Pope Linus
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Pope Linus was an early Bishop of Rome traditionally regarded as the second pope after Saint Peter in the 1st century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pope Linus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20598132 — 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: Pope Linus Context triple: [Pope Anacletus, predecessor, Pope Linus]
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A.
Pope Evaristus
Pope Evaristus was an early Bishop of Rome and pope, traditionally regarded as a first- and second-century Christian leader who helped organize the Roman church’s clergy and structure.
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B.
Pope Dionysius
Pope Dionysius was a 3rd-century Bishop of Rome known for reorganizing the Roman Church and restoring order after the Decian and Valerian persecutions.
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C.
Pope Mark
Pope Mark was a 4th-century bishop of Rome whose brief pontificate in 336 AD occurred during the early Christian Church’s consolidation under Roman imperial rule.
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D.
Pope Anterus
Pope Anterus was a 3rd-century Bishop of Rome and Christian martyr who led the early Church for a brief period before being succeeded by Pope Fabian.
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E.
Pope Cornelius
Pope Cornelius was a mid-3rd-century Bishop of Rome whose papacy was marked by his defense of the Church’s unity and lenient stance toward Christians who had lapsed under persecution, in opposition to the rigorist Novatian.
- 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: Pope Linus Target entity description: Pope Linus was an early Bishop of Rome traditionally regarded as the second pope after Saint Peter in the 1st century.
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A.
Pope Evaristus
Pope Evaristus was an early Bishop of Rome and pope, traditionally regarded as a first- and second-century Christian leader who helped organize the Roman church’s clergy and structure.
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B.
Pope Dionysius
Pope Dionysius was a 3rd-century Bishop of Rome known for reorganizing the Roman Church and restoring order after the Decian and Valerian persecutions.
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C.
Pope Mark
Pope Mark was a 4th-century bishop of Rome whose brief pontificate in 336 AD occurred during the early Christian Church’s consolidation under Roman imperial rule.
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D.
Pope Anterus
Pope Anterus was a 3rd-century Bishop of Rome and Christian martyr who led the early Church for a brief period before being succeeded by Pope Fabian.
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E.
Pope Cornelius
Pope Cornelius was a mid-3rd-century Bishop of Rome whose papacy was marked by his defense of the Church’s unity and lenient stance toward Christians who had lapsed under persecution, in opposition to the rigorist Novatian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.