St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa

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Roman Catholic church World Heritage Site component historic building wooden church

St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa is a historic wooden Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, renowned for its traditional timber architecture and inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Church of St. Philip and St. James in Sękowa	2
St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T653485 — 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: St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa
Context triple: [Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland, hasPart, St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa]

A. Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz
The Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz is a historic Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, noted for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
B. Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a prominent Baroque pilgrimage church in southern Poland, renowned as the spiritual center of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary and a major Marian devotion site.
C. St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary’s Church in Stoke-on-Trent is a historic Anglican parish church in Staffordshire, England, notable among other things as the site of Susannah Darwin’s marriage.
D. Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
E. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
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: St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa
Target entity description: St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa is a historic wooden Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, renowned for its traditional timber architecture and inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland.

A. Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz
The Basilica of St. Andrew the Apostle in Olkusz is a historic Roman Catholic church in southern Poland, noted for its Gothic architecture and richly decorated interior.
B. Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a prominent Baroque pilgrimage church in southern Poland, renowned as the spiritual center of the Kalwaria Zebrzydowska sanctuary and a major Marian devotion site.
C. St Mary’s Church, Stoke-on-Trent
St Mary’s Church in Stoke-on-Trent is a historic Anglican parish church in Staffordshire, England, notable among other things as the site of Susannah Darwin’s marriage.
D. Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
E. Elie Parish Church
Elie Parish Church is a historic Church of Scotland parish church serving the coastal village of Elie in Fife, Scotland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ World Heritage Site component ⓘ historic building ⓘ wooden church ⓘ
architecturalType	wooden church architecture ⓘ
buildingStructure	timber-framed structure ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
culturalSignificance	example of traditional wooden sacral architecture in Poland ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
heritageCriteria	UNESCO cultural criteria (iii) ⓘ UNESCO cultural criteria (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageRegion	Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ linked to: Lesser Poland
heritageStatus	protected historic monument ⓘ
locatedIn	Sękowa ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInVoivodeship	Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
material	wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint James the Less ⓘ linked to: Apostle James the Less Saint Philip the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Philip
notableFor	traditional timber architecture ⓘ
partOf	Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ
region	Lesser Poland ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholicism ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousFunction	parish church ⓘ
roofMaterial	wooden shingles ⓘ
UNESCOListing	Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ
use	religious services ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland → hasPart → St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa ⓘ

Sękowa → hasLandmark → Church of St. Philip and St. James in Sękowa ⓘ

linked to: St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa

Sękowa → hasReligiousBuilding → Church of St. Philip and St. James in Sękowa ⓘ