Didymus
E132948
Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Didymus canonical | 10 |
| Didymus means "twin" in Greek | 2 |
| "Didymus" is Greek for "twin" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1146585 — 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: Didymus Context triple: [Apostle Thomas, hasAlias, Didymus]
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A.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
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B.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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C.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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D.
Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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E.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
- 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: Didymus Target entity description: Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
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A.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
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B.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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C.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
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D.
Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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E.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apostle
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Resurrection of Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
resurrection of Jesus Christ
appearance of the risen Christ to the disciples ⓘ |
| associatedWithTradition | founding of Christian communities in India ⓘ |
| epithet |
Doubting Thomas
ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas Didymus
|
| feastDay |
3 July (Roman Catholic Church)
ⓘ
6 October (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | twin ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
the Twelve Apostles
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Apostles
|
| knownFor |
confession of faith "My Lord and my God"
ⓘ
initial doubt about Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ |
| languageContext | Koine Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| listedIn | apostolic lists in the Synoptic Gospels ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| patronage |
India (in some Christian traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
India
architects ⓘ builders ⓘ the blind ⓘ |
| presentAt |
Last Supper (according to the Gospel of John)
ⓘ
linked to:
Last Supper
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity | apostle of Jesus ⓘ |
| sameAs |
Saint Thomas
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Thomas Didymus ⓘ Thomas the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Thomas
|
| scripturalStatus | biblical figure ⓘ |
| speaksIn |
John 11:16
ⓘ
John 14:5 ⓘ John 20:24–29 ⓘ John 21:2 ⓘ |
| symbol |
carpenter’s square
ⓘ
spear ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| traditionalMissionField | India ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Didymus Description of subject: Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.