Saint Denis of Paris
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Saint Denis of Paris is a 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris, traditionally venerated as the city's patron saint.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Denis | 11 |
| Saint Denis of Paris canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1012136 — 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 Denis of Paris Context triple: [Basilica of Saint-Denis, dedicatedTo, Saint Denis of Paris]
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A.
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa was a 4th-century Spanish deacon and Christian martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of the city of Zaragoza and of vintners.
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B.
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a 4th-century Roman soldier-turned-bishop renowned for his piety, missionary work in Gaul, and the famous legend of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
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C.
Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles was a prominent 6th-century bishop and theologian known for his influential role in shaping Western Christian doctrine and pastoral practice in Gaul.
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D.
St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
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E.
Saint Vigilius of Trent
Saint Vigilius of Trent was a 4th–5th century bishop and martyr venerated as the patron saint of Trento in northern Italy.
- 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 Denis of Paris Target entity description: Saint Denis of Paris is a 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris, traditionally venerated as the city's patron saint.
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A.
Saint Vincent of Saragossa
Saint Vincent of Saragossa was a 4th-century Spanish deacon and Christian martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of the city of Zaragoza and of vintners.
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B.
Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a 4th-century Roman soldier-turned-bishop renowned for his piety, missionary work in Gaul, and the famous legend of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
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C.
Caesarius of Arles
Caesarius of Arles was a prominent 6th-century bishop and theologian known for his influential role in shaping Western Christian doctrine and pastoral practice in Gaul.
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D.
St. Peter of Damascus
St. Peter of Damascus was a medieval Eastern Christian ascetic and spiritual writer known for his extensive teachings on prayer and inner vigilance, preserved in the Philokalia.
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E.
Saint Vigilius of Trent
Saint Vigilius of Trent was a 4th–5th century bishop and martyr venerated as the patron saint of Trento in northern Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
3rd-century Christian bishop
ⓘ
Christian martyr ⓘ bishop ⓘ patron saint ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Basilica of Saint-Denis
ⓘ
Montmartre ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Basilica of Saint-Denis
ⓘ
Saint-Denis ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 3rd century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Basilica of Saint-Denis ⓘ |
| deathDate | 3rd century ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Montmartre
ⓘ
near Paris ⓘ |
| denomination |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
|
| feastDay |
9 October
ⓘ
9 October (Eastern Orthodox Church) ⓘ 9 October (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ |
| givenName | Denis ⓘ |
| GreekName | Dionysios ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | martyrdom ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
bishop holding his severed head
ⓘ
crozier ⓘ mitre ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christianization of the Franks
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of Gaul
|
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinName | Dionysius ⓘ |
| legendaryEvent | carried his severed head to the site of his burial ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath |
beheading
ⓘ
decapitation ⓘ |
| notableWork | evangelization of Paris ⓘ |
| patronage |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ against frenzy ⓘ against headaches ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Lutetia
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Bishop of Paris
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| title | Apostle of the Gauls ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
How these facts were elicited
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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 Denis of Paris Description of subject: Saint Denis of Paris is a 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris, traditionally venerated as the city's patron saint.
Referenced by (16)
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subject surface form:
Saint-Denis-en-Lyons
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Saint Denis
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