Saint Martha
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Saint Martha is a New Testament figure, sister of Mary and Lazarus, venerated as a saint for her hospitality and service to Jesus.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Martha canonical | 10 |
| Mary of Bethany | 5 |
| Martha of Bethany | 2 |
| Saint Martha of Bethany | 2 |
| Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus in the New Testament | 1 |
| Saint Martha from the New Testament | 1 |
| biblical figure Martha of Bethany | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T465971 — 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: Saint Martha Context triple: [Domus Sanctae Marthae, namedAfter, Saint Martha]
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A.
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara is a Christian martyr venerated as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, and others who work with explosives and dangerous occupations.
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B.
Saint Catherine
Saint Catherine is a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula best known as the gateway to Mount Sinai and the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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D.
Saint Anne
Saint Anne is traditionally venerated in Christian theology as the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus.
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E.
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene is a prominent New Testament figure known as a devoted follower of Jesus who witnessed his crucifixion and was the first to see the resurrected Christ.
- 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 Martha Target entity description: Saint Martha is a New Testament figure, sister of Mary and Lazarus, venerated as a saint for her hospitality and service to Jesus.
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A.
Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara is a Christian martyr venerated as the patron saint of artillerymen, military engineers, and others who work with explosives and dangerous occupations.
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B.
Saint Catherine
Saint Catherine is a town in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula best known as the gateway to Mount Sinai and the historic Saint Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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C.
Saint Mary
Saint Mary is a central figure in Christianity, revered as the mother of Jesus Christ and honored as a model of faith and purity in numerous traditions and churches worldwide.
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D.
Saint Anne
Saint Anne is traditionally venerated in Christian theology as the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus.
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E.
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene is a prominent New Testament figure known as a devoted follower of Jesus who witnessed his crucifixion and was the first to see the resurrected Christ.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ female given name bearer ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
John 11
ⓘ
John 12 ⓘ Luke 10 ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Christian hospitality
ⓘ
service and contemplation balance ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | raising of Lazarus ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | saint ⓘ |
| confessesFaithIn |
Jesus as the Christ
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
|
| feastDayInEasternOrthodoxChurch | 4 June ⓘ |
| feastDayInRomanCatholicChurch | 29 July ⓘ |
| feastDayWithMaryAndLazarusInRomanCalendar | 29 July ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasName | Martha ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Lazarus of Bethany
ⓘ
Mary of Bethany ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Martha
|
| knownFor |
faith in Jesus
ⓘ
hospitality to Jesus ⓘ service to Jesus ⓘ |
| languageContext | Koine Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| nationality | Jewish ⓘ |
| patronage |
cooks
ⓘ
dieticians ⓘ homemakers ⓘ hospitality workers ⓘ housewives ⓘ innkeepers ⓘ servants ⓘ single women ⓘ those who serve the poor ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residesIn | Bethany ⓘ |
| roleInGospelOfJohn |
dialogue on resurrection and life
ⓘ
witness of Jesus raising Lazarus ⓘ |
| roleInGospelOfLuke |
contrast between active service and contemplation
ⓘ
hostess to Jesus in Bethany ⓘ |
| speaksTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| title | Saint ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | saint ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
European Lutheran churches
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: Saint Martha Description of subject: Saint Martha is a New Testament figure, sister of Mary and Lazarus, venerated as a saint for her hospitality and service to Jesus.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Marta (Spanish)
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