Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg
E420807
Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg is a medieval German hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, venerated for his piety and miracles and honored as the city’s principal saint.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4202682 — 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 Sebaldus of Nuremberg Context triple: [St. Sebaldus Church, namedAfter, Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg]
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Bruno of Cologne
Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German cleric and mystic who founded the Carthusian Order, becoming venerated as its principal saint.
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B.
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg was a German nobleman and church reformer who became Pope Leo IX, a leading figure of the 11th-century Gregorian Reform movement.
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C.
Johann von Bergen
Johann von Bergen was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Mont Maudit.
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D.
Saint Adalbert of Prague
Saint Adalbert of Prague was a 10th-century Bohemian bishop and missionary martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of Central Europe.
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E.
John of Görlitz
John of Görlitz was a 14th-century German prince of the House of Luxembourg who held the title of Duke of Görlitz and was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
- 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 Sebaldus of Nuremberg Target entity description: Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg is a medieval German hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, venerated for his piety and miracles and honored as the city’s principal saint.
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A.
Bruno of Cologne
Bruno of Cologne was an 11th-century German cleric and mystic who founded the Carthusian Order, becoming venerated as its principal saint.
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B.
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg
Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg was a German nobleman and church reformer who became Pope Leo IX, a leading figure of the 11th-century Gregorian Reform movement.
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C.
Johann von Bergen
Johann von Bergen was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Mont Maudit.
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D.
Saint Adalbert of Prague
Saint Adalbert of Prague was a 10th-century Bohemian bishop and missionary martyr venerated as one of the principal patron saints of Central Europe.
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E.
John of Görlitz
John of Görlitz was a 14th-century German prince of the House of Luxembourg who held the title of Duke of Görlitz and was a son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
hermit ⓘ medieval person ⓘ patron saint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sebalder Altstadt
ⓘ
surface form:
Sankt Sebald
Sebaldus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Franconia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nuremberg civic identity ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg ONNED1 ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
local liturgical celebrations
ⓘ
processions in Nuremberg ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| cultStatus | local patron saint ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important figure in Nuremberg civic religion
ⓘ
symbol of Nuremberg’s medieval heritage ⓘ |
| devotionalPractice | pilgrimage to his shrine in Nuremberg ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feastDay |
19 August
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August 19 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter | St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
lived as a hermit near Nuremberg
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performed miracles among the people of Nuremberg ⓘ was of noble or foreign origin ⓘ |
| hasPlaceNamedAfter |
Sebalder Platz, Nuremberg
ⓘ
St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasShrine |
St. Sebaldus Church
ⓘ
surface form:
Sebaldus shrine in St. Sebaldus Church, Nuremberg
|
| honoredAs | city’s principal saint of Nuremberg ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a hermit
ⓘ
depicted as a pilgrim ⓘ often shown with Nuremberg cityscape ⓘ |
| influenced | religious life of Nuremberg ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
miracles
ⓘ
piety ⓘ |
| occupation | hermit ⓘ |
| patronage | Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration | Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalSaintOf | Nuremberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Bavaria ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| title | Saint ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Lutheranism
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surface form:
Lutheran Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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Input
Subject: Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg Description of subject: Saint Sebaldus of Nuremberg is a medieval German hermit and patron saint of Nuremberg, venerated for his piety and miracles and honored as the city’s principal saint.
Referenced by (2)
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