Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd
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Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd was a Russian Orthodox hierarch and one of the New Martyrs of the Soviet era, executed for his faith after the Bolshevik Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4181555 — 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: Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd Context triple: [New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, hasNotableMember, Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd]
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A.
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow was the first Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church after its restoration in 1917 and a leading religious figure who opposed Bolshevik persecution, later venerated as a saint.
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B.
Archimandrite Ignaty
Archimandrite Ignaty was a Russian cleric and architect known for designing the richly decorated, neo-Russian style Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg.
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C.
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow was a powerful early 17th-century Russian church leader and statesman who effectively co-ruled the country during the reign of his son, Tsar Mikhail I, helping to restore stability after the Time of Troubles.
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D.
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was a 17th-century Russian Orthodox leader whose liturgical reforms and conflicts with the tsar helped trigger the major schism that divided the Russian Church into official and Old Believer factions.
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E.
Patriarch Porfirije
Patriarch Porfirije is the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious leader in Serbia and the wider Orthodox Christian world.
- 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: Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd Target entity description: Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd was a Russian Orthodox hierarch and one of the New Martyrs of the Soviet era, executed for his faith after the Bolshevik Revolution.
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A.
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow
Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow was the first Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church after its restoration in 1917 and a leading religious figure who opposed Bolshevik persecution, later venerated as a saint.
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B.
Archimandrite Ignaty
Archimandrite Ignaty was a Russian cleric and architect known for designing the richly decorated, neo-Russian style Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg.
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C.
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow was a powerful early 17th-century Russian church leader and statesman who effectively co-ruled the country during the reign of his son, Tsar Mikhail I, helping to restore stability after the Time of Troubles.
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D.
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
Patriarch Nikon of Moscow was a 17th-century Russian Orthodox leader whose liturgical reforms and conflicts with the tsar helped trigger the major schism that divided the Russian Church into official and Old Believer factions.
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E.
Patriarch Porfirije
Patriarch Porfirije is the current head of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a prominent religious leader in Serbia and the wider Orthodox Christian world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian martyr
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox bishop ⓘ New Martyr ⓘ Russian Orthodox hierarch ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Petrograd
ⓘ
linked to:
Leningrad
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Bolshevik Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Revolution
confiscation of church property in early Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| birthName | Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | glorified as a saint ⓘ |
| canonizationType | New Martyr and Confessor of Russia ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| charge | counter-revolutionary activity ⓘ |
| commemorationDay |
August 13 (N.S.)
ⓘ
July 31 (O.S.) ⓘ |
| convictedBy |
Revolutionary Tribunal of Petrograd
ⓘ
linked to:
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1873-04-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1922-08-13 ⓘ |
| education |
Nizhny Novgorod Theological Seminary
ⓘ
Saint Petersburg Theological Academy ⓘ |
| era |
Soviet era
ⓘ
post-Revolutionary Russia ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
bishop
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix |
Metropolitan
ⓘ
Saint ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution by shooting ⓘ |
| memberOf | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| monasticName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
martyrdom under the early Soviet regime
ⓘ
opposition to Bolshevik confiscation of church valuables ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nimenshty village, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Petrograd, Russian SFSR
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
|
| positionHeld |
Metropolitan of Gdov
ⓘ
Metropolitan of Petrograd ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | first Orthodox bishop executed by the Soviet authorities ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodoxy
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| title | Hieromartyr Benjamin ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | New Martyr of the Russian Church ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd Description of subject: Metropolitan Benjamin of Petrograd was a Russian Orthodox hierarch and one of the New Martyrs of the Soviet era, executed for his faith after the Bolshevik Revolution.
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