Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
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Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jude the Apostle | 9 |
| Judas Thaddaeus | 4 |
| Jude Thaddaeus | 4 |
| Jude Thaddeus | 3 |
| Saint Thaddeus | 3 |
| Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) canonical | 1 |
| St. Jude Thaddaeus | 1 |
| St. Jude Thaddeus | 1 |
| Thaddaeus the Apostle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157278 — 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 Thaddeus (Jude) Context triple: [Last Supper, hasParticipant, Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)]
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Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
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B.
Apostle Thomas
Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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C.
Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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Apostle Philip
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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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.
- 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 Thaddeus (Jude) Target entity description: Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
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A.
Apostle Bartholomew
Apostle Bartholomew is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, traditionally identified with Nathanael in the New Testament and venerated as a missionary and martyr in Christian tradition.
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B.
Apostle Thomas
Apostle Thomas, also known as "Doubting Thomas," was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, best known for initially doubting Jesus’ resurrection until he personally saw and touched Christ’s wounds.
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C.
Apostle James the Less
Apostle James the Less is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the son of Alphaeus and remembered as a close disciple present at key events in Jesus’ ministry.
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D.
Apostle Philip
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian apostle
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New Testament figure ⓘ biblical person ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apostle Thaddeus (Jude)
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surface form:
Judas Thaddaeus
Apostle James the Less ⓘ
surface form:
Judas of James
Jude ⓘ Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) ⓘ
surface form:
Jude Thaddeus
St. Jude ⓘ Thaddaeus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Mesopotamia (by later tradition)
Syria ⓘ
surface form:
Syria (by later tradition)
early Christian missions ⓘ |
| attributedWork | Epistle of Jude ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus |
saint in some Lutheran traditions
ⓘ
saint in the Anglican Communion ⓘ saint in the Catholic Church ⓘ saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ saint in the Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
All Saints’ Day
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surface form:
All Saints' Day in many Christian traditions
|
| familyRelation |
called "brother of James" in the New Testament
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often identified as a relative of Jesus ⓘ |
| feastDay |
19 June (Armenian Apostolic Church, with St. Bartholomew)
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19 June (some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 28 October (Roman Catholic Church, with Simon the Zealot) ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | red (in Western Christian iconography, as a martyr) ⓘ |
| martyrdom | traditionally believed to have been martyred ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| patronage |
desperate causes
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hopeless cases ⓘ lost causes ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role | one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus ⓘ |
| symbol |
axe
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boat ⓘ club ⓘ image of Christ (the Holy Face) ⓘ |
| traditionallyIdentifiedAsAuthorOf | Epistle of Jude ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
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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 Thaddeus (Jude) Description of subject: Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, traditionally identified as the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude and venerated as a patron saint of desperate and lost causes in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Saint Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Judas Thaddaeus
this entity surface form:
Jude Thaddeus
subject surface form:
Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
subject surface form:
Simon the Zealot
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Judas Thaddaeus
this entity surface form:
Jude Thaddaeus
this entity surface form:
St. Jude Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude the Apostle
this entity surface form:
Jude Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Judas Thaddaeus
this entity surface form:
Jude Thaddaeus
this entity surface form:
Jude Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Saint Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Saint Thaddeus
this entity surface form:
Thaddaeus the Apostle