Saint Christopher (prose narrative)
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Saint Christopher (prose narrative) is an Old English prose retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher, preserved in the Nowell Codex alongside works like Beowulf.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Christopher (prose narrative) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5094203 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saint Christopher (prose narrative) Context triple: [Nowell Codex, containsWork, Saint Christopher (prose narrative)]
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A.
Saint Martin and the Beggar
Saint Martin and the Beggar is a celebrated painting by El Greco depicting the Christian legend of Saint Martin compassionately sharing his cloak with a destitute man.
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B.
L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
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C.
Little Brothers of Mary
The Little Brothers of Mary, commonly known as the Marist Brothers, are a Catholic religious institute of brothers dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth, especially the most vulnerable.
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D.
Poppo the missionary
Poppo the missionary was a 10th-century Christian cleric traditionally credited with helping convert Danish and other Scandinavian rulers to Christianity, notably through a famous ordeal-by-fire miracle.
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E.
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Leper of Saint Giles is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a murder investigation linked to a leper hospital.
- 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: Saint Christopher (prose narrative) Target entity description: Saint Christopher (prose narrative) is an Old English prose retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher, preserved in the Nowell Codex alongside works like Beowulf.
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A.
Saint Martin and the Beggar
Saint Martin and the Beggar is a celebrated painting by El Greco depicting the Christian legend of Saint Martin compassionately sharing his cloak with a destitute man.
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B.
L’Enfance du Christ
L’Enfance du Christ is a sacred choral work by Hector Berlioz that depicts episodes from the early life of Jesus, notable for its lyrical style and intimate orchestration.
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C.
Little Brothers of Mary
The Little Brothers of Mary, commonly known as the Marist Brothers, are a Catholic religious institute of brothers dedicated primarily to the Christian education of youth, especially the most vulnerable.
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D.
Poppo the missionary
Poppo the missionary was a 10th-century Christian cleric traditionally credited with helping convert Danish and other Scandinavian rulers to Christianity, notably through a famous ordeal-by-fire miracle.
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E.
The Leper of Saint Giles
The Leper of Saint Giles is a historical mystery novel in the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters, set in 12th-century Shrewsbury and centered on a murder investigation linked to a leper hospital.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English prose text
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hagiographic narrative ⓘ retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beowulf
ⓘ
Old English homiletic and hagiographic texts ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| circulation | known from a single major manuscript (Nowell Codex) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
ⓘ
religious prose ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | saints’ lives in Old English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose retelling of a Latin legend ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Old English literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| manuscript | Nowell Codex ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nowell Codex
ⓘ
same manuscript as Beowulf ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Nowell Codex ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousFigureDepicted | Saint Christopher ⓘ |
| script | Insular minuscule (manuscript hand) ⓘ |
| setting | late antique / early Christian legendary world ⓘ |
| shelfmark | British Library Cotton Vitellius A. xv ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian martyr
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saint’s life ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian piety
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conversion to Christianity ⓘ martyrdom ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
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Subject: Saint Christopher (prose narrative) Description of subject: Saint Christopher (prose narrative) is an Old English prose retelling of the legend of Saint Christopher, preserved in the Nowell Codex alongside works like Beowulf.
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