Apostle Thomas
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Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Thomas the Apostle | 15 |
| Thomas the Apostle | 13 |
| Apostle Thomas canonical | 6 |
| Doubting Thomas | 5 |
| St. Thomas the Apostle | 2 |
| St Thomas the Apostle | 1 |
| The Apostle Thomas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157275 — 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 Thomas Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle Thomas]
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A.
Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
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B.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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C.
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.
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D.
Apostle Philip
Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
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E.
Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
- 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 Thomas Target entity description: Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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A.
Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
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B.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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C.
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.
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D.
Apostle Philip
Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
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E.
Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apostle
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New Testament person ⓘ martyr ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
India
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St. Thomas Christians ⓘ Syriac Rite ⓘ
surface form:
Syriac Christianity
|
| burialPlace | Mylapore (traditional) ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
ⓘ
surface form:
Mylapore (traditional)
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| event |
demanded to see and touch the wounds of the risen Jesus
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initially refused to believe the other disciples’ report of Jesus’ resurrection ⓘ saw the risen Jesus and believed ⓘ |
| feastDay |
First Sunday after Easter (some traditions)
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July 3 (Roman Catholic Church) ⓘ October 6 (Eastern Orthodox Church, some calendars) ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Didymus
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Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Doubting Thomas
Judas Thomas ⓘ Thomas Didymus ⓘ Apostle Thomas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
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| iconographicAttribute |
carpenter’s square
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spear ⓘ touching the wounds of Christ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
confessing Jesus as "My Lord and my God"
ⓘ
doubting the resurrection of Jesus ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | martyrdom (traditional) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
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Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | twin ⓘ |
| occupation | apostle ⓘ |
| partOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| patronage |
India
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architects ⓘ builders ⓘ the blind ⓘ |
| quote | My Lord and my God ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Doubting Thomas narrative in John 20:24–29 ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedWith |
bringing Christianity to India
ⓘ
founding Christian communities in India ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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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: Apostle Thomas Description of subject: Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Doubting Thomas
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
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Saint Thomas the Apostle
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Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
St. Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Doubting Thomas
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
St. Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Doubting Thomas
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
subject surface form:
Gospel of Thomas
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
subject surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Doubting Thomas
subject surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Doubting Thomas
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
The Apostle Thomas
this entity surface form:
St Thomas the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thomas the Apostle