Diocese of Asia
E474971
The Diocese of Asia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed much of western Asia Minor, created during the empire’s reorganization to group several provinces under a single diocesan authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asiana Diocese | 1 |
| Diocese of Asia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4850720 — 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: Diocese of Asia Context triple: [Roman province of Asia, reorganizedInto, Diocese of Asia]
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A.
Diocese of Taiwan
The Diocese of Taiwan is a jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries across Taiwan.
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B.
Diocese of Italia
The Diocese of Italia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed the Italian peninsula and surrounding regions under the Tetrarchic and later imperial reforms.
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C.
Diocese of Alaska
The Diocese of Alaska is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Alaska.
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D.
Diocese of Cruz del Eje
The Diocese of Cruz del Eje is a Latin-rite Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Argentina that functions as a suffragan diocese under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.
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E.
Diocese of Africa
The Diocese of Africa was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed several North African provinces, including the wealthy and strategically important region of Africa Proconsularis.
- 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: Diocese of Asia Target entity description: The Diocese of Asia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed much of western Asia Minor, created during the empire’s reorganization to group several provinces under a single diocesan authority.
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A.
Diocese of Taiwan
The Diocese of Taiwan is a jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church that oversees Anglican congregations and ministries across Taiwan.
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B.
Diocese of Italia
The Diocese of Italia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed the Italian peninsula and surrounding regions under the Tetrarchic and later imperial reforms.
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C.
Diocese of Alaska
The Diocese of Alaska is a regional jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the United States that oversees Episcopal congregations and ministries throughout the state of Alaska.
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D.
Diocese of Cruz del Eje
The Diocese of Cruz del Eje is a Latin-rite Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Argentina that functions as a suffragan diocese under the metropolitan authority of the Archdiocese of Córdoba.
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E.
Diocese of Africa
The Diocese of Africa was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed several North African provinces, including the wealthy and strategically important region of Africa Proconsularis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman imperial administrative division
ⓘ
late Roman administrative diocese ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Asia Minor ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdAroundYear | 314 ⓘ |
| createdDuringReignOf | Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| documentedInSource | Notitia Dignitatum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| existedInPoliticalEntity |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedAdministrativeModelOf |
Diocese of Thrace
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diocese of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedAdministrativeSystem | Diocletianic reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedByOffice | vicarius ⓘ |
| groupedAdministrativeUnits | Roman provinces ⓘ |
| hadAdministrativeLevel | intermediate between prefecture and province ⓘ |
| hadFiscalFunction | yes ⓘ |
| hadJudicialFunction | yes ⓘ |
| hadMilitaryFunction | limited, mainly civil administration ⓘ |
| hadProvince |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caria NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellespontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Insulae ⓘ Lycia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lydia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamphylia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygia Pacatiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrygia Salutaris NERFINISHED ⓘ Pisidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Ephesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| namedAfter | province of Asia ⓘ |
| partOf |
Praetorian Prefecture of the East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | provincial administration of Asia Minor without diocesan level ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity (state religion in later period) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateToOffice | praetorian prefect of the East ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| wasAbolishedGraduallyInCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| wasAffectedBy | Byzantine themata reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Diocese of Asia Description of subject: The Diocese of Asia was a late Roman administrative district that encompassed much of western Asia Minor, created during the empire’s reorganization to group several provinces under a single diocesan authority.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Asiana Diocese