Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

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Catholic Church organization department of the Holy See dicastery of the Roman Curia

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the complex process of investigating and approving candidates for beatification and canonization in the Catholic Church.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Congregation for the Causes of Saints	5
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11120373 — 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: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
Context triple: [dicasteries of the Holy See, hasMember, Dicastery for the Causes of Saints]

A. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
B. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
C. Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing religious orders, congregations, and other forms of consecrated and apostolic life within the Catholic Church.
D. Dicastery for the Oriental Churches
The Dicastery for the Oriental Churches is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing and supporting the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome.
E. Dicastery for Bishops
The Dicastery for Bishops is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing the selection, appointment, and governance of Catholic bishops worldwide.
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: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
Target entity description: The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints is a department of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing the complex process of investigating and approving candidates for beatification and canonization in the Catholic Church.

A. Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Vatican department responsible for promoting and safeguarding Catholic doctrine and morals within the global Church.
B. Dicastery for the Clergy
The Dicastery for the Clergy is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing Catholic priests, deacons, and seminaries worldwide.
C. Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing religious orders, congregations, and other forms of consecrated and apostolic life within the Catholic Church.
D. Dicastery for the Oriental Churches
The Dicastery for the Oriental Churches is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing and supporting the Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with Rome.
E. Dicastery for Bishops
The Dicastery for Bishops is a department of the Holy See responsible for overseeing the selection, appointment, and governance of Catholic bishops worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic Church organization ⓘ department of the Holy See ⓘ dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ
country	Vatican City State ⓘ linked to: Vatican City
dateRenamedAsDicastery	2022 ⓘ
establishedAsCongregation	1969 ⓘ
establishedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ
followsDocument	Divinus Perfectionis Magister ⓘ Normae servandae in inquisitionibus ab episcopis faciendis in causis sanctorum ⓘ
formerName	Congregation for the Causes of Saints ⓘ linked to: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
hasSection	college of relators ⓘ historical section ⓘ judicial section ⓘ medical board ⓘ promoter of the faith ⓘ theological section ⓘ
headOfGovernment	prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints ⓘ
jurisdiction	worldwide Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church worldwide
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
leaderTitle	prefect ⓘ secretary ⓘ undersecretary ⓘ
location	Vatican City ⓘ
overseesProcess	Roman phase of causes ⓘ consultation of cardinals and bishops ⓘ consultation of theologians ⓘ diocesan phase of causes ⓘ papal decrees of beatification ⓘ papal decrees of canonization ⓘ papal decrees on virtues, martyrdom and miracles ⓘ preparation of positio on candidates ⓘ
partOf	Holy See ⓘ Roman Curia ⓘ
predecessor	Sacred Congregation of Rites ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
renamedBy	apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium ⓘ linked to: Apostolic Constitution "Praedicate Evangelium"
responsibleFor	approval of liturgical cult of blesseds and saints ⓘ causes of beatification ⓘ causes of canonization ⓘ historical investigations in causes of saints ⓘ legal and procedural aspects of causes of saints ⓘ recognition of heroic virtues ⓘ recognition of martyrdom ⓘ recognition of miracles ⓘ theological evaluation of causes of saints ⓘ verification of authenticity of relics ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Pontiff ⓘ linked to: Pope pope ⓘ linked to: Pope
website	http://www.causesanti.va ⓘ

How these facts were elicited