John the Theologian

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John the Theologian, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and John the Evangelist, is a central New Testament figure revered in Christianity as the author of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
John the Evangelist	20
Saint John the Theologian	5
John the Theologian canonical	3
St. John the Theologian	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19010565 — 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: John the Theologian
Context triple: [Byzantine church of St John, dedicatedTo, John the Theologian]

A. Gregory of Neocaesarea
Gregory of Neocaesarea, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his missionary work in Pontus and the many miracles attributed to him.
B. Didymus Judas Thomas
Didymus Judas Thomas is traditionally identified as the apostle Thomas, regarded in early Christian tradition as the authorial figure behind the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas.
C. Ignatios of Constantinople
Ignatios of Constantinople was a 9th-century Patriarch of Constantinople whose contested appointment and deposition played a central role in the events leading to the Photian Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches.
D. Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop, renowned as one of the Cappadocian Fathers and a key architect of early Trinitarian doctrine.
E. Epiphanius of Salamis
Epiphanius of Salamis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and Church Father known for his fierce opposition to heresies and his extensive heresiological work, the Panarion.
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: John the Theologian
Target entity description: John the Theologian, traditionally identified with John the Apostle and John the Evangelist, is a central New Testament figure revered in Christianity as the author of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.

A. Gregory of Neocaesarea
Gregory of Neocaesarea, also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, was a 3rd-century Christian bishop and theologian renowned for his missionary work in Pontus and the many miracles attributed to him.
B. Didymus Judas Thomas
Didymus Judas Thomas is traditionally identified as the apostle Thomas, regarded in early Christian tradition as the authorial figure behind the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas.
C. Ignatios of Constantinople
Ignatios of Constantinople was a 9th-century Patriarch of Constantinople whose contested appointment and deposition played a central role in the events leading to the Photian Schism between the Eastern and Western Churches.
D. Gregory of Nyssa
Gregory of Nyssa was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop, renowned as one of the Cappadocian Fathers and a key architect of early Trinitarian doctrine.
E. Epiphanius of Salamis
Epiphanius of Salamis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and Church Father known for his fierce opposition to heresies and his extensive heresiological work, the Panarion.
F. None of above. chosen

Referenced by (30)

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

Byzantine church of St John → dedicatedTo → John the Theologian ⓘ

St John the Evangelist → alsoKnownAs → John the Theologian ⓘ

Church of St. John at Kaneo → namedAfter → John the Theologian ⓘ

Church of St. John at Kaneo → namedAfter → St. John the Theologian ⓘ