Aegidius
E385235
Aegidius is the Latin name of Saint Giles, a popular medieval Christian hermit and patron saint associated especially with the disabled and beggars.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3743989 — 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: Aegidius Context triple: [Saint Giles, nameInLatin, Aegidius]
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A.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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B.
Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
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C.
Armandus
Armandus is a masculine given name, a Latinized variant of Armand, historically associated with European, particularly French and Dutch, usage.
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D.
Ulrich
Ulrich is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries and historically borne by nobles, scholars, and religious figures.
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E.
Matthias Zumtaugwald
Matthias Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountain guide and climber known for participating in the first ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland.
- 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: Aegidius Target entity description: Aegidius is the Latin name of Saint Giles, a popular medieval Christian hermit and patron saint associated especially with the disabled and beggars.
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A.
Aribert
Aribert is a Germanic given name, historically borne by medieval nobles and clergy, derived from elements meaning "army" and "bright."
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B.
Thaddaeus
Thaddaeus is a disciple of Jesus traditionally counted among the Twelve Apostles in Christian tradition, often identified with Jude the Apostle.
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C.
Armandus
Armandus is a masculine given name, a Latinized variant of Armand, historically associated with European, particularly French and Dutch, usage.
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D.
Ulrich
Ulrich is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking countries and historically borne by nobles, scholars, and religious figures.
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E.
Matthias Zumtaugwald
Matthias Zumtaugwald was a 19th-century Swiss mountain guide and climber known for participating in the first ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
hermit ⓘ patron saint ⓘ |
| abbeyLocation | Saint-Gilles-du-Gard ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Provence
ⓘ
Septimania ⓘ
linked to:
Languedoc
southern France ⓘ
linked to:
Southern France
|
| associatedWith |
charity
ⓘ
medieval piety ⓘ monasticism ⓘ protection of the weak ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Athens ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
7th century
ⓘ
8th century ⓘ |
| cultFlourishedIn | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Saint-Gilles-du-Gard ⓘ |
| feastDay | 1 September ⓘ |
| founded | Abbey of Saint-Gilles ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Aegidius ⓘ |
| hasLegendType | hagiographic legend ⓘ |
| hasName |
Giles
ⓘ
Saint Giles ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
arrow
ⓘ
hind ⓘ monk’s habit ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| legendaryCompanion | a hind ⓘ |
| livedIn | hermitage near Nîmes ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | young goat ⓘ |
| oneOf | Fourteen Holy Helpers ⓘ |
| patronage |
Blacksmiths
ⓘ
Cracow ⓘ
linked to:
Kraków
Edinburgh ⓘ Graz ⓘ Nîmes ⓘ Toulon ⓘ beggars ⓘ breastfeeding mothers ⓘ disabled people ⓘ foresters ⓘ lepers ⓘ night watchmen ⓘ poor people ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
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: Aegidius Description of subject: Aegidius is the Latin name of Saint Giles, a popular medieval Christian hermit and patron saint associated especially with the disabled and beggars.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aegidius
linked to: Aegidius
linked to: Aegidius
linked to: Aegidius
linked to: Aegidius