Saint Dionysius of Korisos
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Saint Dionysius of Korisos was a Byzantine Orthodox monk and ascetic venerated as the founder and patron saint of the Dionysiou Monastery on Mount Athos.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Dionysius of Korisos canonical | 5 |
| Saint Dionysius the Righteous | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1970813 — 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 Dionysius of Korisos Context triple: [Dionysiou Monastery, namedAfter, Saint Dionysius of Korisos]
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Chrysanthos of Madytos
Chrysanthos of Madytos was a prominent 19th-century Greek music theorist and reformer who modernized the notation and theory of Byzantine chant.
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B.
St. Makarios of Corinth
St. Makarios of Corinth was an 18th-century Greek Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer best known for his role in compiling and promoting the Philokalia and the hesychast tradition.
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C.
Athenagoras of Athens
Athenagoras of Athens was a 2nd-century Christian philosopher and apologist known for his sophisticated defenses of Christianity addressed to the Roman emperors.
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D.
Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
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E.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
- 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 Dionysius of Korisos Target entity description: Saint Dionysius of Korisos was a Byzantine Orthodox monk and ascetic venerated as the founder and patron saint of the Dionysiou Monastery on Mount Athos.
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A.
Chrysanthos of Madytos
Chrysanthos of Madytos was a prominent 19th-century Greek music theorist and reformer who modernized the notation and theory of Byzantine chant.
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B.
St. Makarios of Corinth
St. Makarios of Corinth was an 18th-century Greek Orthodox bishop and spiritual writer best known for his role in compiling and promoting the Philokalia and the hesychast tradition.
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C.
Athenagoras of Athens
Athenagoras of Athens was a 2nd-century Christian philosopher and apologist known for his sophisticated defenses of Christianity addressed to the Roman emperors.
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D.
Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
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E.
Naucratius
Naucratius was the brother of Gregory of Nyssa, known in early Christian tradition as a devout ascetic who died at a young age.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine monk
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Christian saint ⓘ Orthodox monk ⓘ ascetic ⓘ founder of monastery ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Korisos ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dionysiou Monastery
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Mount Athos ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | venerated as a saint in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| countryOfMonasteryFounded | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| founderOf | Dionysiou Monastery ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgicalCommemoration | Greek ⓘ |
| monasticTradition | Athonite monasticism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding Dionysiou Monastery on Mount Athos
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life of asceticism ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbot
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monk ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration |
Dionysiou Monastery
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Greece ⓘ Mount Athos ⓘ |
| religion |
Byzantine Orthodox Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Orthodox churches
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| spiritualRole |
monastic founder
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patron of monks of Dionysiou Monastery ⓘ |
| title |
Founder of Dionysiou Monastery
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Saint Dionysius the Righteous ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Dionysius of Korisos
|
| tradition | Byzantine monasticism ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | patron saint of Dionysiou Monastery ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Eastern Orthodox Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Dionysius of Korisos Description of subject: Saint Dionysius of Korisos was a Byzantine Orthodox monk and ascetic venerated as the founder and patron saint of the Dionysiou Monastery on Mount Athos.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Dionysius of Korisos