Silvanus
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Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Silvanus canonical | 10 |
| Silvanus (Silas) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2294473 — 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: Silvanus Context triple: [First Epistle to the Thessalonians, coAuthorMentioned, Silvanus]
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A.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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B.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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C.
Iacomus
Iacomus is a Latin given name, historically used as a form of James or Jacob in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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D.
Arimanes
Arimanes is a powerful supernatural spirit or ruler of the infernal realms who appears in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred" as a dark, commanding presence.
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E.
Janus
Janus is the Roman god of beginnings, transitions, and doorways, typically depicted with two faces looking to the past and the future.
- 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: Silvanus Target entity description: Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
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A.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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B.
Laelianus
Laelianus was a short-lived usurper emperor of the breakaway Gallic Empire in the 3rd century Roman crisis.
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C.
Iacomus
Iacomus is a Latin given name, historically used as a form of James or Jacob in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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D.
Arimanes
Arimanes is a powerful supernatural spirit or ruler of the infernal realms who appears in Lord Byron’s dramatic poem "Manfred" as a dark, commanding presence.
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E.
Janus
Janus is the Roman god of beginnings, transitions, and doorways, typically depicted with two faces looking to the past and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ early Christian missionary ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Peter the Apostle
Timothy ⓘ |
| associatedWithCommunity |
Corinthian Christians
ⓘ
Thessalonian Christians ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | venerated in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf |
First Epistle to the Thessalonians
ⓘ
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ |
| coWorkerOf |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Peter the Apostle
Timothy ⓘ |
| describedAs | faithful brother ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Silas ⓘ |
| identifiedWith | Silas of the Book of Acts ⓘ |
| imprisonedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| languageContext |
Koine Greek New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek New Testament
|
| literaryRole | secretary or amanuensis for First Peter (traditional view) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
First Epistle of Peter ⓘ First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| praisedBy |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form:
Peter the Apostle
|
| preachedIn |
Berea
ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ Macedonia region ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonia
Salonika ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
Christian leader
ⓘ
companion of Paul the Apostle ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition | New Testament ⓘ |
| testifiedTo | gospel of God ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| tookPartIn | Paul's second missionary journey ⓘ |
| traveledWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
Timothy ⓘ |
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: Silvanus Description of subject: Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Titus
this entity surface form:
Silvanus (Silas)