Raphael (archangel)
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Raphael is an archangel in Judeo-Christian tradition, often associated with healing and guidance, notably appearing in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Archangel Raphael | 4 |
| Saint Raphael | 4 |
| Raphael (archangel) canonical | 2 |
| archangel Raphael | 2 |
| St. Raphael | 1 |
| angel Raphael | 1 |
| the archangel Raphael | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1000802 — 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: Raphael (archangel) Context triple: [Tobit, hasMainCharacter, Raphael (archangel)]
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
Saint Michael
Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, revered as a protector, leader of the heavenly hosts, and vanquisher of evil.
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C.
Angel
Angel is an American supernatural drama television series set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, following a vampire with a soul seeking redemption in Los Angeles.
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D.
Salvator
Salvator is the Latin term traditionally used in Christian theology and liturgy to refer to Jesus Christ as the Savior.
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E.
Angelo
Angelo is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and often associated with the meaning "angel" or "messenger."
- 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: Raphael (archangel) Target entity description: Raphael is an archangel in Judeo-Christian tradition, often associated with healing and guidance, notably appearing in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit.
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
Saint Michael
Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, revered as a protector, leader of the heavenly hosts, and vanquisher of evil.
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C.
Angel
Angel is an American supernatural drama television series set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, following a vampire with a soul seeking redemption in Los Angeles.
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D.
Salvator
Salvator is the Latin term traditionally used in Christian theology and liturgy to refer to Jesus Christ as the Savior.
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E.
Angelo
Angelo is a masculine given name of Greek origin, commonly used in various cultures and often associated with the meaning "angel" or "messenger."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angel
ⓘ
archangel ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| alias | Azariah (disguised name in Book of Tobit) ⓘ |
| angelicHierarchy | archangel order ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Tobit
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Tobit
|
| associatedWith |
exorcism of demons
ⓘ
guidance ⓘ healing ⓘ marriage ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Christian art
ⓘ
Jewish museum ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish art
|
| feastDay |
29 September (with Michael and Gabriel in Roman Catholic Church)
ⓘ
8 November (Synaxis of the Archangels in Eastern Orthodoxy) ⓘ |
| functionInTradition | one of the angels who stand before God’s throne (in some Christian and Jewish traditions) ⓘ |
| gender | male (traditional depiction) ⓘ |
| guidesCharacter |
Tobias
ⓘ
surface form:
Tobiah (Tobias)
|
| healsCharacter |
Sarah (in Book of Tobit)
ⓘ
Tobit ⓘ |
| memberOf | seven archangels (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Enoch
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Enoch (in some textual traditions)
|
| nameForm | רְפָאֵל (Rəfāʾēl) ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | God heals ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith | young Tobias carrying a fish ⓘ |
| patronage |
healers
ⓘ
matchmaking and happy meetings ⓘ medical workers ⓘ the blind ⓘ travelers ⓘ |
| performsMiracle |
drives away the demon Asmodeus
ⓘ
restores Tobit’s sight ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
angel of healing
ⓘ
guide ⓘ healing angel ⓘ intercessor ⓘ protector of travelers ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus |
apocryphal book (Tobit) in most Protestant traditions
ⓘ
deuterocanonical book (Tobit) in Catholic and Orthodox canons ⓘ |
| symbol |
fish
ⓘ
pilgrim’s staff ⓘ staff ⓘ traveling cloak ⓘ |
| tradition | Judeo-Christian tradition ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
European Lutheran churches ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
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: Raphael (archangel) Description of subject: Raphael is an archangel in Judeo-Christian tradition, often associated with healing and guidance, notably appearing in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
Saint Raphael
this entity surface form:
St. Raphael
this entity surface form:
archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
the archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
angel Raphael
subject surface form:
San Rafael, California
this entity surface form:
Archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
Saint Raphael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Raphael
this entity surface form:
Saint Raphael
this entity surface form:
archangel Raphael