Coroticus
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Coroticus was a 5th-century British warlord or king, known primarily as the target of Saint Patrick’s denunciatory letter condemning his soldiers for raiding and enslaving Irish Christians.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coroticus canonical | 2 |
| Corotic | 1 |
| Coroticus of Alt Clut | 1 |
| Coroticus, a British ruler | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3775641 — 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.
Target entity: Coroticus Context triple: [Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus, associatedPerson, Coroticus]
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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C.
Óengus I of the Picts
Óengus I of the Picts was an 8th-century king who forged one of the most powerful Pictish kingdoms in early medieval Scotland through military conquest and political dominance.
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D.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
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E.
Eochaid of Scotland
Eochaid of Scotland was a late 9th-century king traditionally associated with the House of Alpin, whose brief and disputed reign forms part of the early medieval history of the Scottish monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Coroticus Target entity description: Coroticus was a 5th-century British warlord or king, known primarily as the target of Saint Patrick’s denunciatory letter condemning his soldiers for raiding and enslaving Irish Christians.
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A.
Causantín mac Fergusa
Causantín mac Fergusa was an early 9th-century king of the Picts whose reign marked a significant stage in the formation of the medieval kingdom that would become Scotland.
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B.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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C.
Óengus I of the Picts
Óengus I of the Picts was an 8th-century king who forged one of the most powerful Pictish kingdoms in early medieval Scotland through military conquest and political dominance.
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D.
Conchobhar
Conchobhar is an ancient Irish given name, famously borne by legendary kings and heroes in early Irish mythology and literature.
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E.
Eochaid of Scotland
Eochaid of Scotland was a late 9th-century king traditionally associated with the House of Alpin, whose brief and disputed reign forms part of the early medieval history of the Scottish monarchy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ warlord ⓘ |
| allegedCrime |
killing of newly baptized Christians
ⓘ
slave raiding ⓘ |
| associatedWith | soldiers of Coroticus ⓘ |
| conflict | raids on Christian communities in Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
sub-Roman Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Sub-Roman Britain
|
| describedIn |
Letter to the soldiers of Coroticus
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surface form:
Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus
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| ethnicGroup | Briton ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century ⓘ |
| genreOfSources | Christian polemical letter ⓘ |
| hasCorrespondent | Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
sub-Roman Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Sub-Roman Britain
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| historicalRegion |
Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Britain
|
| historicity | partly uncertain ⓘ |
| impact | evidence for early Irish Christianity and British-Irish relations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being denounced by Saint Patrick
ⓘ
raids against Irish Christians ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Brittonic ⓘ |
| moralEvaluationBySaintPatrick |
apostate
ⓘ
tyrant ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Ceretic
ⓘ
Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Corotic
Coroticus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Coroticus of Alt Clut
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| notableEvent |
enslavement of Irish Christians
ⓘ
raids on Ireland ⓘ |
| notableWork | raid on Irish Christians ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
ⓘ
warlord ⓘ |
| opponent | Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ruler ⓘ |
| possibleAssociation | Alt Clut ⓘ |
| possibleTitle | king of the Britons ⓘ |
| primarySourceLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| source |
Confessio of Saint Patrick
ⓘ
surface form:
writings of Saint Patrick
|
| subjectOf | scholarly debate on identification with Ceretic of Alt Clut ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Coroticus Description of subject: Coroticus was a 5th-century British warlord or king, known primarily as the target of Saint Patrick’s denunciatory letter condemning his soldiers for raiding and enslaving Irish Christians.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.