Luke the Evangelist
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Luke the Evangelist is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and a companion of the Apostle Paul in the early Christian Church.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luke the Evangelist canonical | 20 |
| Saint Luke | 11 |
| Saint Luke the Evangelist | 3 |
| Evangelist Luke | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T207456 — 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: Luke the Evangelist Context triple: [Acts of the Apostles, traditionalAuthor, Luke the Evangelist]
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A.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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
- 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: Luke the Evangelist Target entity description: Luke the Evangelist is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and a companion of the Apostle Paul in the early Christian Church.
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A.
Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, traditionally identified as a former tax collector and the author of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
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New Testament figure ⓘ biblical writer ⓘ evangelist ⓘ gospel author ⓘ |
| actsPosition | fifth book in the New Testament ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Achaia
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Antioch ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Rome ⓘ Thebes ⓘ seventy disciples ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre | synoptic gospel ⓘ |
| attributedRole |
companion of missionary journeys of Paul
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historian of the early Church ⓘ |
| companionOf |
Apostle Paul
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surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| deathDate | traditionally 1st century ⓘ |
| deathPlace | traditionally Thebes, Greece ⓘ |
| describedAs | the beloved physician ⓘ |
| feastDay | 18 October ⓘ |
| gospelPosition | third gospel in the New Testament ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Luke the Evangelist
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Saint Luke
|
| languageOfWriting | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Timothy 4:11
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Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ
surface form:
Colossians 4:14
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Pauline epistles
Philemon 1:24 ⓘ |
| name | Luke ⓘ |
| patronage |
artists
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bachelors ⓘ butchers ⓘ physicians ⓘ surgeons ⓘ |
| profession | physician ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| symbol | winged ox ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
concern for the poor and marginalized
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joy ⓘ role of the Holy Spirit ⓘ universal salvation ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthorOf |
Acts of the Apostles
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Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| traditionHolds |
Gentile Christian
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never personally met Jesus ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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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
|
| workFormsPartOf |
New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament canon
|
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: Luke the Evangelist Description of subject: Luke the Evangelist is traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Luke and a companion of the Apostle Paul in the early Christian Church.
Referenced by (35)
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Evangelist Luke
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Saint Luke the Evangelist
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke
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Saint Luke the Evangelist
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Saint Luke the Evangelist