Apostle Philip
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Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philip the Apostle | 8 |
| Apostle Philip canonical | 6 |
| Saint Philip the Apostle | 6 |
| Philip the Evangelist | 1 |
| The Apostle Philip | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157273 — 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: Apostle Philip Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle Philip]
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A.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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B.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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C.
Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
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D.
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
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E.
Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
- 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: Apostle Philip Target entity description: Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
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A.
Apostle James the Greater
Apostle James the Greater was one of Jesus Christ’s Twelve Apostles, traditionally regarded as the son of Zebedee and brother of John, and is venerated as the patron saint of pilgrims, especially associated with the shrine of Santiago de Compostela.
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B.
Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
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C.
Apostle John
Apostle John was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of John, three New Testament epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
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D.
Apostle Paul
Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.
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E.
Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp of Smyrna was a 2nd-century Christian bishop and martyr, revered as an Apostolic Father for his direct connection to the apostles and his influential role in early Christian theology and church leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ apostle ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
John 12:20–22
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John 14:8–9 ⓘ John 1:43–51 ⓘ John 6:5–7 ⓘ |
| askedQuestionTo | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Andrew the Apostle
ⓘ
Apostle Bartholomew ⓘ
surface form:
Bartholomew the Apostle
Bethsaida ⓘ Hierapolis ⓘ Nathaniel ⓘ
surface form:
Nathanael
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Peter the Apostle
Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| basedIn | Galilee ⓘ |
| calledBy | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| deathCause | martyrdom (traditional) ⓘ |
| feastDay |
1 May (traditional Western)
ⓘ
14 November (Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ 3 May (with James the Less, some Western calendars) ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hometown | Bethsaida ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| nationality | Jewish ⓘ |
| occupation |
disciple
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| patronage |
Uruguay
ⓘ
hatters ⓘ pastry chefs ⓘ |
| possibleBurialPlace | Hierapolis ⓘ |
| questionContent | "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us" ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn |
Jesus' eschatological discourse
ⓘ
surface form:
Last Supper discourse
calling of Nathanael ⓘ feeding of the five thousand ⓘ introduction of Greek seekers to Jesus ⓘ |
| symbol |
basket
ⓘ
cross ⓘ loaves of bread ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apostle Philip Description of subject: Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, known from the New Testament for his role as an early follower and witness to Christ’s ministry and teachings.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Philip the Evangelist
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
subject surface form:
James the Less
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
The Apostle Philip
subject surface form:
Church of St. Philip and St. James in Sękowa
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Philip the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Philip the Apostle