Saint Philip
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Saint Philip is a Christian apostle and saint traditionally venerated as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Philip canonical | 15 |
| Saint Philip and Saint James | 1 |
| St Philip | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1219736 — 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 Philip Context triple: [Diocese of Birmingham, hasCathedralDedication, Saint Philip]
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A.
San Francisco de Paula
San Francisco de Paula is a suburban district on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, known for its association with Ernest Hemingway and his former residence, Finca Vigía.
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B.
San Nicolás de Bari
San Nicolás de Bari is a small rural municipality in western Cuba known for its agricultural activities and traditional Cuban town life.
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C.
São Pantaleão
São Pantaleão was one of the caravels in Bartolomeu Dias’s fleet during his pioneering voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in the late 15th century.
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D.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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E.
Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher is a popular Christian martyr and patron saint, traditionally venerated as the protector of travelers.
- 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 Philip Target entity description: Saint Philip is a Christian apostle and saint traditionally venerated as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
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A.
San Francisco de Paula
San Francisco de Paula is a suburban district on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, known for its association with Ernest Hemingway and his former residence, Finca Vigía.
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B.
San Nicolás de Bari
San Nicolás de Bari is a small rural municipality in western Cuba known for its agricultural activities and traditional Cuban town life.
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C.
São Pantaleão
São Pantaleão was one of the caravels in Bartolomeu Dias’s fleet during his pioneering voyage around the Cape of Good Hope in the late 15th century.
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D.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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E.
Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher is a popular Christian martyr and patron saint, traditionally venerated as the protector of travelers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apostle
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ Twelve Apostle ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| appearsInEvent |
Feeding of the Five Thousand
ⓘ
linked to:
feeding of the five thousand
Last Supper (Johannine account) ⓘ
linked to:
Last Supper
|
| askedQuestionTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bethsaida
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ |
| broughtGroupToJesus | Greeks who wished to see Jesus (John 12:20–22) ⓘ |
| broughtPersonToJesus |
Nathanael (Bartholomew)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nathanael
|
| burialPlaceTradition | Hierapolis ⓘ |
| calledBy | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| commemoratedWith |
Saint James the Less (in Western calendar)
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Less
|
| diedIn |
Hierapolis (traditional)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hierapolis
|
| distinguishedFrom | Philip the Evangelist ⓘ |
| follows | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasFeastDay |
1 May (Western tradition, with Saint James the Less)
ⓘ
11 May (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 14 November (Eastern Orthodox Church) ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
cross
ⓘ
loaves of bread ⓘ serpent or dragon subdued ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic (likely)
ⓘ
Greek (name origin) ⓘ |
| martyrdomTradition |
crucifixion (according to some traditions)
ⓘ
stoning (alternative traditions) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | lover of horses ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Twelve Apostles
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Apostles
|
| patronage |
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
ⓘ
confectioners ⓘ hatters ⓘ |
| questionTopic | show us the Father (John 14:8) ⓘ |
| relicsVeneratedAt | Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Rome ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
apostle of Jesus
ⓘ
disciple of Jesus ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
|
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 Philip Description of subject: Saint Philip is a Christian apostle and saint traditionally venerated as one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Philip
subject linked to:
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
subject linked to:
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
subject linked to:
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
linked to: Saint Philip