Valentinus
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Valentinus was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic theologian and teacher whose distinctive theological system gave rise to the influential Valentinian school.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valentinus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17713040 — 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: Valentinus Context triple: [Theodotus the Valentinian, influencedBy, Valentinus]
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Caelestius
Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
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Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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Basilides
Basilides was a 2nd-century Gnostic teacher from Alexandria known for developing an influential and complex Gnostic cosmology and theological system.
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Valentinianism
Valentinianism was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic movement, founded by Valentinus, that taught a complex cosmology of emanations and salvation through esoteric knowledge.
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E.
Sabellius
Sabellius was a 3rd-century Christian theologian best known for teaching a non-trinitarian, modalistic understanding of God that was later deemed heretical by the early Church.
- 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: Valentinus Target entity description: Valentinus was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic theologian and teacher whose distinctive theological system gave rise to the influential Valentinian school.
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A.
Caelestius
Caelestius was a 5th-century Christian theologian and associate of Pelagius, known for advocating Pelagian doctrines that were later condemned as heretical by the early Church.
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B.
Arius
Arius was a 4th-century Christian presbyter from Alexandria whose teachings about the nature of Christ sparked the Arian controversy and major theological conflicts in early Christianity.
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C.
Basilides
Basilides was a 2nd-century Gnostic teacher from Alexandria known for developing an influential and complex Gnostic cosmology and theological system.
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D.
Valentinianism
Valentinianism was a prominent 2nd-century Christian Gnostic movement, founded by Valentinus, that taught a complex cosmology of emanations and salvation through esoteric knowledge.
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E.
Sabellius
Sabellius was a 3rd-century Christian theologian best known for teaching a non-trinitarian, modalistic understanding of God that was later deemed heretical by the early Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.