temple Context triple: [Echo Park, hasNotableFeature, Angelus Temple]
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Our Lady Queen of the Angels
Our Lady Queen of the Angels is a Catholic title for the Virgin Mary that emphasizes her role as the heavenly queen and patroness associated with the founding of Los Angeles.
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles is a modern Roman Catholic cathedral that serves as the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a prominent civic and religious landmark in the city.
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C.
Cathedral of the Epiphany
The Cathedral of the Epiphany is the principal Anglican/Episcopal cathedral church serving as the liturgical and administrative center of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic.
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Holy Name Cathedral
Holy Name Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a major landmark of the city’s Near North Side.
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La Compañía de Jesús Church
La Compañía de Jesús Church is a renowned Baroque Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador, famous for its richly ornate interior covered in gold leaf and intricate carvings.
- 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: Angelus Temple Target entity description: Angelus Temple is a historic Pentecostal megachurch in Los Angeles founded by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and known for its distinctive domed architecture and influential role in early 20th-century American Christianity.
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A.
Our Lady Queen of the Angels
Our Lady Queen of the Angels is a Catholic title for the Virgin Mary that emphasizes her role as the heavenly queen and patroness associated with the founding of Los Angeles.
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B.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles is a modern Roman Catholic cathedral that serves as the mother church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and a prominent civic and religious landmark in the city.
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C.
Cathedral of the Epiphany
The Cathedral of the Epiphany is the principal Anglican/Episcopal cathedral church serving as the liturgical and administrative center of the Diocese of the Dominican Republic.
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D.
Holy Name Cathedral
Holy Name Cathedral is a prominent Roman Catholic cathedral in Chicago, Illinois, serving as the seat of the Archdiocese of Chicago and a major landmark of the city’s Near North Side.
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E.
La Compañía de Jesús Church
La Compañía de Jesús Church is a renowned Baroque Jesuit church in Quito, Ecuador, famous for its richly ornate interior covered in gold leaf and intricate carvings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pentecostal megachurch
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church building ⓘ historic landmark ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature |
amphitheater-style seating
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large central dome ⓘ prominent façade facing Echo Park Lake ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | domed architecture ⓘ |
| architecturalType | church ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel headquarters
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Pentecostal revivalism ⓘ religious broadcasting in the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
landmark of American evangelical architecture
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symbol of early 20th-century Los Angeles religious life ⓘ |
| founder | Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
| hasPart |
balcony seating
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large dome ⓘ main sanctuary ⓘ stage and pulpit area ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
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National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| heritageStatusReason | influential role in early 20th-century American Christianity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
Echo Park, Los Angeles ⓘ
linked to:
Echo Park
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| mediaTypeDepictedIn |
books about Aimee Semple McPherson
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documentaries on American religion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
faith healing meetings
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influential role in American Pentecostalism ⓘ innovative use of drama and pageantry in worship ⓘ large evangelistic services ⓘ radio-broadcast church services ⓘ |
| publicAccess |
open for guided tours on certain days
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open for worship services ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Pentecostalism
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linked to:
Pentecostal churches
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| religiousFunction |
center for Foursquare Gospel movement
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place of worship for a large congregation ⓘ site of revival meetings ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | early 20th-century American Christianity ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Aimee Semple McPherson ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Christian education
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charitable activities ⓘ evangelistic campaigns ⓘ religious services ⓘ |
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: Angelus Temple Description of subject: Angelus Temple is a historic Pentecostal megachurch in Los Angeles founded by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and known for its distinctive domed architecture and influential role in early 20th-century American Christianity.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Angelus Temple