Capernaum

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Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town
archaeological site
biblical location
ancientFunction fishing village
archaeologicalExcavationStart 19th century
associatedWith Andrew
Apostle James the Greater
surface form: James son of Zebedee

Jesus Christ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

John son of Zebedee
Apostle Matthew
surface form: Matthew the tax collector

Apostle Peter
surface form: Simon Peter
centralTo Jesus’ Galilean ministry
country Israel
currentUse archaeological park
pilgrimage site
describedAs Jesus’ own city
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE
governedInAntiquityBy Herod Antipas
hasFeature Roman-period road
basalt stone houses
limestone synagogue remains
hasStructure ancient synagogue
house traditionally identified as Peter’s house
octagonal church
residential insulae
hasType Jewish village
heritageDesignation Christian holy place
locatedIn Galilee
northern Israel
region of Capernaum National Park
locatedNear Sea of Galilee
locatedOn northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee
managedBy Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
surface form: Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
mentionedIn Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
New Testament
modernSiteName Kfar Nahum
nameMeaning village of Nahum
nearbyCity Chorazin
Tabgha
Tiberias
religionSignificance Christianity
religiousSiteFor Christian pilgrims
Jewish visitors
timePeriod Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period
tourismType religious tourism

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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
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- 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: Capernaum
Description of subject: Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apostle Peter residence Capernaum
Galilee hasPart Capernaum
Sea of Galilee nearbyCity Capernaum
Bethsaida groupedWith Capernaum
Zebedee residence Capernaum
Matthew associatedWithPlace Capernaum
subject surface form: Matthew the Apostle
Chorazin locatedNear Capernaum
Chorazin sharesRebukeWith Capernaum
Tabgha locatedNear Capernaum
Tabgha hasNearbyReligiousSite Capernaum
this entity surface form: Capernaum (House of Peter)
Kfar Nahum identifiedWith Capernaum
The Tribute Money hasSetting Capernaum
subject surface form: The Tribute Money (Masaccio)
this entity surface form: Capernaum (biblical setting)
John 4 mentionsPlace Capernaum
Ginosar hasNearbySite Capernaum
Biblical places hasExample Capernaum