Saint Petronius
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Saint Petronius was a 5th-century bishop and revered Christian saint best known as the patron saint of Bologna and a key figure in the city’s religious and civic identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Petronius canonical | 4 |
| Saint Petronius of Bologna | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1088088 — 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: Saint Petronius Context triple: [Bologna, patronSaint, Saint Petronius]
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A.
Saint Hippolytus
Saint Hippolytus is an early Christian theologian and martyr, traditionally regarded as one of the most important third-century Church Fathers.
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B.
Saint Marinus
Saint Marinus is a Christian stonemason and hermit traditionally credited with establishing the community that became the Republic of San Marino, one of the world’s oldest surviving states.
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C.
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa was a 4th-century Spanish deacon and Christian martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of the city of Zaragoza and of vintners.
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D.
Saint Vigilius of Trent
Saint Vigilius of Trent was a 4th–5th century bishop and martyr venerated as the patron saint of Trento in northern Italy.
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E.
Saint Herculanus of Perugia
Saint Herculanus of Perugia was a 6th-century bishop and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, especially in central Italy, for his defense of Perugia during the Gothic War.
- 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: Saint Petronius Target entity description: Saint Petronius was a 5th-century bishop and revered Christian saint best known as the patron saint of Bologna and a key figure in the city’s religious and civic identity.
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A.
Saint Hippolytus
Saint Hippolytus is an early Christian theologian and martyr, traditionally regarded as one of the most important third-century Church Fathers.
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B.
Saint Marinus
Saint Marinus is a Christian stonemason and hermit traditionally credited with establishing the community that became the Republic of San Marino, one of the world’s oldest surviving states.
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C.
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa was a 4th-century Spanish deacon and Christian martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of the city of Zaragoza and of vintners.
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D.
Saint Vigilius of Trent
Saint Vigilius of Trent was a 4th–5th century bishop and martyr venerated as the patron saint of Trento in northern Italy.
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E.
Saint Herculanus of Perugia
Saint Herculanus of Perugia was a 6th-century bishop and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, especially in central Italy, for his defense of Perugia during the Gothic War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century bishop
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Christian saint ⓘ bishop ⓘ patron saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Basilica of San Petronio
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city of Bologna ⓘ
linked to:
Bologna
|
| category |
5th-century Christian saints
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Bishops of Bologna ⓘ
linked to:
Archbishop of Bologna
Italian Roman Catholic saints ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 5th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | liturgical calendars of Bologna ⓘ |
| feastDay | 4 October ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter | Bologna ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| influenced |
civic traditions of Bologna
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religious traditions of Bologna ⓘ |
| legacy |
Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna named in his honor
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linked to:
Basilica of San Petronio
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| notableFor |
being patron saint of Bologna
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influence on Bologna’s civic identity ⓘ influence on Bologna’s religious identity ⓘ |
| patronage | Bologna ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration | Bologna ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Bologna ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn |
civic identity of Bologna
ⓘ
religious identity of Bologna ⓘ |
| title |
Bishop of Bologna
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Patron of Bologna ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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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: Saint Petronius Description of subject: Saint Petronius was a 5th-century bishop and revered Christian saint best known as the patron saint of Bologna and a key figure in the city’s religious and civic identity.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Petronius