Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

E888148

Christian feast

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, as recounted in the Gospel of Luke, highlighting themes of joy, humility, and the recognition of Jesus as the Messiah.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary canonical	4
The Visitation (biblical event)	1
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1
The Visitation with Saints Nicholas and Anthony Abbot	1
Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth	1
Visitation of the Virgin Mary	1
the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10821856 — 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: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Context triple: [Convent of the Visitandines, Chaillot, dedicatedTo, Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

A. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
B. Miracles of Mary
Miracles of Mary is a medieval Ethiopian collection of devotional stories in Geʽez that recounts the intercessions and wonders attributed to the Virgin Mary.
C. True Devotion to Mary
True Devotion to Mary is a classic 18th-century Catholic spiritual work by St. Louis de Montfort that teaches total consecration to Jesus through the Virgin Mary.
D. Relics of the Virgin Mary
Relics of the Virgin Mary are sacred Christian objects believed to be physically connected to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and venerated for their spiritual and historical significance.
E. For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is the English title of *Marialis Cultus*, a 1974 apostolic exhortation by Pope Paul VI that provides guidelines for contemporary Catholic Marian devotion.
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: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Target entity description: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, as recounted in the Gospel of Luke, highlighting themes of joy, humility, and the recognition of Jesus as the Messiah.

A. The Presentation of the Virgin Mary
The Presentation of the Virgin Mary is a Christian feast commemorating the tradition that Mary was brought as a child to the Temple in Jerusalem and dedicated to God.
B. Miracles of Mary
Miracles of Mary is a medieval Ethiopian collection of devotional stories in Geʽez that recounts the intercessions and wonders attributed to the Virgin Mary.
C. True Devotion to Mary
True Devotion to Mary is a classic 18th-century Catholic spiritual work by St. Louis de Montfort that teaches total consecration to Jesus through the Virgin Mary.
D. Relics of the Virgin Mary
Relics of the Virgin Mary are sacred Christian objects believed to be physically connected to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and venerated for their spiritual and historical significance.
E. For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is the English title of *Marialis Cultus*, a 1974 apostolic exhortation by Pope Paul VI that provides guidelines for contemporary Catholic Marian devotion.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian feast ⓘ
associatedPerson	Elizabeth ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ John the Baptist ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
associatedPrayer	Magnificat ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel of Luke 1:39–56 ⓘ linked to: Luke 1
category	Christian liturgical feasts ⓘ Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary ⓘ linked to: Marian feasts
celebratedBy	Anglican Communion ⓘ Lutheran churches ⓘ linked to: European Lutheran churches Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism some Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ some Orthodox Churches ⓘ
commemorates	Mary’s visit to Elizabeth ⓘ
connectedDevotion	Marian devotion ⓘ pro-life devotion ⓘ
currentDateInRomanRite	31 May ⓘ
dateChangeApprovedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
dateChangeDocument	Mysterii Paschalis ⓘ
dateChangeYear	1969 ⓘ
eventLocation	hill country of Judea ⓘ
hasIconography	Elizabeth bowing to Mary ⓘ Mary greeting Elizabeth ⓘ unborn John the Baptist leaping in Elizabeth’s womb ⓘ
institutedBy	Pope Urban VI ⓘ
institutedYear	1389 ⓘ
introducedBy	Franciscan Order ⓘ
introducedCentury	13th century ⓘ
liturgicalColor	white ⓘ
liturgicalHourEmphasis	Vespers ⓘ
liturgicalRankInRomanRite	Feast ⓘ
liturgicalSeason	Ordinary Time ⓘ
observedOn	2 July in some traditional calendars ⓘ 31 May in the General Roman Calendar ⓘ
originalDate	2 July ⓘ
purpose	to celebrate the sanctification of John the Baptist in the womb ⓘ to highlight the presence of Christ in Mary’s womb ⓘ to honor Mary’s charity toward Elizabeth ⓘ
relatedFeast	Annunciation ⓘ Immaculate Conception ⓘ Nativity of Saint John the Baptist ⓘ linked to: Birth of John the Baptist
scripturalCanticle	Magnificat ⓘ
theme	charity ⓘ humility ⓘ joy ⓘ praise of God ⓘ recognition of Jesus as Messiah ⓘ

How these facts were elicited