Paul of Samosata
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Paul of Samosata was a 3rd-century Christian bishop of Antioch known for his controversial nontrinitarian Christology and subsequent condemnation as a heretic.
All labels observed (1)
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| Paul of Samosata canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18758434 — 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: Paul of Samosata Context triple: [Samosata, notableResident, Paul of Samosata]
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Auxentius of Mopsuestia
Auxentius of Mopsuestia was an early Christian bishop known for his role in the ecclesiastical life of the city of Mopsuestia in Cilicia.
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Meletius of Antioch
Meletius of Antioch was a 4th-century bishop and key figure in the Arian controversy who served as a leading pro-Nicene churchman and briefly presided over the First Council of Constantinople.
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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.
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D.
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Apollinaris of Laodicea was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop known for his influential yet later-condemned Christological views that gave rise to the doctrine called Apollinarianism.
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E.
Stasinus of Cyprus
Stasinus of Cyprus is a semi-legendary early Greek epic poet to whom the lost Trojan War epic "Cypria" was traditionally attributed.
- 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: Paul of Samosata Target entity description: Paul of Samosata was a 3rd-century Christian bishop of Antioch known for his controversial nontrinitarian Christology and subsequent condemnation as a heretic.
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A.
Auxentius of Mopsuestia
Auxentius of Mopsuestia was an early Christian bishop known for his role in the ecclesiastical life of the city of Mopsuestia in Cilicia.
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B.
Meletius of Antioch
Meletius of Antioch was a 4th-century bishop and key figure in the Arian controversy who served as a leading pro-Nicene churchman and briefly presided over the First Council of Constantinople.
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C.
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.
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D.
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Apollinaris of Laodicea was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop known for his influential yet later-condemned Christological views that gave rise to the doctrine called Apollinarianism.
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E.
Stasinus of Cyprus
Stasinus of Cyprus is a semi-legendary early Greek epic poet to whom the lost Trojan War epic "Cypria" was traditionally attributed.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.