Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
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Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as Saint Jerome, was a 4th–5th century Christian scholar and theologian renowned for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Jerome | 18 |
| Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus canonical | 4 |
| Jerome of Stridon | 2 |
| Saint Jerome of Stridon | 1 |
| St. Jerome | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T884241 — 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: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus Context triple: [Jerome, givenName, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus]
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Eusebius of Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian historian and bishop, best known for his seminal work "Ecclesiastical History," which chronicles the early Church from the time of Christ to his own era.
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Pamphilus of Caesarea
Pamphilus of Caesarea was a 3rd–4th century Christian presbyter and scholar renowned for his biblical scholarship, his defense of Origen, and his influential library at Caesarea.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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E.
Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus of Lyons was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and theologian best known for combating Gnosticism and helping to shape early Christian doctrine and the development of the New Testament canon.
- 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: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus Target entity description: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as Saint Jerome, was a 4th–5th century Christian scholar and theologian renowned for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
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A.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Eusebius of Caesarea was a 4th-century Christian historian and bishop, best known for his seminal work "Ecclesiastical History," which chronicles the early Church from the time of Christ to his own era.
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B.
Pamphilus of Caesarea
Pamphilus of Caesarea was a 3rd–4th century Christian presbyter and scholar renowned for his biblical scholarship, his defense of Origen, and his influential library at Caesarea.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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E.
Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus of Lyons was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and theologian best known for combating Gnosticism and helping to shape early Christian doctrine and the development of the New Testament canon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translator
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Christian theologian ⓘ Church Father ⓘ Latin writer ⓘ human ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jerome
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Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Jerome
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| birthDate | c. 347 ⓘ |
| birthName | Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus self-link ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Roman Empire
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Stridon ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
4th century
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5th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 30 September 420 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Bethlehem
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Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima ⓘ
surface form:
Palaestina Prima
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| denomination |
Catholic Church worldwide
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| era | Patristic period ⓘ |
| feastDay | 30 September ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ascetic writings
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biblical exegesis ⓘ producing the Vulgate ⓘ translating the Bible into Latin ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
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Hebrew ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentary on Isaiah
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Commentary on Matthew ⓘ De viris illustribus ⓘ Latin translation of the Bible ⓘ Vulgate ⓘ |
| occupation |
biblical scholar
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monk ⓘ priest ⓘ theologian ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| patronage |
biblical scholars
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librarians ⓘ translators ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| title | Doctor of the Church ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
|
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: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus Description of subject: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus, better known as Saint Jerome, was a 4th–5th century Christian scholar and theologian renowned for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
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