Funeral Oration on Basil the Great
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Funeral Oration on Basil the Great is a renowned panegyric by Gregory of Nazianzus that honors his close friend Basil the Great and stands as a classic of early Christian rhetoric and theology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Orations of Gregory of Nazianzus | 2 |
| Funeral Oration on Basil the Great canonical | 1 |
| Funeral oration by Gregory of Nazianzus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16222385 — 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: Funeral Oration on Basil the Great Context triple: [writings of Gregory of Nazianzus, notableWork, Funeral Oration on Basil the Great]
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Anaphora of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
The Anaphora of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus is a Eucharistic prayer attributed to the 4th-century Cappadocian Father Gregory of Nazianzus, used in certain Eastern Christian liturgical traditions.
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Proslogion
Proslogion is a philosophical and theological work by Anselm of Canterbury best known for formulating the classic ontological argument for the existence of God.
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Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
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Anaphora of Saint Dioscorus
The Anaphora of Saint Dioscorus is a Eucharistic prayer attributed to Saint Dioscorus that forms one of the central consecration texts in the Eritrean Orthodox Christian tradition.
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Homily VII
Homily VII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
- 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: Funeral Oration on Basil the Great Target entity description: Funeral Oration on Basil the Great is a renowned panegyric by Gregory of Nazianzus that honors his close friend Basil the Great and stands as a classic of early Christian rhetoric and theology.
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A.
Anaphora of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus
The Anaphora of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus is a Eucharistic prayer attributed to the 4th-century Cappadocian Father Gregory of Nazianzus, used in certain Eastern Christian liturgical traditions.
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B.
Proslogion
Proslogion is a philosophical and theological work by Anselm of Canterbury best known for formulating the classic ontological argument for the existence of God.
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C.
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
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D.
Anaphora of Saint Dioscorus
The Anaphora of Saint Dioscorus is a Eucharistic prayer attributed to Saint Dioscorus that forms one of the central consecration texts in the Eritrean Orthodox Christian tradition.
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E.
Homily VII
Homily VII is one of the sermons in Basil of Caesarea’s Hexaemeron, a patristic work offering theological and philosophical reflections on the six days of Creation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Oration 8 of Gregory of Nazianzus (On his sister Gorgonia)
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