St Michael
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St Michael is an archangel in Christian tradition, revered as a protector, warrior against evil, and leader of the heavenly hosts.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St Michael canonical | 9 |
| St. Michael | 4 |
| Saint Michael and All Angels | 2 |
| Saint Michael (St. Michaelis) | 1 |
| figure of St Michael | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1944429 — 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 Michael Context triple: [Coventry Cathedral, dedicatedTo, St Michael]
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A.
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael’s Church is a historic Christian church and prominent architectural landmark located in the city of Fürth, Germany.
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B.
St Mary
St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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C.
St Marys
St Marys is a small coastal village on Mainland, the largest island of Orkney in northern Scotland.
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D.
St Michael and All Angels' Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of East Coker, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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E.
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.
- 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 Michael Target entity description: St Michael is an archangel in Christian tradition, revered as a protector, warrior against evil, and leader of the heavenly hosts.
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A.
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael’s Church is a historic Christian church and prominent architectural landmark located in the city of Fürth, Germany.
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B.
St Mary
St Mary, also known as the Virgin Mary, is a central figure in Christianity revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored in numerous churches and cathedrals worldwide.
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C.
St Marys
St Marys is a small coastal village on Mainland, the largest island of Orkney in northern Scotland.
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D.
St Michael and All Angels' Church
St Michael and All Angels' Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the village of East Coker, Somerset, England, noted for its traditional architecture and local heritage significance.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious figure
ⓘ
angel ⓘ archangel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Daniel
ⓘ
Book of Enoch ⓘ
linked to:
1 Enoch
Book of Revelation ⓘ Epistle of Jude ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
casting down of Satan
ⓘ
final battle between good and evil ⓘ war in heaven against the dragon ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Mont-Saint-Michel
ⓘ
Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo ⓘ
linked to:
Monte Sant'Angelo (Italy)
St Michael's Mount ⓘ
linked to:
St Michaels Mount
|
| describedAs |
great prince who protects the people of Israel
ⓘ
leader of the heavenly armies ⓘ one of the chief princes ⓘ |
| feastDay | 29 September ⓘ |
| feastName |
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
ⓘ
linked to:
Feast of St. Michael and All Angels
|
| feastTraditionalName | Michaelmas ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Archangel Michael
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Michael
Saint ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a winged warrior
ⓘ
often shown defeating a dragon or demon ⓘ |
| nameInIslam | Mikail ⓘ |
| nameInJudaism | Michael ⓘ |
| patronage |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ grocers ⓘ mariners ⓘ the city of Brussels ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
warriors ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
defender of the Church
ⓘ
guardian of the faithful ⓘ leader of the heavenly hosts ⓘ patron of paramedics ⓘ patron of police officers ⓘ patron of soldiers ⓘ patron of the sick ⓘ protector ⓘ warrior against evil ⓘ weigher of souls ⓘ |
| symbol |
armor
ⓘ
banner or standard ⓘ scales ⓘ sword ⓘ |
| theologicalFunction |
guide of souls to heaven
ⓘ
intercessor at the hour of death ⓘ protector against Satan ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
European Lutheran churches
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
some other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
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 Michael Description of subject: St Michael is an archangel in Christian tradition, revered as a protector, warrior against evil, and leader of the heavenly hosts.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Jacob Epstein sculpture St Michael and the Devil
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Saint Michael (San Miguel in Spanish)
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