island of Patmos

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Greek island island in the Aegean Sea

The island of Patmos is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, traditionally revered as the place where the apostle John received the visions recorded in the Book of Revelation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Patmos	41
island of Patmos canonical	6
Island of Patmos	1
Skala, Patmos	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157693 — 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: island of Patmos
Context triple: [Book of Revelation, placeOfComposition, island of Patmos]

A. Lesbos
Lesbos is a large Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and association with the poet Sappho.
B. Mount Athos
Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.
C. Rhodes
Rhodes is a historically significant Greek island in the eastern Aegean, renowned for its medieval Old Town, ancient ruins, and role as a major cultural and trading hub in the Mediterranean.
D. Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, known for its rich ancient Minoan heritage, diverse landscapes, and significant role in Mediterranean history and culture.
E. Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
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: island of Patmos
Target entity description: The island of Patmos is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, traditionally revered as the place where the apostle John received the visions recorded in the Book of Revelation.

A. Lesbos
Lesbos is a large Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and association with the poet Sappho.
B. Mount Athos
Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic peninsula in northern Greece renowned for its centuries-old Eastern Orthodox monasteries, spiritual heritage, and restricted access to male pilgrims.
C. Rhodes
Rhodes is a historically significant Greek island in the eastern Aegean, renowned for its medieval Old Town, ancient ruins, and role as a major cultural and trading hub in the Mediterranean.
D. Crete
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, known for its rich ancient Minoan heritage, diverse landscapes, and significant role in Mediterranean history and culture.
E. Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek island ⓘ island in the Aegean Sea ⓘ
area	approximately 34 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedPerson	Apostle John ⓘ John of Patmos ⓘ
associatedWork	Book of Revelation ⓘ
climate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
currency	euro ⓘ
governedAs	municipality of Patmos ⓘ
hasBay	Skala Bay ⓘ
hasCapital	Chora ⓘ
hasHarbor	Skala harbor ⓘ
hasMonastery	Monastery of Saint John the Theologian ⓘ
hasPort	Skala port ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Cave of the Apocalypse ⓘ
hasSettlement	Chora ⓘ Grikos ⓘ Skala ⓘ
heritageStatusReason	exceptional architectural ensemble of monastery, cave, and settlement of Chora ⓘ outstanding example of a traditional Greek Orthodox pilgrimage centre ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Aegean Sea ⓘ Dodecanese ⓘ South Aegean ⓘ surface form: South Aegean administrative region
locatedInArchipelago	Dodecanese ⓘ surface form: Dodecanese Islands
nearestMajorIsland	Leros ⓘ Samos ⓘ
notableFor	Byzantine and post-Byzantine architecture in Chora ⓘ monastic tradition ⓘ
partOf	Dodecanese ⓘ surface form: North Dodecanese island group
primaryReligion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousSignificance	Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ associated with John of Patmos ⓘ traditional site of the visions of the Book of Revelation ⓘ
shape	irregular with deeply indented coastline ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
transport	served by ferries from Piraeus ⓘ served by ferries from nearby Dodecanese islands ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1999 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Historic Centre of Chora with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse ⓘ

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