St John the Evangelist
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St John the Evangelist is traditionally identified as one of Jesus’s Twelve Apostles and the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St John the Evangelist canonical | 16 |
| St. John the Evangelist | 5 |
| St John the Evangelist, Redhill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4711683 — 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 John the Evangelist Context triple: [Lilleshall Abbey, dedicatedTo, St John the Evangelist]
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A.
St John the Evangelist Church
St John the Evangelist Church is a notable Christian parish church serving the community of Failsworth in Greater Manchester, England.
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B.
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John the Baptist Church is a Christian parish church serving as a central place of worship and community gathering in the village of Gassel in the Netherlands.
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C.
St John's Church
St John's Church is a Christian place of worship serving the community of Aberdare in Wales.
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D.
St John’s Church
St John’s Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the Lake District town of Keswick, England, known for its picturesque setting and traditional Gothic-style architecture.
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E.
St John’s Church
St John’s Church is a historic medieval Lutheran church in Tartu, Estonia, renowned for its distinctive brick Gothic architecture and numerous terracotta sculptures.
- 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 John the Evangelist Target entity description: St John the Evangelist is traditionally identified as one of Jesus’s Twelve Apostles and the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
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A.
St John the Evangelist Church
St John the Evangelist Church is a notable Christian parish church serving the community of Failsworth in Greater Manchester, England.
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B.
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John the Baptist Church is a Christian parish church serving as a central place of worship and community gathering in the village of Gassel in the Netherlands.
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C.
St John's Church
St John's Church is a Christian place of worship serving the community of Aberdare in Wales.
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D.
St John’s Church
St John’s Church is a historic Anglican parish church in the Lake District town of Keswick, England, known for its picturesque setting and traditional Gothic-style architecture.
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E.
St John’s Church
St John’s Church is a historic medieval Lutheran church in Tartu, Estonia, renowned for its distinctive brick Gothic architecture and numerous terracotta sculptures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament figure ⓘ apostle ⓘ biblical author ⓘ evangelist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
John the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle John
John the Theologian ⓘ the Beloved Disciple ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle John
|
| associatedPlace |
Ephesus
ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ Gospel of John ⓘ Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus
Johannine epistles ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| brother |
James the Greater
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle James the Greater
|
| father | Zebedee ⓘ |
| feastDayInAnglicanCommunion | 27 December ⓘ |
| feastDayInEasternOrthodoxChurch |
26 September
ⓘ
8 May ⓘ |
| feastDayInLutheranChurch | 27 December ⓘ |
| feastDayInRomanCatholicChurch | 27 December ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
book
ⓘ
chalice with serpent ⓘ scroll ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| partOf | inner circle of Jesus ⓘ |
| patronage |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Ephesus ⓘ friendship ⓘ love ⓘ publishers ⓘ theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| symbol | eagle ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Johannine tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Johannine literature
|
| traditionalBurialPlace | Ephesus ⓘ |
| traditionalDeathPlace | Ephesus ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupationBeforeCalling | fisherman ⓘ |
| traditionalRole |
author of the Book of Revelation
ⓘ
author of the First Epistle of John ⓘ author of the Gospel of John ⓘ author of the Second Epistle of John ⓘ author of the Third Epistle of John ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
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: St John the Evangelist Description of subject: St John the Evangelist is traditionally identified as one of Jesus’s Twelve Apostles and the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: St John the Evangelist
linked to: St John the Evangelist
linked to: St John the Evangelist
linked to: St John the Evangelist
subject linked to:
Anglican church of St John the Evangelist
linked to: St John the Evangelist