St. Luke
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St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Luke | 13 |
| St. Luke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1463548 — 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: St. Luke Context triple: [Luke, alsoKnownAs, St. Luke]
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A.
Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
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B.
Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
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C.
Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
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D.
Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
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E.
Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
- 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: St. Luke Target entity description: St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.
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A.
Holy Family
The Holy Family refers to Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph together as the central model of Christian family life and virtue.
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B.
Saint Giles
Saint Giles is a Christian hermit and abbot venerated as a major medieval saint, especially known as the patron of Edinburgh and of people with disabilities.
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C.
Eusebius Church
Eusebius Church is a prominent historic Gothic church and landmark in the Dutch city of Arnhem, known for its towering spire and role as a symbol of the city’s heritage.
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D.
Dominus Flevit Church
Dominus Flevit Church is a Roman Catholic church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, traditionally marking the spot where Jesus wept over the future fate of the city.
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E.
Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity is the central Christian doctrine that God exists as three distinct, co-equal persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in one divine essence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament figure ⓘ evangelist ⓘ patron saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Luke the Evangelist
ⓘ
Saint Luke ⓘ
linked to:
St. Luke
|
| associatedWith |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Antioch ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ New Testament ⓘ iconography of the Virgin Mary ⓘ missionary journeys of Paul ⓘ |
| era | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| feastDay | 18 October ⓘ |
| feastDayInOrthodoxChurches | 31 October (Julian calendar, often 18 October Gregorian) ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Timothy 4:11
ⓘ
Colossians 4:14 ⓘ
linked to:
Epistle to the Colossians
Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to:
Pauline Epistles
Philemon 1:24 ⓘ |
| nameInGreek |
Λουκᾶς (Loukas)
ⓘ
linked to:
Loukas Sideras
|
| nameInLatin | Lucas ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedAs |
painting an icon of the Virgin Mary
ⓘ
seated with a winged ox ⓘ writing a Gospel ⓘ |
| oneOf | Four Evangelists ⓘ |
| patronSaintOf |
artists
ⓘ
bachelors ⓘ butchers ⓘ icon painters ⓘ notaries ⓘ painters ⓘ physicians ⓘ surgeons ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| symbol | winged ox ⓘ |
| traditionallyDescribedAs |
companion of Paul the Apostle
ⓘ
physician ⓘ |
| traditionallyFrom |
Antioch in Syria
ⓘ
linked to:
Antioch on the Orontes
|
| traditionallyRegardedAs |
author of the Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
author of the Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
European Lutheran churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| wroteInLanguage | Koine Greek ⓘ |
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: St. Luke Description of subject: St. Luke is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament and is venerated as a patron saint of physicians and artists in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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