Saint Sebastian
E103440
Catholic saint
Christian martyr
Christian saint
Roman soldier
martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution
saint
Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Sebastian canonical | 25 |
| St. Sebastian | 1 |
| São Sebastião (Saint Sebastian) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T836237 — 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 Sebastian Context triple: [Diocletianic Persecution, notableMartyr, Saint Sebastian]
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A.
Saint George of Lydda
Saint George of Lydda is a Christian martyr and legendary soldier-saint, best known as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England and various other regions.
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B.
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen is venerated as the first Christian martyr, known for his role as a deacon in the early Church and his death by stoning as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles.
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C.
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy is a Christian martyr and saint, particularly venerated in Italy and Scandinavia, who is associated with light and whose feast day is celebrated on December 13.
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D.
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer is the canonized name given by the Russian Orthodox Church to Nicholas II of Russia, the last emperor of the Russian Empire, venerated for his suffering and death following the Russian Revolution.
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E.
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were a group of Roman soldiers in the early 4th century who were executed for refusing to renounce their Christian faith and are venerated as saints in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions.
- 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 Sebastian Target entity description: Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.
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A.
Saint George of Lydda
Saint George of Lydda is a Christian martyr and legendary soldier-saint, best known as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England and various other regions.
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B.
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen is venerated as the first Christian martyr, known for his role as a deacon in the early Church and his death by stoning as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles.
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C.
Saint Lucy
Saint Lucy is a Christian martyr and saint, particularly venerated in Italy and Scandinavia, who is associated with light and whose feast day is celebrated on December 13.
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D.
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer
Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer is the canonized name given by the Russian Orthodox Church to Nicholas II of Russia, the last emperor of the Russian Empire, venerated for his suffering and death following the Russian Revolution.
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E.
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were a group of Roman soldiers in the early 4th century who were executed for refusing to renounce their Christian faith and are venerated as saints in both Eastern and Western Christian traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
ⓘ
Christian martyr ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ Roman soldier ⓘ martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| allegiance | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| artisticDepictionsBy |
Andrea Mantegna
ⓘ
Antonello da Messina ⓘ El Greco ⓘ Guido Reni ⓘ Sandro Botticelli ⓘ Titian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
courage
ⓘ
endurance ⓘ healing ⓘ plague ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| diedDuring |
Diocletianic Persecution
ⓘ
reign of Diocletian ⓘ |
| era |
3rd century
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4th century ⓘ |
| feastDay | 20 January ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a youthful, nearly nude male figure
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depicted bound to a post or tree ⓘ depicted shot with arrows ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinName |
Sebastian
ⓘ
surface form:
Sebastianus
|
| legend |
condemned to be shot with arrows for his faith
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later clubbed to death after confronting Emperor Diocletian ⓘ nursed back to health by Irene of Rome ⓘ secretly strengthened Christian prisoners in Rome ⓘ |
| majorShrine |
Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura
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Rome ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a patron saint against plague
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steadfast faith under persecution ⓘ surviving execution by arrows in legend ⓘ |
| occupation | soldier ⓘ |
| patronage |
Rome
ⓘ
archers ⓘ athletes ⓘ plague victims ⓘ soldiers ⓘ various cities and towns worldwide ⓘ |
| rank | captain of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| servedIn | Roman army ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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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 Sebastian Description of subject: Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
São Sebastião (Saint Sebastian)
this entity surface form:
St. Sebastian
subject surface form:
Church of San Sebastiano (Caltanissetta)
subject surface form:
Church of San Sebastiano (Caltanissetta)