Lystra
E183272
Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lystra canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1599774 — 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: Lystra Context triple: [Saint Timothy, associatedWith, Lystra]
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A.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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B.
Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
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C.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Hierapolis
Hierapolis was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), known for its hot springs and as an early center of Christianity.
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E.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
- 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: Lystra Target entity description: Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
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A.
Lampsacus
Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern shore of the Hellespont, known as a center of philosophy and culture in classical antiquity.
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B.
Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
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C.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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D.
Hierapolis
Hierapolis was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), known for its hot springs and as an early center of Christianity.
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E.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
biblical city ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Eunice
ⓘ
Lois ⓘ Timothy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Timothy ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Greco-Roman culture
ⓘ
local Anatolian traditions ⓘ |
| describedAs | hometown of Timothy ⓘ |
| event |
Paul and Barnabas mistaken for gods
ⓘ
attempted sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas ⓘ healing of a lame man by Paul ⓘ stoning of Paul ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| hasStatus | ruined city ⓘ |
| hasType | settlement ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Roman period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
origin of Timothy
ⓘ
persecution of Paul ⓘ visit of Paul and Barnabas ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Greek
ⓘ
local Lycaonian language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Roman province of Galatia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Derbe
ⓘ
Iconium ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ |
| missionaryActivityBy |
Barnabas
ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
|
| partOf | Roman province of Galatia ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Roman city ⓘ |
| region | Lycaonia ⓘ |
| religionContext | early Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | important site in Pauline missions ⓘ |
| roleInChristianity |
place where a Christian community was founded
ⓘ
site of early Christian mission ⓘ |
| scripturalReference |
2 Timothy 3:11
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Epistle to Timothy
Acts 14 ⓘ
linked to:
Acts of the Apostles
Acts 16 ⓘ
linked to:
Acts of the Apostles
|
| timePeriod | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| travelRouteOf |
Paul’s first missionary journey
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul and Barnabas’s first missionary journey
Paul’s second missionary journey ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Barnabas
ⓘ
Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Paul
|
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: Lystra Description of subject: Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.