Lyon massacre of 177
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The Lyon massacre of 177 was an early episode of Christian persecution in Roman Gaul in which a large number of Christians in the city of Lugdunum (modern Lyon) were tortured and executed for their faith.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lyon massacre of 177 canonical | 1 |
| Persecution of Christians in Lyon in 177 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17712614 — 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: Lyon massacre of 177 Context triple: [Archbishop of Lyon, linkedTo, Lyon massacre of 177]
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A.
Maillé massacre
The Maillé massacre was a World War II atrocity in which German troops killed over a hundred French civilians in the village of Maillé in August 1944.
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B.
Champ de Mars Massacre
The Champ de Mars Massacre was a pivotal 1791 incident during the French Revolution in which troops fired on republican demonstrators in Paris, sharply deepening political divisions and radicalizing the revolutionary movement.
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C.
Verdun massacre
The Verdun massacre refers to the 782 AD mass execution of thousands of Saxons ordered by Charlemagne at Verden during the Saxon Wars.
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D.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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E.
Massacre at Béziers
The Massacre at Béziers was a brutal 1209 slaughter of thousands of inhabitants of the French town of Béziers, including many non-combatants, during the early phase of the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.
- 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: Lyon massacre of 177 Target entity description: The Lyon massacre of 177 was an early episode of Christian persecution in Roman Gaul in which a large number of Christians in the city of Lugdunum (modern Lyon) were tortured and executed for their faith.
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A.
Maillé massacre
The Maillé massacre was a World War II atrocity in which German troops killed over a hundred French civilians in the village of Maillé in August 1944.
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B.
Champ de Mars Massacre
The Champ de Mars Massacre was a pivotal 1791 incident during the French Revolution in which troops fired on republican demonstrators in Paris, sharply deepening political divisions and radicalizing the revolutionary movement.
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C.
Verdun massacre
The Verdun massacre refers to the 782 AD mass execution of thousands of Saxons ordered by Charlemagne at Verden during the Saxon Wars.
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D.
Massacre of Vassy
The Massacre of Vassy was a 1562 attack by French Catholic troops on Huguenot worshippers that sparked open civil war and is widely seen as the event that ignited the French Wars of Religion.
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E.
Massacre at Béziers
The Massacre at Béziers was a brutal 1209 slaughter of thousands of inhabitants of the French town of Béziers, including many non-combatants, during the early phase of the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lyon massacre of 177