Saint Erc
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Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Erc canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3775697 — 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: Saint Erc Context triple: [Hill of Slane, associatedPerson, Saint Erc]
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A.
Saint Botvid
Saint Botvid was an 11th–12th century Swedish Christian missionary and martyr venerated as a local saint, particularly associated with the region around present-day Botkyrka.
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B.
Saint Eustace
Saint Eustace is a legendary Christian martyr and patron saint, often depicted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers, venerated for his steadfast faith amid trials.
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C.
Saint Arnulf of Metz
Saint Arnulf of Metz was a 7th-century Frankish bishop and statesman venerated as a saint and regarded as an early forefather of the Carolingian line.
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D.
Saint Audomar
Saint Audomar, also known as Saint Omer, was a 7th-century Frankish bishop and missionary credited with evangelizing the region around present-day Saint-Omer in northern France.
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E.
Saint William of Gellone
Saint William of Gellone was an 8th–9th century Frankish nobleman, cousin of Charlemagne, and celebrated warrior-monk who became a Benedictine abbot and later a prominent figure in medieval legend and hagiography.
- 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: Saint Erc Target entity description: Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
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A.
Saint Botvid
Saint Botvid was an 11th–12th century Swedish Christian missionary and martyr venerated as a local saint, particularly associated with the region around present-day Botkyrka.
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B.
Saint Eustace
Saint Eustace is a legendary Christian martyr and patron saint, often depicted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers, venerated for his steadfast faith amid trials.
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C.
Saint Arnulf of Metz
Saint Arnulf of Metz was a 7th-century Frankish bishop and statesman venerated as a saint and regarded as an early forefather of the Carolingian line.
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D.
Saint Audomar
Saint Audomar, also known as Saint Omer, was a 7th-century Frankish bishop and missionary credited with evangelizing the region around present-day Saint-Omer in northern France.
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E.
Saint William of Gellone
Saint William of Gellone was an 8th–9th century Frankish nobleman, cousin of Charlemagne, and celebrated warrior-monk who became a Benedictine abbot and later a prominent figure in medieval legend and hagiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian missionary
ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ Irish bishop ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hill of Slane
ⓘ
Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 5th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Irish ecclesiastical tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Saint Patrick ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish people ⓘ |
| genre | hagiography ⓘ |
| hasCultIn | Ireland ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Christianization of Ireland
ⓘ
linked to:
Christianization of the British Isles
|
| hasTitle | Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Irish
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Hill of Slane
ⓘ
early Irish Christian mission ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ |
| partOf | early Irish church ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration |
County Meath
ⓘ
Hill of Slane ⓘ |
| positionHeld | bishop in Ireland ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| tradition | Irish Christian tradition ⓘ |
| traditionallyLinkedTo | Hill of Slane ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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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: Saint Erc Description of subject: Saint Erc was an early Irish Christian bishop and missionary traditionally linked to the Hill of Slane and known as a disciple of Saint Patrick.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.