Sergius of Radonezh

E409934

Christian saint Eastern Orthodox saint Russian Orthodox monk hermit monastic reformer starets

Sergius of Radonezh was a 14th-century Russian Orthodox monk and spiritual leader revered as one of Russia’s most important saints and monastic reformers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sergius of Radonezh canonical	7
Saint Sergius of Radonezh	6
St. Sergius of Radonezh	1
Wonderworker of Radonezh	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4061672 — 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: Sergius of Radonezh
Context triple: [Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, foundedBy, Sergius of Radonezh]

A. Simeon of Moscow
Simeon of Moscow, also known as Simeon the Proud, was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir who strengthened Moscow’s dominance among the Russian principalities.
B. Vasily (Basil) the Blessed
Vasily (Basil) the Blessed was a 16th-century Russian Orthodox holy fool and mystic venerated as a saint, renowned for his ascetic life, prophetic gifts, and fearless public rebukes of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
C. St. Theophan the Recluse
St. Theophan the Recluse was a 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, and spiritual writer renowned for his teachings on inner prayer and the Christian life.
D. Saint John of Rila
Saint John of Rila was a 10th-century Bulgarian hermit and monastic founder revered as the foremost national saint and spiritual protector of Bulgaria.
E. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
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: Sergius of Radonezh
Target entity description: Sergius of Radonezh was a 14th-century Russian Orthodox monk and spiritual leader revered as one of Russia’s most important saints and monastic reformers.

A. Simeon of Moscow
Simeon of Moscow, also known as Simeon the Proud, was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir who strengthened Moscow’s dominance among the Russian principalities.
B. Vasily (Basil) the Blessed
Vasily (Basil) the Blessed was a 16th-century Russian Orthodox holy fool and mystic venerated as a saint, renowned for his ascetic life, prophetic gifts, and fearless public rebukes of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
C. St. Theophan the Recluse
St. Theophan the Recluse was a 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, and spiritual writer renowned for his teachings on inner prayer and the Christian life.
D. Saint John of Rila
Saint John of Rila was a 10th-century Bulgarian hermit and monastic founder revered as the foremost national saint and spiritual protector of Bulgaria.
E. Nicholas the Wonderworker
Nicholas the Wonderworker is a revered 4th-century Christian bishop and miracle-working saint, best known as the historical figure behind the legend of Saint Nicholas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ Russian Orthodox monk ⓘ hermit ⓘ monastic reformer ⓘ starets ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Kulikovo ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Radonezh ⓘ Sergiyev Posad ⓘ Zagorsk ⓘ
birthDate	1314 ⓘ
birthPlace	Rostov ⓘ Rostov Principality ⓘ linked to: Principality of Rostov
burialPlace	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
deathDate	1392-09-25 ⓘ
deathPlace	Trinity Monastery ⓘ linked to: Holy Trinity Monastery near Radonezh ⓘ
era	14th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Russian ⓘ
feastDay	October 8 (Gregorian calendar) ⓘ September 25 (Julian calendar) ⓘ
founded	Holy Trinity Monastery near Radonezh ⓘ Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ
givenName	Bartholomew ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	Trinity Monastery in background ⓘ monk in schema with scroll ⓘ
influenced	Andrei Rublev ⓘ Dmitry Donskoy ⓘ Nikon of Radonezh ⓘ Russian monasticism ⓘ
knownFor	founding the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ monastic reform in medieval Russia ⓘ promoting cenobitic monasticism ⓘ spiritual leadership in 14th-century Rus' ⓘ
languageOfWritings	Old Church Slavonic ⓘ linked to: Church Slavonic
locatedInMonastery	Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius ⓘ
movement	Russian hesychasm ⓘ linked to: Hesychasm
patronage	Russia ⓘ monastics ⓘ spiritual education ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
roleInEvent	blessed Dmitry Donskoy before the Battle of Kulikovo ⓘ
spiritualAdvisorTo	Dmitry Donskoy ⓘ
title	Abbot of Russia ⓘ Wonderworker of Radonezh ⓘ linked to: Sergius of Radonezh
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → foundedBy → Sergius of Radonezh ⓘ

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → namedAfter → Sergius of Radonezh ⓘ

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → containsRelicsOf → Sergius of Radonezh ⓘ

Sergiyev Posad → namedAfter → Sergius of Radonezh ⓘ

Sergius → borneBy → Saint Sergius of Radonezh ⓘ