Apostle Simon the Zealot
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Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| St. Simon the Zealot | 2 |
| Apostle Simon the Zealot canonical | 1 |
| Saint Simon the Zealot | 1 |
| Simon the Zealous or Simon the Enthusiast | 1 |
| The Apostle Simon | 1 |
| Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτής | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157279 — 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 Simon the Zealot Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle Simon the Zealot]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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D.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
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E.
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
- 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 Simon the Zealot Target entity description: Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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D.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
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E.
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1st-century Jew
ⓘ
Apostle ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ disciple of Jesus ⓘ |
| appearsInListOf |
Apostles
ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve Apostles in Acts 1:13
Twelve Apostles in Luke 6:15 ⓘ Twelve Apostles in Mark 3:18 ⓘ the Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve Apostles in Matthew 10:4
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| associatedWith |
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
ⓘ
surface form:
Jude the Apostle
early Christian missions ⓘ |
| describedAs | zealous ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
|
| feastDay |
1 July (some Eastern traditions)
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10 May (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 28 October (Western tradition, with Jude the Apostle) ⓘ |
| follows |
Jesus Christ
ⓘ
surface form:
Jesus
|
| hasAlias |
Simon Zelotes
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Simon the Cananaean ⓘ
surface form:
Simon the Canaanite
Simon the Cananaean ⓘ Simon the Zealot ⓘ
surface form:
Simon the Zealous
|
| hasGivenName | Simon ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
book or scroll
ⓘ
saw ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
Apostle Simon the Zealot
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Simon the Zealous or Simon the Enthusiast
|
| notableFor |
being one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus
ⓘ
missionary work in early Christianity ⓘ |
| patronage |
leather workers (in some traditions)
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tanners (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| possibleMannerOfDeath | martyrdom ⓘ |
| possiblePlaceOfMission |
Great Britain
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surface form:
Britain (according to some traditions)
Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
Egypt (according to some traditions)
North Africa ⓘ
surface form:
North Africa (according to some traditions)
Persia ⓘ
surface form:
Persia (according to some traditions)
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| possiblePoliticalAffiliation | Jewish nationalist movement ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| sharesFeastDayWith |
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
ⓘ
surface form:
Jude the Apostle
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| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic 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: Apostle Simon the Zealot Description of subject: Apostle Simon the Zealot was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as a fervent Jewish nationalist distinguished by his zeal and later missionary work.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint Simon the Zealot
subject surface form:
Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form:
Simon the Zealous or Simon the Enthusiast
this entity surface form:
Σίμων ὁ Ζηλωτής
this entity surface form:
St. Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form:
St. Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form:
The Apostle Simon