Flight into Egypt
E19163
The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and tradition.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flight into Egypt canonical | 31 |
| Flight into Egypt scene | 1 |
| Fuga in Egitto | 1 |
| Journey to Egypt | 1 |
| La fuite en Égypte | 1 |
| flight into Egypt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158427 — 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: Flight into Egypt Context triple: [Saint Joseph, associatedWith, Flight into Egypt]
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A.
Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable as the first successful true smooth-sided pyramid and the third largest pyramid in Egypt.
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B.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
The Sheik
The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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E.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
- 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: Flight into Egypt Target entity description: The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and tradition.
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A.
Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable as the first successful true smooth-sided pyramid and the third largest pyramid in Egypt.
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B.
Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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C.
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia was a UNESCO-led global effort in the 1960s to document, dismantle, and relocate ancient Nubian temples and archaeological sites threatened by flooding from the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
The Sheik
The Sheik is a 1921 silent romantic drama film that became one of Rudolph Valentino’s most iconic roles and a defining work of early Hollywood stardom.
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E.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Testament narrative
ⓘ
biblical event ⓘ subject in Christian art ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holy Family
ⓘ
Infancy of Jesus ⓘ
linked to:
Nativity of Christ
|
| biblicalBook | Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| biblicalChapter | Matthew 2 ⓘ |
| biblicalVerses | Matthew 2:13–15 ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Christian devotional tradition
ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| commonSubjectOf |
Christian painting
ⓘ
Christian sculpture ⓘ illuminated manuscripts ⓘ stained glass ⓘ |
| depictedInWorkBy |
Caravaggio
ⓘ
Fra Angelico ⓘ Giotto ⓘ Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ Rembrandt ⓘ
linked to:
Rembrandt van Rijn
|
| describedIn | Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| destination | Egypt ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jesus
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesus Christ
Joseph ⓘ King Herod ⓘ
linked to:
Herod the Great
Mary ⓘ |
| followedBy | Return from Egypt ⓘ |
| fulfillsProphecy | Hosea 11:1 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
King Herod’s persecution
ⓘ
Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ |
| hasGenre | infancy narrative ⓘ |
| iconographicType |
Journey to Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Flight into Egypt
Rest on the Flight into Egypt ⓘ |
| involves | angelic warning to Joseph ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySource | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | divine warning in a dream ⓘ |
| origin | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| partOf |
Life of Jesus in the New Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Gospels
|
| quotedAs | Out of Egypt I called my son ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Adoration of the Magi
ⓘ
Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Protestantism ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Christianity
|
| scripturalStatus | canonical narrative in the New Testament ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
divine protection
ⓘ
exile and return ⓘ fulfillment of prophecy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Flight into Egypt Description of subject: The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and tradition.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flight into Egypt
linked to: Flight into Egypt
linked to: Flight into Egypt
subject linked to:
“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin)
linked to: Flight into Egypt
linked to: Flight into Egypt
subject linked to:
The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo