Stavronikita Monastery
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Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stavronikita Monastery canonical | 3 |
| Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita | 1 |
| Monastery of Stavronikita | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282041 — 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: Stavronikita Monastery Context triple: [Mount Athos, hasMonastery, Stavronikita Monastery]
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A.
Iviron Monastery
Iviron Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its Georgian origins and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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B.
Vatopedi Monastery
Vatopedi Monastery is one of the largest and most prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual heritage, historic architecture, and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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C.
Great Lavra
Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
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D.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
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E.
Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
- 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: Stavronikita Monastery Target entity description: Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
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A.
Iviron Monastery
Iviron Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its Georgian origins and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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B.
Vatopedi Monastery
Vatopedi Monastery is one of the largest and most prominent Eastern Orthodox monastic communities on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual heritage, historic architecture, and rich collection of religious relics and manuscripts.
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C.
Great Lavra
Great Lavra is the oldest and one of the most important Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece, renowned for its spiritual, historical, and architectural significance.
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D.
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery is a small Eastern Orthodox monastery dramatically perched atop a rock pillar in the Meteora complex of central Greece.
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E.
Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically perched atop the rock formations of Meteora in central Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Orthodox monastery
ⓘ
Mount Athos monastery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Orthodox monasticism ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Holy Mountain
ⓘ
surface form:
Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain
|
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Saint Nicholas of Myra
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Nicholas
|
| denomination |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
|
| followsRite | Byzantine Rite ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Patriarchate of Constantinople
ⓘ
surface form:
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Stavronikita Monastery
ⓘ
surface form:
Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita
|
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
cells
ⓘ
defensive tower ⓘ enclosing walls ⓘ katholikon ⓘ refectory ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | fortified monastery ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Byzantine manuscripts
ⓘ
liturgical objects ⓘ religious relics ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
important center of Orthodox spirituality
ⓘ
important site of Byzantine artistic heritage ⓘ |
| hasFrescoesBy | Theophanes the Cretan ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
monastic community
ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| hasIcon |
Saint Nicholas of Myra
ⓘ
surface form:
Icon of Saint Nicholas “Streidas”
|
| hasIconStyle | Byzantine ⓘ |
| heritage |
Byzantine art
ⓘ
post-Byzantine art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Byzantine frescoes
ⓘ
Byzantine icons ⓘ fortified architecture ⓘ post-Byzantine frescoes ⓘ small size ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy | Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Macedonia
ⓘ
Chalkidiki Peninsula ⓘ
surface form:
Chalkidiki
Mount Athos ⓘ |
| monasticTradition | cenobitic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mount Athos
ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Athos monastic republic
|
| primaryDeityVenerated | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| primarySaintVenerated |
Saint Nicholas of Myra
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Nicholas
|
| rankOnMountAthos | 15 ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stavronikita Monastery Description of subject: Stavronikita Monastery is one of the Eastern Orthodox monastic houses on Mount Athos in Greece, known for its small size, fortified architecture, and rich collection of Byzantine icons and frescoes.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Monastery of St. Nicholas of Stavronikita
this entity surface form:
Monastery of Stavronikita