Joseph the Betrothed

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Christian saint New Testament person artisan biblical figure carpenter husband of Mary legal father of Jesus patriarch saint

Joseph the Betrothed is the New Testament figure revered as the earthly husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus, honored in Christian tradition as a model of righteousness and humble obedience to God.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Joseph the Betrothed canonical	2
Righteous Joseph the Betrothed	1
the Betrothed	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T376484 — 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: Joseph the Betrothed
Context triple: [Joseph, title, Joseph the Betrothed]

A. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
B. The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
C. The Giaour
The Giaour is a narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame through its dark Romantic themes of forbidden love, revenge, and religious conflict set in the Ottoman East.
D. Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven is a central biblical concept referring to God's sovereign, redemptive rule over creation, especially as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus in the New Testament.
E. The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence is a historical fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that intertwines Mughal India and Renaissance Florence in a richly imaginative tale of love, power, and storytelling.
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: Joseph the Betrothed
Target entity description: Joseph the Betrothed is the New Testament figure revered as the earthly husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus, honored in Christian tradition as a model of righteousness and humble obedience to God.

A. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
B. The Gentleman of Venice
The Gentleman of Venice is a Caroline-era stage play by James Shirley, known as a tragicomedy set in Venice that explores themes of honor, love, and social intrigue.
C. The Giaour
The Giaour is a narrative poem by Lord Byron that helped establish his fame through its dark Romantic themes of forbidden love, revenge, and religious conflict set in the Ottoman East.
D. Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven is a central biblical concept referring to God's sovereign, redemptive rule over creation, especially as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus in the New Testament.
E. The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence is a historical fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie that intertwines Mughal India and Renaissance Florence in a richly imaginative tale of love, power, and storytelling.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ artisan ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ carpenter ⓘ husband of Mary ⓘ legal father of Jesus ⓘ patriarch ⓘ saint ⓘ
appearsIn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
associatedPlace	Bethlehem ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Finding in the Temple ⓘ Flight into Egypt ⓘ Nativity of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Nativity of Christ
betrothedTo	Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
familyResidence	Nazareth ⓘ
feastDayInEasternOrthodoxChurch	26 December (Synaxis of the Theotokos and St. Joseph in some traditions) ⓘ Sunday after the Nativity ⓘ
feastDayInRomanRite	1 May ⓘ 19 March ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasName	Joseph ⓘ
hasTitle	the Betrothed ⓘ linked to: Joseph the Betrothed
knownFor	leading the flight into Egypt ⓘ obedience to divine revelations in dreams ⓘ protecting the infant Jesus ⓘ taking Mary as his wife despite her pregnancy ⓘ
languageContext	New Testament Greek ⓘ linked to: Koine Greek
legalFatherOf	Jesus ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ
moralQuality	just ⓘ obedient to God ⓘ righteous ⓘ
occupation	carpenter ⓘ tekton ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
reveredIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheranism ⓘ Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
roleInText	guardian of Jesus ⓘ husband of Mary ⓘ
spouse	Mary, mother of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Virgin Mary
veneratedAs	model of humble obedience to God ⓘ model of righteousness ⓘ patron of the universal Church ⓘ patron of workers ⓘ protector of the Holy Family ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Joseph → title → Joseph the Betrothed ⓘ

Joseph the Betrothed → hasTitle → the Betrothed ⓘ

linked to: Joseph the Betrothed

Sunday after the Nativity → honors → Joseph the Betrothed ⓘ

Sunday after the Nativity → commemorates → Righteous Joseph the Betrothed ⓘ