Saint Gwynllyw
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Saint Gwynllyw is a semi-legendary 5th–6th century Welsh king and later hermit-saint, venerated as the patron saint of Newport and remembered as the father of Saint Cadoc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Saint Gwynllyw canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11266619 — 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 Gwynllyw Context triple: [Newport Cathedral, dedicatedTo, Saint Gwynllyw]
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A.
Saint Cenydd
Saint Cenydd is a medieval Welsh saint traditionally associated with the Gower Peninsula and venerated as the patron of Llangennith.
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B.
Saint Deiniol
Saint Deiniol is a 6th-century Welsh saint traditionally regarded as the founding bishop of Bangor and one of the early Christian leaders in Wales.
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C.
Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo was a 6th-century Welsh bishop and Christian saint associated with the early Celtic church, particularly revered in Wales and Brittany.
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D.
Saint Illtyd
Saint Illtyd was a prominent 5th–6th century Welsh saint and monastic founder traditionally regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Christian teachers in Wales.
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E.
Saint Cadfan
Saint Cadfan is a 6th–7th century Welsh saint traditionally regarded as a missionary and founder of early Christian communities in western Wales.
- 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 Gwynllyw Target entity description: Saint Gwynllyw is a semi-legendary 5th–6th century Welsh king and later hermit-saint, venerated as the patron saint of Newport and remembered as the father of Saint Cadoc.
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A.
Saint Cenydd
Saint Cenydd is a medieval Welsh saint traditionally associated with the Gower Peninsula and venerated as the patron of Llangennith.
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B.
Saint Deiniol
Saint Deiniol is a 6th-century Welsh saint traditionally regarded as the founding bishop of Bangor and one of the early Christian leaders in Wales.
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C.
Saint Teilo
Saint Teilo was a 6th-century Welsh bishop and Christian saint associated with the early Celtic church, particularly revered in Wales and Brittany.
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D.
Saint Illtyd
Saint Illtyd was a prominent 5th–6th century Welsh saint and monastic founder traditionally regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Christian teachers in Wales.
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E.
Saint Cadfan
Saint Cadfan is a 6th–7th century Welsh saint traditionally regarded as a missionary and founder of early Christian communities in western Wales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian hermit
ⓘ
Welsh king ⓘ hermit ⓘ medieval Welsh saint ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Newport Cathedral
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Woolos Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Saint Cadoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedTo | eremitic life ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Wales ⓘ |
| culture | Welsh ⓘ |
| describedAs | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Saint Cadoc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feastDay | March 29 ⓘ |
| floruit |
5th century
ⓘ
6th century ⓘ |
| hasFather | Glywys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | legendary elements ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Welsh ⓘ |
| motherInLaw |
Saint Non
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saint Nonita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInEnglish | Saint Woolos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Gundleus
NERFINISHED
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Gwynllyw NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwynllyw Farfog NERFINISHED ⓘ Gwynllyw Filwr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | foundation of a religious cell at Newport ⓘ |
| occupation |
hermit
ⓘ
king ⓘ |
| partOf | sub-Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronSaintOf |
Newport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gwynllwg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Gwynllwg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Gwynllwg ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rememberedFor |
being father of Saint Cadoc
ⓘ
founding a church at Newport ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cadoc’s unnamed aunts and uncles in Welsh tradition
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Saint Petroc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Gwladys ferch Brychan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Celtic Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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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: Saint Gwynllyw Description of subject: Saint Gwynllyw is a semi-legendary 5th–6th century Welsh king and later hermit-saint, venerated as the patron saint of Newport and remembered as the father of Saint Cadoc.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.