St Breaca

E833964

Christian saint early medieval saint

St Breaca is a Christian saint traditionally regarded as an early missionary to Cornwall and the patron saint associated with the parish church at Breage.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
St Breaca canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9982288 — 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 Breaca
Context triple: [Breage Parish Church, dedicatedTo, St Breaca]

A. Bellach
Bellach is a municipality located in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland.
B. Heacham
Heacham is a coastal village in Norfolk, England, known for its beaches on The Wash and associations with Pocahontas through local history.
C. Bruree
Bruree is a small village in County Limerick, Ireland, historically notable as the childhood home of Irish revolutionary leader Éamon de Valera.
D. Cúil Aodha
Cúil Aodha is a small Irish-speaking village in County Cork, Ireland, renowned for its strong traditional music and cultural heritage.
E. St Blazey
St Blazey is a small town in Cornwall, England, known historically for its role in the local mining industry and its proximity to the Eden Project.
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 Breaca
Target entity description: St Breaca is a Christian saint traditionally regarded as an early missionary to Cornwall and the patron saint associated with the parish church at Breage.

A. Bellach
Bellach is a municipality located in the canton of Solothurn in northwestern Switzerland.
B. Heacham
Heacham is a coastal village in Norfolk, England, known for its beaches on The Wash and associations with Pocahontas through local history.
C. Bruree
Bruree is a small village in County Limerick, Ireland, historically notable as the childhood home of Irish revolutionary leader Éamon de Valera.
D. Cúil Aodha
Cúil Aodha is a small Irish-speaking village in County Cork, Ireland, renowned for its strong traditional music and cultural heritage.
E. St Blazey
St Blazey is a small town in Cornwall, England, known historically for its role in the local mining industry and its proximity to the Eden Project.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ early medieval saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Breage parish church ⓘ
category	Celtic saints ⓘ Cornish saints ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Cornish hagiographical tradition ⓘ
countryOfVeneration	United Kingdom ⓘ
cultCenter	Breage parish ⓘ
era	early medieval period ⓘ
feastDayStatus	local feast ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasDedication	parish church of Breage ⓘ
hasMainShrine	St Breaca’s Church, Breage ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
knownFor	early missionary to Cornwall ⓘ
linkedPlace	Breage ⓘ Cornwall ⓘ England ⓘ
patronage	Breage, Cornwall ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Cornwall ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
role	missionary ⓘ
title	patron saint of Breage parish church ⓘ
tradition	Celtic Christianity ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Breage Parish Church → dedicatedTo → St Breaca ⓘ

subject linked to: Breage