Black Madonna of Altötting
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The Black Madonna of Altötting is a revered medieval wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child that serves as the centerpiece of one of Germany’s most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Black Madonna of Altötting canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10539831 — 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: Black Madonna of Altötting Context triple: [Altötting, hasVeneratedImage, Black Madonna of Altötting]
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A.
Black Madonna of Remagen
The Black Madonna of Remagen is a modern riverside memorial statue in Remagen, Germany, commemorating the horrors of war and promoting peace and reconciliation.
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B.
Golden Madonna of Essen
The Golden Madonna of Essen is an early 11th-century gilded wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, considered the oldest surviving sculpture of its kind in Western Europe and a masterpiece of Ottonian art.
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C.
Black Madonna of Częstochowa
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland, venerated as a national and religious symbol and believed by many to possess miraculous powers.
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D.
Stuppach Madonna
The Stuppach Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century Christian altarpiece painting by German Renaissance master Matthias Grünewald, depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in a richly symbolic and expressive style.
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E.
Madonnina statue
The Madonnina statue is a gilded copper sculpture of the Virgin Mary that crowns the main spire of Milan Cathedral and serves as a prominent religious and civic symbol of the city.
- 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: Black Madonna of Altötting Target entity description: The Black Madonna of Altötting is a revered medieval wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child that serves as the centerpiece of one of Germany’s most important Catholic pilgrimage sites.
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A.
Black Madonna of Remagen
The Black Madonna of Remagen is a modern riverside memorial statue in Remagen, Germany, commemorating the horrors of war and promoting peace and reconciliation.
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B.
Golden Madonna of Essen
The Golden Madonna of Essen is an early 11th-century gilded wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, considered the oldest surviving sculpture of its kind in Western Europe and a masterpiece of Ottonian art.
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C.
Black Madonna of Częstochowa
The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is a revered icon of the Virgin Mary housed at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland, venerated as a national and religious symbol and believed by many to possess miraculous powers.
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D.
Stuppach Madonna
The Stuppach Madonna is a renowned early 16th-century Christian altarpiece painting by German Renaissance master Matthias Grünewald, depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in a richly symbolic and expressive style.
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E.
Madonnina statue
The Madonnina statue is a gilded copper sculpture of the Virgin Mary that crowns the main spire of Milan Cathedral and serves as a prominent religious and civic symbol of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic devotional image
ⓘ
Marian statue ⓘ pilgrimage object ⓘ wooden sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic pilgrimages
ⓘ
miraculous healings ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin | late 13th century ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christ Child
ⓘ
linked to:
Child Jesus
Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| devotees | Catholic pilgrims ⓘ |
| function |
object of veneration
ⓘ
pilgrimage destination ⓘ |
| hasCultSince | late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
crowned Virgin Mary
ⓘ
darkened skin tone ⓘ seated Madonna with Child ⓘ
linked to:
Virgin and Child enthroned
|
| hasReligiousFeastOrCelebration | Marian pilgrimage feasts in Altötting ⓘ |
| heritage | medieval ⓘ |
| housedIn |
Chapel of Grace, Altötting
ⓘ
linked to:
Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting
|
| iconographicType | Madonna and Child ⓘ |
| isCenterpieceOf |
Altötting pilgrimage site
ⓘ
linked to:
Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting
one of Germany’s most important Catholic pilgrimage sites ⓘ |
| languageOfDevotion |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
reports of miracles
ⓘ
votive offerings in Altötting ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Altötting
ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| material | wood ⓘ |
| notableIn |
Bavarian religious culture
ⓘ
German Catholicism ⓘ |
| patronage |
Bavaria
ⓘ
pilgrims and the sick ⓘ |
| pilgrimageType |
Marian shrine
ⓘ
national shrine ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| region | Upper Bavaria ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | national shrine of Bavaria ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Gothic ⓘ |
| title |
Our Lady of Altötting
ⓘ
linked to:
Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting
|
| veneration | Marian devotion ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Pope Benedict XVI
ⓘ
Pope John Paul II ⓘ popes ⓘ |
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