Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland
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"Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland" is a religious painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the legendary miracle of Ireland’s patron saint driving snakes from the island.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10586898 — 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 Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland Context triple: [Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, notableWork, Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland]
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A.
Carn a’ Ghaill
Carn a’ Ghaill is the summit that forms the highest point on the Scottish island of Canna in the Inner Hebrides.
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B.
The Giant of Kilkenny
The Giant of Kilkenny is a character from Irish-themed storytelling, typically portrayed as an outsized, folkloric figure associated with the town of Kilkenny.
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C.
Vikings of Limerick
Vikings of Limerick were a powerful Norse-Gaelic group based around Limerick who played a major role in Viking activity and warfare in medieval Ireland.
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D.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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E.
Vikings of Dublin
The Vikings of Dublin were Norse settlers and rulers who established a powerful maritime kingdom centered on Dublin, playing a major role in trade, warfare, and politics in early medieval Ireland and the Irish Sea region.
- 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 Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland Target entity description: "Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland" is a religious painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the legendary miracle of Ireland’s patron saint driving snakes from the island.
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A.
Carn a’ Ghaill
Carn a’ Ghaill is the summit that forms the highest point on the Scottish island of Canna in the Inner Hebrides.
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B.
The Giant of Kilkenny
The Giant of Kilkenny is a character from Irish-themed storytelling, typically portrayed as an outsized, folkloric figure associated with the town of Kilkenny.
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C.
Vikings of Limerick
Vikings of Limerick were a powerful Norse-Gaelic group based around Limerick who played a major role in Viking activity and warfare in medieval Ireland.
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D.
An Gorta Mór
An Gorta Mór is the Irish name for the Great Famine of the mid-19th century, a catastrophic period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration that profoundly reshaped Ireland’s population and history.
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E.
Vikings of Dublin
The Vikings of Dublin were Norse settlers and rulers who established a powerful maritime kingdom centered on Dublin, playing a major role in trade, warfare, and politics in early medieval Ireland and the Irish Sea region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painter
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painting ⓘ person ⓘ religious painting ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Saint Patrick driving snakes from Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfLegendDepicted | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorInstanceOf | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Saint Patrick
NERFINISHED
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expulsion of snakes from Ireland ⓘ legendary miracle of Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| depictsMythicalEvent | absence of snakes in Ireland explained as miracle ⓘ |
| genre | Christian art ⓘ |
| hasSaintDepicted | Saint Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectHeading |
Miracles in art
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Saints in art ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iconographicTheme |
expulsion of evil
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triumph of Christianity over paganism ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Saint Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Rococo ⓘ |
| patronSaintDepicted | Saint Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaintOf | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
bishop
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miracle ⓘ snakes ⓘ |
| religionDepicted | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland Description of subject: "Saint Patrick Expelling the Snakes from Ireland" is a religious painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicting the legendary miracle of Ireland’s patron saint driving snakes from the island.
Referenced by (1)
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