Guthlac of Crowland
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Guthlac of Crowland was an Anglo-Saxon hermit and saint renowned for his ascetic life in the Lincolnshire fens and for inspiring a cycle of medieval religious poems and hagiographies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guthlac of Crowland canonical | 3 |
| Guthlac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20299039 — 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: Guthlac of Crowland Context triple: [Guthlac poems, mainSubject, Guthlac of Crowland]
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A.
Alfrid
Alfrid is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with medieval and fantasy settings.
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B.
Wilfred the Hairy
Wilfred the Hairy was a 9th-century Catalan nobleman and count who played a key role in consolidating and Christianizing the counties that became the core of medieval Catalonia.
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C.
Godric of Mappestone
Godric of Mappestone was a Norman-era nobleman and landholder in Herefordshire, England, known as the medieval lord responsible for establishing Goodrich Castle.
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D.
Oswin
Oswin is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically associated with early medieval English saints and nobles.
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E.
Ælfwine of Deira
Ælfwine of Deira was a 7th-century Northumbrian prince and sub-king of Deira who died at a young age in the Battle of the Trent in 679.
- 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: Guthlac of Crowland Target entity description: Guthlac of Crowland was an Anglo-Saxon hermit and saint renowned for his ascetic life in the Lincolnshire fens and for inspiring a cycle of medieval religious poems and hagiographies.
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A.
Alfrid
Alfrid is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, commonly associated with medieval and fantasy settings.
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B.
Wilfred the Hairy
Wilfred the Hairy was a 9th-century Catalan nobleman and count who played a key role in consolidating and Christianizing the counties that became the core of medieval Catalonia.
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C.
Godric of Mappestone
Godric of Mappestone was a Norman-era nobleman and landholder in Herefordshire, England, known as the medieval lord responsible for establishing Goodrich Castle.
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D.
Oswin
Oswin is a masculine given name of Old English origin, historically associated with early medieval English saints and nobles.
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E.
Ælfwine of Deira
Ælfwine of Deira was a 7th-century Northumbrian prince and sub-king of Deira who died at a young age in the Battle of the Trent in 679.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Guthlac of Crowland