Apostle Paul

E8385

Christian apostle Christian theologian New Testament figure biblical author early Christian missionary

Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.

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All labels observed (22)

Label	Occurrences
Paul the Apostle	236
Saint Paul the Apostle	201
Apostle Paul canonical	68
Saul of Tarsus	11
Paulus	5
apostle Paul	3
Apostle to the Gentiles	2
Paul	2
St. Paul the Apostle	2
Apostle Paul (according to New Testament)	1
Apostle of the Gentiles	1
Christian apostle Paul	1
Paul the apostle	1
Paul, Apostle of Christ	1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus	1
Paul, an apostle	1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus	1
Paul, the Apostle, Saint	1
Paulus, der Apostel Jesu Christi	1
Saul (Paul the Apostle)	1
The Apostle Paul	1
the Apostle Paul	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34999 — 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: Apostle Paul
Context triple: [Jesus Christ, influenced, Apostle Paul]

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
C. Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles is a New Testament book that narrates the early history, missionary work, and growth of the Christian church after Jesus’s resurrection and ascension.
D. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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: Apostle Paul
Target entity description: Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
C. Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles is a New Testament book that narrates the early history, missionary work, and growth of the Christian church after Jesus’s resurrection and ascension.
D. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apostle ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ New Testament figure ⓘ biblical author ⓘ early Christian missionary ⓘ
activityRegion	Asia Minor ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Greece ⓘ Macedonia ⓘ linked to: Macedonia (Greece) Rome ⓘ Syria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Paul the Apostle ⓘ linked to: Apostle Paul Saint Paul ⓘ linked to: Minneapolis–Saint Paul Saul of Tarsus ⓘ linked to: Apostle Paul
appealedTo	Caesar ⓘ linked to: Julius Caesar
associatedWith	Apostle Peter ⓘ Barnabas ⓘ Jesus of Nazareth ⓘ linked to: Jesus Christ Luke the Evangelist ⓘ Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ Titus ⓘ
birthPlace	Cilicia ⓘ linked to: Asia Minor Tarsus ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
conversionEvent	experience on the road to Damascus ⓘ
convertedFrom	Pharisaic Judaism ⓘ linked to: Rabbinic Judaism
deathCause	martyrdom ⓘ
deathMethod	beheading ⓘ
diedIn	Rome ⓘ
disputedAuthorshipOf	Epistle to Titus ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
feastDay	June 29 ⓘ
feastDaySharedWith	Saint Peter ⓘ linked to: Apostle Peter
imprisonedIn	Caesarea Maritima ⓘ Philippi ⓘ Rome ⓘ
influenced	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Christian doctrine of justification ⓘ Christian doctrine of the Church ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor	influence on Christian theology ⓘ letters in the New Testament ⓘ missionary journeys in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ teaching on grace ⓘ teaching on justification by faith ⓘ teaching on the body of Christ ⓘ
languageSpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
occupation	tentmaker ⓘ
patronage	missionaries ⓘ theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ
persecuted	early Christians before his conversion ⓘ
possibleAuthorshipOf	Epistle to the Hebrews ⓘ linked to: Letter to the Hebrews
religion	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCorpus	Pauline epistles ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles
subjectOf	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
taughtDoctrine	Christian freedom from the Mosaic Law ⓘ indwelling of the Holy Spirit ⓘ justification by faith in Christ ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ salvation by grace ⓘ unity of Jews and Gentiles in Christ ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran Churches ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
wrote	Epistle to Philemon ⓘ Epistle to Titus ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Epistle to the Galatians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles Epistle to the Romans ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ linked to: Pauline Epistles First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ

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Referenced by (543)

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

Jesus Christ → influenced → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Grace (Christian theology) → emphasizedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

subject linked to: Grace

Pauline Epistles → attributedTo → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Paul → hasVariant → Paulus ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Paul → popularizedBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Acts of the Apostles → featuresCharacter → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Apostle Paul → alsoKnownAs → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Apostle Paul → alsoKnownAs → Saul of Tarsus ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Gospel of Luke → associatedWith → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

São Paulo → namedAfter → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Letter to the Hebrews → traditionalAuthor → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Antiochian Orthodox Church → claimsApostolicFoundationBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → claimsApostolicFoundationBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

church in Ephesus → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

church in Ephesus → foundedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

church in Ephesus → taughtBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Epistle to the Romans → traditionallyAttributedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

subject linked to: Romans

Titus → attributedAuthor → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Titus → traditionalAuthor → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Ignatius of Antioch → influencedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

St Paul's Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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St Paul's Cathedral → namedAfter → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → dedicatedTo → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Pól → associatedWith → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Paweł → associatedWith → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Council of Jerusalem → attendedBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Barnabas → collaboratesWith → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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James the brother of Jesus → sourceAttesting → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Antioch → associatedWithPerson → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Gospels and Acts → focusesOnPerson → apostle Paul ⓘ

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Caesarea Maritima → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Pablo → derivedFrom → Paulus ⓘ

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Luke the Evangelist → companionOf → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → dedicatedTo → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Apostles' Fast → especiallyHonors → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Luke → companionOf → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Paolo → associatedWithSaint → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Cathedral of Saint Paul → dedicatedTo → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Cathedral of Saint Paul → namedAfter → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Münster Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Saint Timothy → associatedWith → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Saint Timothy → mentor → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → discipleOf → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → closeAssociateOf → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → travelCompanionOf → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → appointedBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → circumcisedBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Timothy → receivedLettersFrom → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

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Lydia → convertedBy → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

Lydia → associatedWith → Paul the Apostle ⓘ

linked to: Apostle Paul

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Referenced by (543)

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