Simonopetra Monastery
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Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simonopetra Monastery canonical | 3 |
| Monastery of Simon the Rock | 1 |
| Monastery of Simonos Petra | 1 |
| Simonos Petra Monastery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282042 — 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: Simonopetra Monastery Context triple: [Mount Athos, hasMonastery, Simonopetra Monastery]
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A.
Vatopedi Monastery
Vatopedi Monastery is one of the largest and most prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual heritage, historic architecture, and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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B.
Iviron Monastery
Iviron Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its Georgian origins and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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C.
Stavronikita Monastery
Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
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D.
Great Lavra
Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
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E.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
- 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: Simonopetra Monastery Target entity description: Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
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A.
Vatopedi Monastery
Vatopedi Monastery is one of the largest and most prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual heritage, historic architecture, and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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B.
Iviron Monastery
Iviron Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its Georgian origins and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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C.
Stavronikita Monastery
Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
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D.
Great Lavra
Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
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E.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox monastery
ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ |
| accessRestrictedTo | men ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Monastery of Simon the Rock
ⓘ
linked to:
Simonopetra Monastery
Monastery of Simonos Petra ⓘ
linked to:
Simonopetra Monastery
Simonos Petra Monastery ⓘ
linked to:
Simonopetra Monastery
|
| approximateFoundingDate | c. 1257–1267 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine architecture
ⓘ
traditional Athonite architecture ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Birth of Christ
ⓘ
linked to:
Nativity of Christ
Nativity of Jesus Christ ⓘ
linked to:
Nativity of Christ
|
| elevation | approximately 300 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Saint Simon the Myrrhbearer
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
|
| founder |
Saint Simon the Myrrhbearer
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Simeon the Myrrh-streaming
|
| foundingCentury | 13th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | abbot ⓘ |
| governingType | cenobitic monastery ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
center of Orthodox spiritual tradition
ⓘ
place of prayer and ascetic life ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | yes ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Mount Athos ⓘ |
| holds | manuscripts and religious books ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
ⓘ
linked to:
Patriarchate of Constantinople
|
| knownFor |
attracting pilgrims from around the world
ⓘ
prominent cliff‑top silhouette ⓘ spiritual heritage ⓘ striking multi‑storey wooden balconies and galleries ⓘ vigorous liturgical life ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greece
ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ |
| monasticRepublic |
Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
ⓘ
linked to:
Holy Mountain
|
| notableFeature | dramatic position on a rocky cliff above the sea ⓘ |
| overlooks | Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| partOf | twenty ruling monasteries of Mount Athos ⓘ |
| peninsula | Mount Athos ⓘ |
| pilgrimageStatus | important pilgrimage site in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| populationType | male monastic community ⓘ |
| primaryRite | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| rankOnMountAthos | thirteenth in the hierarchy of Athonite monasteries ⓘ |
| rebuiltAfter |
earlier destructive fires
ⓘ
fire of 1891 ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Eastern Orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| religiousOrder | Athonite monasticism ⓘ |
| subjectToRule | Athonite charter and typikon ⓘ |
| suffered | major fires in its history ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1988 (as part of Mount Athos) ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Simonopetra Monastery Description of subject: Simonopetra Monastery is a prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic community dramatically perched on a rocky cliff on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its striking architecture and spiritual heritage.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Simonopetra Monastery
linked to: Simonopetra Monastery