Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

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Catholic pilgrimage site Marian shrine religious sanctuary

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Our Lady of Lourdes	25
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes canonical	13
Lourdes	3
Lourdes Sanctuary	2
Lourdes water	2
Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary (Lourdes)	1
Basilica of Saint Pius X, Lourdes	1
Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes	1
Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes, France	1
Lourdes Medical Bureau	1
Lourdes grotto	1
Lourdes pilgrimage complex	1
Lourdes pilgrimage site	1
Marian shrine of Lourdes	1
Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717503 — 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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
Context triple: [Occitanie, hasNotableSanctuary, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes]

A. Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Orange in southeastern France, notable for its medieval origins and architectural heritage.
B. Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
C. St. Mary’s Basilica
St. Mary’s Basilica is a prominent Gothic church in Kraków, Poland, renowned for its towering brick façade, wooden altarpiece by Veit Stoss, and the hourly trumpet call (hejnał) played from its highest tower.
D. St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
E. Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a historic Roman Catholic basilica and major Marian pilgrimage site in Boston, renowned for its striking architecture and religious significance.
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: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
Target entity description: The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is a major Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, renowned for its Marian apparitions and reputed healing waters.

A. Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral
Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic cathedral in the town of Orange in southeastern France, notable for its medieval origins and architectural heritage.
B. Lourdes
Lourdes is an 1894 novel by Émile Zola that critically explores religious faith, pilgrimage, and alleged miracles surrounding the famous Marian shrine in southwestern France.
C. St. Mary’s Basilica
St. Mary’s Basilica is a prominent Gothic church in Kraków, Poland, renowned for its towering brick façade, wooden altarpiece by Veit Stoss, and the hourly trumpet call (hejnał) played from its highest tower.
D. St. Pierre Cathedral
St. Pierre Cathedral is a historic Protestant church in Geneva, Switzerland, renowned as the home church of John Calvin and a major symbol of the Reformation.
E. Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a historic Roman Catholic basilica and major Marian pilgrimage site in Boston, renowned for its striking architecture and religious significance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic pilgrimage site ⓘ Marian shrine ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ
associatedWith	Bernadette Soubirous ⓘ Immaculate Conception dogma ⓘ linked to: Immaculate Conception Lourdes water ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Marian apparitions at Lourdes ⓘ linked to: Lourdes apparitions of 1858
constructionStart	late 19th century ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Virgin Mary ⓘ
diocese	Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes ⓘ linked to: Diocese of Tarbes (later Tarbes-et-Lourdes)
foundedAfterEvent	apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ
governingBody	Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes administration ⓘ
hasOfficialMedicalBody	International Medical Committee of Lourdes ⓘ Lourdes Medical Bureau ⓘ linked to: International Medical Committee of Lourdes
hasPart	Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary ⓘ Basilica of St. Pius X ⓘ Basilica of the Immaculate Conception ⓘ Cachot (former prison cell of Bernadette) near the sanctuary ⓘ Church of St. Bernadette ⓘ Grotto of Massabielle ⓘ linked to: Massabielle Grotto Way of the Cross ⓘ linked to: Stations of the Cross baths ⓘ procession esplanade ⓘ
hasStatus	major Marian pilgrimage destination ⓘ one of the world’s most visited Christian pilgrimage sites ⓘ
inception	1858 ⓘ
knownFor	Eucharistic procession ⓘ healing waters ⓘ large Marian processions ⓘ miraculous cures ⓘ torchlight Marian procession ⓘ
languageUsed	French ⓘ Latin ⓘ multiple international languages for liturgies ⓘ
liturgicalFeast	11 February ⓘ Our Lady of Lourdes ⓘ linked to: Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
locatedIn	Hautes-Pyrénées ⓘ Lourdes ⓘ Occitanie ⓘ Pyrenees region ⓘ linked to: Pyrenees
owner	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
partOf	Catholic Marian shrines network ⓘ
pilgrimsPerYear	approximately 4 to 6 million ⓘ
recognisedMiraclesByChurch	over 60 cures ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
visitorCount	millions of pilgrims per year ⓘ
website	https://www.lourdes-france.org ⓘ

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