Epiphany
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Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epiphany canonical | 28 |
| Feast of the Epiphany | 5 |
| Theophany | 5 |
| Epiphany of the Lord | 3 |
| Epiphany season | 3 |
| Epiphanytide | 2 |
| star of Bethlehem | 2 |
| Christian feast of Epiphany | 1 |
| Día de los Reyes Magos | 1 |
| Epifania | 1 |
| Epiphany (in many Catholic regions) | 1 |
| Epiphany fair | 1 |
| Ethiopian Epiphany | 1 |
| Feast of Epiphany | 1 |
| Feast of the Three Kings | 1 |
| The Epiphany | 1 |
| Three Kings Day | 1 |
| Three Wise Men | 1 |
| Twelve Days of Christmas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17653 — 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: Epiphany Context triple: [Christianity, hasImportantHoliday, Epiphany]
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A.
Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
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B.
Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
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C.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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D.
Dormition of the Theotokos
Dormition of the Theotokos is a principal Eastern Christian feast commemorating the Virgin Mary's death, resurrection, and assumption into heaven.
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E.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
- 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: Epiphany Target entity description: Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
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A.
Easter
Easter is the principal Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, observed with religious services and various cultural traditions worldwide.
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B.
Pentecost
Pentecost is a major Christian feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, often regarded as the "birthday" of the Church.
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C.
Good Friday
Good Friday is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
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D.
Dormition of the Theotokos
Dormition of the Theotokos is a principal Eastern Christian feast commemorating the Virgin Mary's death, resurrection, and assumption into heaven.
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E.
Fiat Lux
Fiat Lux is a Latin phrase meaning "Let there be light," used as the inspirational motto of the University of California, Berkeley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian feast day
ⓘ
holy day of obligation in some Christian traditions ⓘ religious holiday ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Magi
ⓘ
baptism of Jesus ⓘ gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh ⓘ manifestation of the Trinity in Eastern theology ⓘ Epiphany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
star of Bethlehem
|
| celebratedOn |
January 19 Gregorian calendar in some Eastern churches
ⓘ
January 6 Julian calendar in Eastern Christianity ⓘ January 6 in Western Christianity ⓘ Sunday between January 2 and January 8 in some Western churches ⓘ |
| commemorates |
baptism of Jesus in the Jordan in some traditions
ⓘ
first miracle at the wedding at Cana in some traditions ⓘ manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles ⓘ revelation of Jesus Christ to the world ⓘ visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus ⓘ |
| follows | Christmas Day in the liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Epiphany
ⓘ
surface form:
Día de los Reyes Magos
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Epiphany
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Manifestation of Christ
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of the Three Kings
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Theophany
Epiphany ⓘ
surface form:
Three Kings Day
|
| hasCustom |
baking of Epiphany cakes such as king cake or rosca de reyes
ⓘ
blessing of homes with chalk in some Western traditions ⓘ blessing of water in Eastern Christianity ⓘ children receiving presents from the Three Kings in Hispanic cultures ⓘ gift-giving in some countries ⓘ house blessings by clergy in Eastern traditions ⓘ processions of the Magi in some cultures ⓘ special festive meals ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalColor | white ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalRank | solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ |
| hasScripturalBasis |
Gospel accounts of the baptism of Jesus
ⓘ
Gospel of John account of the wedding at Cana ⓘ Gospel of Matthew account of the Magi ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Light of the World
ⓘ
surface form:
Christ as light to the nations
universal scope of salvation ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheran churches ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Reformed churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
many other Protestant denominations ⓘ |
| partOf | Christian liturgical year ⓘ |
| precedes |
Ordinary Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Ordinary Time in some Western churches
Season of Epiphany in some traditions ⓘ |
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: Epiphany Description of subject: Epiphany is a major Christian feast day commemorating the revelation of Jesus Christ to the world, particularly through the visit of the Magi.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Theophany
this entity surface form:
Epiphany season
this entity surface form:
Epiphany season
this entity surface form:
The Epiphany
this entity surface form:
Theophany