relics of Saint Eric
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The relics of Saint Eric are the preserved remains and associated sacred objects of Sweden’s 12th-century king and martyr, venerated as national religious treasures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| relics of Saint Eric canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8106881 — 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: relics of Saint Eric Context triple: [Uppsala Cathedral, hasRelic, relics of Saint Eric]
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A.
Relics of Saint Gaudentius
The Relics of Saint Gaudentius are venerated remains of the early Christian bishop and saint, preserved as sacred objects of devotion within the Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
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B.
Relics of Saint Eusebius
The Relics of Saint Eusebius are the venerated bodily remains of the early Christian saint Eusebius, preserved as sacred objects of devotion within the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
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C.
Alvar saints
The Alvar saints were Tamil poet-saints of South India whose devotional hymns to Vishnu helped shape the Bhakti movement and the Sri Vaishnavism tradition.
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D.
Jelling stones
The Jelling stones are monumental 10th-century runestones in Denmark that commemorate the unification of Denmark and the Christianization of the Danes.
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E.
Thjodhild’s church
Thjodhild’s church was a small early Christian church in Greenland, traditionally regarded as the first church in North America, built by Erik the Red’s wife Thjodhild at the Norse settlement of Brattahlid.
- 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: relics of Saint Eric Target entity description: The relics of Saint Eric are the preserved remains and associated sacred objects of Sweden’s 12th-century king and martyr, venerated as national religious treasures.
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A.
Relics of Saint Gaudentius
The Relics of Saint Gaudentius are venerated remains of the early Christian bishop and saint, preserved as sacred objects of devotion within the Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
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B.
Relics of Saint Eusebius
The Relics of Saint Eusebius are the venerated bodily remains of the early Christian saint Eusebius, preserved as sacred objects of devotion within the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
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C.
Alvar saints
The Alvar saints were Tamil poet-saints of South India whose devotional hymns to Vishnu helped shape the Bhakti movement and the Sri Vaishnavism tradition.
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D.
Jelling stones
The Jelling stones are monumental 10th-century runestones in Denmark that commemorate the unification of Denmark and the Christianization of the Danes.
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E.
Thjodhild’s church
Thjodhild’s church was a small early Christian church in Greenland, traditionally regarded as the first church in North America, built by Erik the Red’s wife Thjodhild at the Norse settlement of Brattahlid.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian relics
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national religious treasures ⓘ religious artifacts ⓘ saintly relics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
archaeological documentation from openings of the shrine
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architectural gables ⓘ architectural miniature of a church ⓘ associated liturgical objects ⓘ bones of King Eric IX of Sweden ⓘ cloth wrappings ⓘ decorated corners and finials ⓘ decorative metalwork ⓘ dust and organic residues ⓘ enamel plaques ⓘ figural representations of saints ⓘ fragments of clothing ⓘ gilded reliquary casket ⓘ heraldic motifs ⓘ hinges ⓘ inscriptions on the shrine ⓘ internal bone containers ⓘ internal wooden supports ⓘ iron nails or fasteners ⓘ keyholes ⓘ labels or notes from past examinations ⓘ later restoration elements ⓘ lining fabrics ⓘ liturgical accessories stored with the bones ⓘ lockable compartments ⓘ locks ⓘ medieval shrine ornaments ⓘ metal fittings ⓘ pilgrim-related graffiti or marks ⓘ possible belt or fastening elements ⓘ possible crown-related skull marks ⓘ possible ring or jewelry fragments ⓘ possible weapon-related bone damage ⓘ reliquary shrine ⓘ saintly imagery ⓘ seal impressions ⓘ skeletal remains of King Eric IX of Sweden ⓘ skull of King Eric IX of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ textiles associated with the shrine ⓘ traces of gilding ⓘ traces of original polychromy ⓘ viewing openings ⓘ wooden core of the reliquary ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Catholic veneration
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Lutheran veneration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 - 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: relics of Saint Eric Description of subject: The relics of Saint Eric are the preserved remains and associated sacred objects of Sweden’s 12th-century king and martyr, venerated as national religious treasures.
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