Holy Innocents

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Christian martyrs New Testament figures group of biblical figures infant boys of Bethlehem

Holy Innocents are the infant boys of Bethlehem who, according to the New Testament, were killed by King Herod in an attempt to eliminate the newborn Jesus and are venerated as early Christian martyrs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Innocents canonical	9
Sancti Innocentes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4767580 — 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: Holy Innocents
Context triple: [Massacre of the Innocents, victimsDescribedAs, Holy Innocents]

A. All Souls Chapel
All Souls Chapel is a side chapel within the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, used for prayer, reflection, and liturgical services for the faithful departed.
B. Grey Friars
Grey Friars were members of the Franciscan religious order, known for their grey habits and commitment to poverty and preaching throughout medieval Europe.
C. All Saints, Margaret Street
All Saints, Margaret Street is a landmark Victorian Gothic Revival Anglican church in London renowned for its richly ornamented architecture and influential role in the High Church movement.
D. Our Lady on the Broad Way
Our Lady on the Broad Way is a Marian title venerated in Rome, associated with the Virgin Mary as patroness of the ancient thoroughfare where the Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata stands.
E. Our Lady of the Martyrs
Our Lady of the Martyrs is a Marian title in Catholic tradition honoring the Virgin Mary in connection with the suffering and sacrifice of Christian martyrs.
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: Holy Innocents
Target entity description: Holy Innocents are the infant boys of Bethlehem who, according to the New Testament, were killed by King Herod in an attempt to eliminate the newborn Jesus and are venerated as early Christian martyrs.

A. All Souls Chapel
All Souls Chapel is a side chapel within the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, used for prayer, reflection, and liturgical services for the faithful departed.
B. Grey Friars
Grey Friars were members of the Franciscan religious order, known for their grey habits and commitment to poverty and preaching throughout medieval Europe.
C. All Saints, Margaret Street
All Saints, Margaret Street is a landmark Victorian Gothic Revival Anglican church in London renowned for its richly ornamented architecture and influential role in the High Church movement.
D. Our Lady on the Broad Way
Our Lady on the Broad Way is a Marian title venerated in Rome, associated with the Virgin Mary as patroness of the ancient thoroughfare where the Basilica of Santa Maria in Via Lata stands.
E. Our Lady of the Martyrs
Our Lady of the Martyrs is a Marian title in Catholic tradition honoring the Virgin Mary in connection with the suffering and sacrifice of Christian martyrs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian martyrs ⓘ New Testament figures ⓘ group of biblical figures ⓘ infant boys of Bethlehem ⓘ
ageGroup	infants ⓘ
associatedWith	Christmas season ⓘ Nativity of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Nativity of Christ
commemoratedAs	first martyrs for Christ ⓘ
commemoratedBy	special Masses and liturgical offices ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Christian liturgical calendars ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Feast of the Holy Innocents ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
eventAssociatedWith	Massacre of the Innocents ⓘ
feastAlsoCalled	Childermas ⓘ Innocents’ Day ⓘ
feastDay	27 December (in some Eastern traditions) ⓘ 28 December ⓘ 29 December (in some Eastern traditions) ⓘ
feastIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran churches ⓘ Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
gender	male ⓘ
historicalStatus	event debated by some modern historians ⓘ
iconography	depicted as infants or small children being slain by soldiers ⓘ
killedBecauseOf	attempt to kill the newborn Jesus ⓘ
killedBy	Herod the Great ⓘ
killedIn	Bethlehem ⓘ Judea ⓘ
languageName_en	Holy Innocents ⓘ
languageName_es	Santos Inocentes ⓘ
languageName_fr	Saints Innocents ⓘ linked to: Feast of the Holy Innocents
languageName_it	Santi Innocenti ⓘ
languageName_la	Sancti Innocentes ⓘ linked to: Holy Innocents
liturgicalColor	red (in Western liturgy) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Matthew 2:16–18 ⓘ
number	not specified in the Bible ⓘ
patronage	children ⓘ unborn children ⓘ victims of violence ⓘ
propheticallyLinkedTo	Jeremiah 31:15 ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	witnesses to Christ by their deaths ⓘ
traditionalTitle	Infant Martyrs of Bethlehem ⓘ linked to: Massacre of the Innocents Innocents of Bethlehem ⓘ linked to: The Triumph of the Innocents
veneratedAs	martyrs ⓘ saints ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ