Saint Corbinian
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Saint Corbinian was an 8th-century Frankish bishop and missionary whose evangelizing work in Bavaria made him a key founding figure of the Church in the Munich and Freising region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Corbinian canonical | 5 |
| Saint Corbinian of Freising | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8351123 — 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: Saint Corbinian Context triple: [Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, hasPatronSaint, Saint Corbinian]
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A.
Saint Kilian
Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary and martyr venerated as the apostle and patron saint of Franconia, particularly associated with the city of Würzburg.
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B.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
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C.
Saint Erc
Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
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D.
Saint Botvid
Saint Botvid was an 11th–12th century Swedish Christian missionary and martyr venerated as a local saint, particularly associated with the region around present-day Botkyrka.
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E.
St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius is a small city in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, known for its residential character and proximity to lakes and parks.
- 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: Saint Corbinian Target entity description: Saint Corbinian was an 8th-century Frankish bishop and missionary whose evangelizing work in Bavaria made him a key founding figure of the Church in the Munich and Freising region.
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A.
Saint Kilian
Saint Kilian was a 7th-century Irish missionary and martyr venerated as the apostle and patron saint of Franconia, particularly associated with the city of Würzburg.
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B.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
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C.
Saint Erc
Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
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D.
Saint Botvid
Saint Botvid was an 11th–12th century Swedish Christian missionary and martyr venerated as a local saint, particularly associated with the region around present-day Botkyrka.
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E.
St. Bonifacius
St. Bonifacius is a small city in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota, known for its residential character and proximity to lakes and parks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic bishop
ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ Frankish person ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Corbinian’s bear legend
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Freising Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 8th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Duchy of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feastDay | 8 September ⓘ |
| givenName | Corbinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
founder of the Diocese of Freising
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missionary to the Bavarians ⓘ |
| hasLegend | forced a bear to carry his luggage to Rome ⓘ |
| hasPartInCanonizationStatus | pre-congregation saint ⓘ |
| honouredBy | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Christianization of Old Bavaria ⓘ |
| inspired |
coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
papal coat of arms of Benedict XVI ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Old High German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Frankish ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding figure of the Church in Munich and Freising ⓘ |
| notableWork | Christianization of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| patronage | Archdiocese of Munich and Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageSite | Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Châtres, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germanic territories ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| symbol | bear carrying luggage ⓘ |
| title | Saint ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
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| workLocation |
Bavaria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ Munich–Freising region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Saint Corbinian Description of subject: Saint Corbinian was an 8th-century Frankish bishop and missionary whose evangelizing work in Bavaria made him a key founding figure of the Church in the Munich and Freising region.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saint Corbinian of Freising