Epaphroditus
E407539
Epaphroditus is a Christian figure from the New Testament known as a trusted coworker and messenger of the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Epaphroditus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4016955 — 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: Epaphroditus Context triple: [Epistle to the Philippians, mentionsPerson, Epaphroditus]
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A.
Archippus
Archippus was an early Christian mentioned in the New Testament as a coworker of Paul and a leader in the church, traditionally associated with the community at Colossae.
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B.
Peithon
Peithon was one of Alexander the Great’s Diadochi, a Macedonian general who became a prominent satrap and power contender during the Wars of the Successors.
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C.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Cratylus," where he participates in a philosophical discussion with Socrates about the correctness and nature of names.
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D.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes was a Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, a leading figure of the Russian Orthodox Church during the early 17th century.
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E.
Munychus
Munychus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
- 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: Epaphroditus Target entity description: Epaphroditus is a Christian figure from the New Testament known as a trusted coworker and messenger of the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi.
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A.
Archippus
Archippus was an early Christian mentioned in the New Testament as a coworker of Paul and a leader in the church, traditionally associated with the community at Colossae.
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B.
Peithon
Peithon was one of Alexander the Great’s Diadochi, a Macedonian general who became a prominent satrap and power contender during the Wars of the Successors.
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C.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Cratylus," where he participates in a philosophical discussion with Socrates about the correctness and nature of names.
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D.
Hermogenes
Hermogenes was a Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, a leading figure of the Russian Orthodox Church during the early 17th century.
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E.
Munychus
Munychus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Christian figure ⓘ New Testament person ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Philippi
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
church in Philippi ⓘ |
| carried | gift from the Philippians to Paul ⓘ |
| causeOfIllness | service to Paul ⓘ |
| commendedFor | risking his life for the work of Christ ⓘ |
| commendedIn | Philippians 2:29 ⓘ |
| concernedAbout | the Philippians hearing of his illness ⓘ |
| describedAs |
brother
ⓘ
coworker ⓘ fellow soldier ⓘ |
| healthStatus | was very ill ⓘ |
| honorInstructionFrom | Apostle Paul ⓘ |
| honorInstructionIn | Philippians 2:29 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
faithfulness under hardship
ⓘ
loyal service to Paul ⓘ self-sacrificial ministry ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | epistle ⓘ |
| literarySource | New Testament ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to the Philippians
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Philippians 2:25–30 ⓘ Philippians 4:18 ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| nameMeaningRelatedTo | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| nearDeathExperience | was close to death ⓘ |
| praisedBy | Apostle Paul ⓘ |
| recoveredFrom | serious illness ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| returnedFrom | Rome ⓘ |
| returnedTo | Philippi ⓘ |
| role |
messenger
ⓘ
minister to Paul’s needs ⓘ |
| sentBackBy | Apostle Paul ⓘ |
| sentBackReason |
to be honored by the Philippians
ⓘ
to relieve the Philippians’ anxiety ⓘ |
| sentBy | church in Philippi ⓘ |
| sentTo | Apostle Paul ⓘ |
| servedAs | intermediary between Paul and the Philippians ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| workContext | early Christian missions ⓘ |
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: Epaphroditus Description of subject: Epaphroditus is a Christian figure from the New Testament known as a trusted coworker and messenger of the Apostle Paul to the church in Philippi.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.