Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

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Christian text Georgian literary work hagiographic work saints' life

Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik is a 5th-century Georgian Christian hagiographic work recounting the persecution and death of the noblewoman Shushanik for her faith.

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Label	Occurrences
Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik canonical	1
Passion of the Holy Queen Shushanik	1
The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13361571 — 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.

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Target entity: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik
Context triple: [Georgian literature, earliestKnownText, Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik]

A. The Blood of the Martyrs
The Blood of the Martyrs is a historical novel by Naomi Mitchison set in ancient Rome, exploring themes of persecution, political power, and early Christianity.
B. The Queen of Shemakha
The Queen of Shemakha is a seductive and enigmatic royal figure from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "The Golden Cockerel," whose allure and manipulation drive the story’s tragic events.
C. The Martyrs
The Martyrs is the nickname of Merthyr Town F.C., a Welsh football club based in Merthyr Tydfil known for its passionate local support and history in the English football pyramid.
D. The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
E. King of Ani
King of Ani was the medieval Armenian monarch who ruled the city of Ani, a major political and cultural center of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom.
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: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik
Target entity description: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik is a 5th-century Georgian Christian hagiographic work recounting the persecution and death of the noblewoman Shushanik for her faith.

A. The Blood of the Martyrs
The Blood of the Martyrs is a historical novel by Naomi Mitchison set in ancient Rome, exploring themes of persecution, political power, and early Christianity.
B. The Queen of Shemakha
The Queen of Shemakha is a seductive and enigmatic royal figure from Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera "The Golden Cockerel," whose allure and manipulation drive the story’s tragic events.
C. The Martyrs
The Martyrs is the nickname of Merthyr Town F.C., a Welsh football club based in Merthyr Tydfil known for its passionate local support and history in the English football pyramid.
D. The Martyr
"The Martyr" is a short story by Japanese author Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that explores themes of faith, identity, and cultural conflict in a Christian context in feudal Japan.
E. King of Ani
King of Ani was the medieval Armenian monarch who ruled the city of Ani, a major political and cultural center of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian text ⓘ Georgian literary work ⓘ hagiographic work ⓘ saints' life ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate	c. 476–484 ⓘ
associatedEmpire	Sasanian Empire ⓘ
associatedRegion	Caucasus ⓘ
associatedReligion	Eastern Christianity ⓘ
associatedSaint	Saint Shushanik ⓘ
author	Iakob Tsurtaveli ⓘ
characterRoleOfShushanik	noblewoman ⓘ queen consort ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Georgia ⓘ Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
dateWritten	5th century ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Archbishop Samuel ⓘ Varsken ⓘ
genre	hagiography ⓘ
hasTitleVariant	Passion of the Holy Queen Shushanik ⓘ linked to: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik ⓘ linked to: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik
historicalContext	conflict between Christian Iberia and Sasanian Iran ⓘ
influenced	later Georgian hagiographic literature ⓘ
language	Old Georgian ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryTradition	Georgian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Shushanik ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first person ⓘ
narrator	Iakob Tsurtaveli ⓘ
originalLanguage	Old Georgian ⓘ
portraysEvent	death of Shushanik as a martyr ⓘ imprisonment of Shushanik ⓘ torture of Shushanik ⓘ
preservedIn	Georgian manuscript tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Georgian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ linked to: Georgian Orthodox Church
settingPeriod	5th century ⓘ
settingPlace	Kingdom of Iberia ⓘ
significance	one of the earliest extant Georgian Christian hagiographies ⓘ one of the earliest extant works of Georgian literature ⓘ
subject	conversion to Zoroastrianism resisted ⓘ martyrdom of Shushanik ⓘ persecution of Christians ⓘ religious steadfastness ⓘ
theme	faith versus political power ⓘ female sanctity ⓘ loyalty to Christian faith ⓘ
veneratedBy	Georgian Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgian literature → earliestKnownText → Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik ⓘ

Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik → hasTitleVariant → The Martyrdom of Saint Shushanik ⓘ

linked to: Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik

Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik → hasTitleVariant → Passion of the Holy Queen Shushanik ⓘ