Apostle Simon the Zealot

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1st-century Jew Apostle Christian saint New Testament person disciple of Jesus

Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Simon the Apostle	3
Apostle Simon the Zealot canonical	2
Saint Simon the Zealot	2
St. Simon the Zealot	2
Biblical figure Simon the Zealot	1
Simon the Apostle	1
Simon the Zealous or Simon the Enthusiast	1
The Apostle Simon	1
Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτής	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157279 — 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: Apostle Simon the Zealot
Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle Simon the Zealot]

A. Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
B. Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
C. Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
D. Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
E. Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
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: Apostle Simon the Zealot
Target entity description: Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.

A. Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
B. Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
C. Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
D. Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
E. Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	1st-century Jew ⓘ Apostle ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ disciple of Jesus ⓘ
appearsInListOf	Twelve Apostles in Acts 1:13 ⓘ linked to: Apostles Twelve Apostles in Luke 6:15 ⓘ Twelve Apostles in Mark 3:18 ⓘ Twelve Apostles in Matthew 10:4 ⓘ linked to: the Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution)
associatedWith	Jude the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) early Christian missions ⓘ
describedAs	zealous ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish people ⓘ linked to: Jews
feastDay	1 July (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 10 May (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 28 October (Western tradition, with Jude the Apostle) ⓘ
follows	Jesus ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ
hasAlias	Simon Zelotes ⓘ Simon the Canaanite ⓘ linked to: Simon the Cananaean Simon the Cananaean ⓘ Simon the Zealous ⓘ linked to: Simon the Zealot
hasGivenName	Simon ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	book or scroll ⓘ saw ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Twelve Apostles ⓘ
mentionedIn	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
nameMeaning	Simon the Zealous or Simon the Enthusiast ⓘ linked to: Apostle Simon the Zealot
notableFor	being one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ⓘ missionary work in early Christianity ⓘ
patronage	leather workers (in some traditions) ⓘ tanners (in some traditions) ⓘ
possibleMannerOfDeath	martyrdom ⓘ
possiblePlaceOfMission	Britain (according to some traditions) ⓘ linked to: Great Britain Egypt (according to some traditions) ⓘ linked to: Egypt North Africa (according to some traditions) ⓘ linked to: North Africa Persia (according to some traditions) ⓘ linked to: Persia
possiblePoliticalAffiliation	Jewish nationalist movement ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
sharesFeastDayWith	Jude the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Church ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited