Valerius of Hippo
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Valerius of Hippo was a late 4th-century Christian bishop of Hippo Regius best known as the mentor and predecessor of Saint Augustine in the North African church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Valerius of Hippo canonical | 5 |
| Aurelius of Hippo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4303563 — 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: Valerius of Hippo Context triple: [Hippo Regius, notableBishop, Valerius of Hippo]
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A.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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B.
Tertullian
Tertullian was an early Christian theologian and writer from Carthage, known for his influential Latin apologetic and polemical works that helped shape Western Christian thought.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Paulinus of Aquileia
Paulinus of Aquileia was an 8th–9th century Italian bishop, theologian, and scholar closely associated with Charlemagne’s intellectual reforms and the Carolingian Renaissance.
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E.
Eusebius of Vercelli
Eusebius of Vercelli was a 4th-century bishop and staunch defender of Nicene orthodoxy who played a key role in opposing Arianism within the early Christian Church.
- 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: Valerius of Hippo Target entity description: Valerius of Hippo was a late 4th-century Christian bishop of Hippo Regius best known as the mentor and predecessor of Saint Augustine in the North African church.
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A.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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B.
Tertullian
Tertullian was an early Christian theologian and writer from Carthage, known for his influential Latin apologetic and polemical works that helped shape Western Christian thought.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Paulinus of Aquileia
Paulinus of Aquileia was an 8th–9th century Italian bishop, theologian, and scholar closely associated with Charlemagne’s intellectual reforms and the Carolingian Renaissance.
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E.
Eusebius of Vercelli
Eusebius of Vercelli was a 4th-century bishop and staunch defender of Nicene orthodoxy who played a key role in opposing Arianism within the early Christian Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian bishop
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North African bishop ⓘ late 4th-century bishop ⓘ |
| activePeriod | late 4th century ⓘ |
| approximateFloruit | c. 380–c. 395 ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Ambrose of Milan
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Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| denomination |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
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| diocese | Diocese of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalJurisdiction | Roman North Africa ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the mentor of Augustine of Hippo
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being the predecessor of Augustine of Hippo as bishop of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
North African church
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linked to:
North African Christian communities
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| mentorOf | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| occupation | bishop ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Catholic clergy ⓘ |
| successor | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hippo Regius
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North Africa ⓘ |
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: Valerius of Hippo Description of subject: Valerius of Hippo was a late 4th-century Christian bishop of Hippo Regius best known as the mentor and predecessor of Saint Augustine in the North African church.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.