Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
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The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastic complex and major pilgrimage site on the Greek island of Patmos, traditionally associated with the Apostle John and the writing of the Book of Revelation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monastery of Saint John the Theologian canonical | 19 |
| Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos | 3 |
| Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (on Patmos) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T916857 — 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: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian Context triple: [Patmos, hasMonastery, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian]
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A.
Dionysiou Monastery
Dionysiou Monastery is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its medieval architecture, rich manuscript collection, and spiritual heritage.
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B.
Xenophontos Monastery
Xenophontos Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic Byzantine heritage and religious significance.
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C.
Philotheou Monastery
Philotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its Byzantine heritage, spiritual tradition, and historic manuscripts and icons.
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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.
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E.
Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery is one of the most famous and wealthiest Orthodox monasteries in Cyprus, renowned for its historic icon of the Virgin Mary and its mountaintop setting in the Troodos Mountains.
- 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: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian Target entity description: The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastic complex and major pilgrimage site on the Greek island of Patmos, traditionally associated with the Apostle John and the writing of the Book of Revelation.
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A.
Dionysiou Monastery
Dionysiou Monastery is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its medieval architecture, rich manuscript collection, and spiritual heritage.
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B.
Xenophontos Monastery
Xenophontos Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its historic Byzantine heritage and religious significance.
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C.
Philotheou Monastery
Philotheou Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its Byzantine heritage, spiritual tradition, and historic manuscripts and icons.
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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.
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E.
Kykkos Monastery
Kykkos Monastery is one of the most famous and wealthiest Orthodox monasteries in Cyprus, renowned for its historic icon of the Virgin Mary and its mountaintop setting in the Troodos Mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian pilgrimage site
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ monastic complex ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Byzantine architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | vision of Revelation by John according to Christian tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Apostle John
ⓘ
John of Patmos ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | Book of Revelation ⓘ |
| belongsToChurch | Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| belongsToJurisdiction |
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Patriarchate of Constantinople
|
| contains |
Byzantine manuscripts
ⓘ
frescoes ⓘ icons ⓘ reliquaries ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
John the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle John
John the Theologian ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle John
|
| foundedBy | Saint Christodoulos of Patmos ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1088 ⓘ |
| founder | Christodoulos the Latrinos ⓘ |
| governs | Cave of the Apocalypse ⓘ |
| hasChapel | multiple chapels ⓘ |
| hasEnclosureType | fortified monastery ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
monastic community
ⓘ
pilgrimage centre ⓘ place of worship ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Monastery of Saint John the Theologian library ⓘ |
| hasStatus | active monastery ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dodecanese
ⓘ
Patmos ⓘ
linked to:
island of Patmos
South Aegean ⓘ |
| locatedInSea | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedInSettlement |
Chora, Patmos
ⓘ
linked to:
Chora
|
| locatedOnIsland |
Patmos
ⓘ
linked to:
island of Patmos
|
| overlooks |
Skala, Patmos
ⓘ
linked to:
island of Patmos
|
| partOf | World Heritage Site "Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos" ⓘ |
| region |
Aegean Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegean islands
|
| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| significantFor |
Christian pilgrimage in the Aegean
ⓘ
history of Eastern Orthodox monasticism ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | defensive walls ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1999 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian Description of subject: The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a historic Eastern Orthodox monastic complex and major pilgrimage site on the Greek island of Patmos, traditionally associated with the Apostle John and the writing of the Book of Revelation.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
island of Patmos
linked to: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse
→
contains
→
Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
ⓘ
subject linked to:
Chora
subject linked to:
Chora
subject linked to:
Chora
Christian monastic heritage of Greece
→
notableSite
→
Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos
ⓘ
linked to: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
subject linked to:
Cave of the Apocalypse (on Patmos)
linked to: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian
linked to: Monastery of Saint John the Theologian