Saint Kilian
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Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary and martyr venerated as the apostle and patron saint of Franconia, particularly associated with the city of Würzburg.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Kilian canonical | 4 |
| Dom St. Kilian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922039 — 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 Kilian Context triple: [Würzburg Cathedral, dedicatedTo, Saint Kilian]
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A.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
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B.
St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius is a small city in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, known for its residential character and proximity to lakes and parks.
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C.
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was a 10th-century bishop renowned for his piety, church reforms, and defense of Augsburg during the Hungarian invasions, and was the first saint formally canonized by a pope.
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D.
Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and bishop known as the "Apostle of the Germans" for his pivotal role in spreading Christianity and reforming the Church in Germanic regions.
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E.
Saint Erc
Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
- 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 Kilian Target entity description: Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary and martyr venerated as the apostle and patron saint of Franconia, particularly associated with the city of Würzburg.
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A.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
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B.
St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius is a small city in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, known for its residential character and proximity to lakes and parks.
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C.
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg
Saint Ulrich of Augsburg was a 10th-century bishop renowned for his piety, church reforms, and defense of Augsburg during the Hungarian invasions, and was the first saint formally canonized by a pope.
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D.
Saint Boniface
Saint Boniface was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and bishop known as the "Apostle of the Germans" for his pivotal role in spreading Christianity and reforming the Church in Germanic regions.
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E.
Saint Erc
Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Irish missionary ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Würzburg Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | pre-congregation saint ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | beheading ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 7th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Kilianifest in Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Frankish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feastDay |
8 July
ⓘ
8 July (Eastern Orthodox Church) ⓘ 8 July (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Saint Cillian
NERFINISHED
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Saint Kilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Killian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLatinNameForm | Saint Kilianus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
bishop with martyr’s palm
ⓘ
bishop with sword and book ⓘ |
| influenced | Christianization of Germany ⓘ |
| killedBy | Geilana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| majorShrine | Würzburg Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | martyrdom ⓘ |
| movement | Hiberno-Scottish mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Christianization of Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mission to Würzburg ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| patronage |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ rheumatism sufferers ⓘ the Diocese of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
County Cavan
NERFINISHED
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Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | bishop in Franconia ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| title | Apostle of Franconia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelCompanion |
Saint Colman
NERFINISHED
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Saint Totnan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| travelDestination |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
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Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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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 Kilian Description of subject: Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary and martyr venerated as the apostle and patron saint of Franconia, particularly associated with the city of Würzburg.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Kilian