Patras Cathedral

E90503

Greek Orthodox cathedral church building

Patras Cathedral is a major Greek Orthodox church in Patras, Greece, renowned as one of the largest churches in the Balkans and a prominent pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Andrew.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Church of Saint Andrew of Patras	2
Patras Cathedral canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T759760 — 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: Patras Cathedral
Context triple: [Saint Andrew, hasRelicAt, Patras Cathedral]

A. Ateni Sioni Church
Ateni Sioni Church is an early 7th-century Georgian Orthodox church renowned for its medieval frescoes and inscriptions, located in the Ateni Gorge near Gori in eastern Georgia.
B. Stavronikita Monastery
Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
C. Koutloumousiou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic buildings, spiritual life, and rich collection of religious artifacts and manuscripts.
D. Daphni Monastery
Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine monastery near Athens, Greece, celebrated for its exquisite mosaics and as a masterpiece of middle Byzantine art and architecture.
E. Hosios Loukas
Hosios Loukas is a renowned 10th–11th century Greek Orthodox monastery in central Greece, celebrated for its well-preserved Middle Byzantine architecture and mosaics.
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: Patras Cathedral
Target entity description: Patras Cathedral is a major Greek Orthodox church in Patras, Greece, renowned as one of the largest churches in the Balkans and a prominent pilgrimage site dedicated to Saint Andrew.

A. Ateni Sioni Church
Ateni Sioni Church is an early 7th-century Georgian Orthodox church renowned for its medieval frescoes and inscriptions, located in the Ateni Gorge near Gori in eastern Georgia.
B. Stavronikita Monastery
Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
C. Koutloumousiou Monastery
Koutloumousiou Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic buildings, spiritual life, and rich collection of religious artifacts and manuscripts.
D. Daphni Monastery
Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine monastery near Athens, Greece, celebrated for its exquisite mosaics and as a masterpiece of middle Byzantine art and architecture.
E. Hosios Loukas
Hosios Loukas is a renowned 10th–11th century Greek Orthodox monastery in central Greece, celebrated for its well-preserved Middle Byzantine architecture and mosaics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek Orthodox cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ
affiliation	Church of Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Orthodox Church
architecturalStyle	Byzantine Revival architecture ⓘ linked to: Byzantine Revival Neo-Byzantine architecture ⓘ linked to: Byzantine Revival
category	Cathedrals in Greece ⓘ Churches in Patras ⓘ Greek Orthodox cathedrals ⓘ Pilgrimage churches in Greece ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Andrew ⓘ
denomination	Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasAltar	main altar dedicated to Saint Andrew ⓘ
hasDiocese	Metropolis of Patras ⓘ linked to: Patras
hasDome	true ⓘ
hasPart	cross of Saint Andrew (relic) ⓘ relics of Saint Andrew ⓘ linked to: Old Church of Saint Andrew
hasStatus	cathedral church ⓘ major church ⓘ
hasTower	bell tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation	pilgrimage church ⓘ
isPartOf	Metropolis of Patras ⓘ linked to: Patras
languageOfLiturgicalService	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Patras ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Achaea ⓘ Western Greece ⓘ
locatedNear	Gulf of Patras ⓘ Port of Patras ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Andrew ⓘ
notableFor	being a major Greek Orthodox pilgrimage destination ⓘ being one of the largest churches in the Balkans ⓘ housing relics of Saint Andrew ⓘ
primaryFunction	cathedral of the Metropolis of Patras ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
significantBuildingIn	Patras ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
use	pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Saint Andrew → hasRelicAt → Patras Cathedral ⓘ

Patras → hasReligiousBuilding → Church of Saint Andrew of Patras ⓘ

linked to: Patras Cathedral

Patrae → hasLandmark → Church of Saint Andrew of Patras ⓘ