Saint Valentine
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Saint Valentine is a Christian martyr and legendary figure most widely known as the patron saint of love, whose feast day on February 14 inspired the modern celebration of Valentine’s Day.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Valentine canonical | 14 |
| Saint Valentine of Terni | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5045828 — 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 Valentine Context triple: [Valentine, associatedWith, Saint Valentine]
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A.
Saint Vitalis
Saint Vitalis is a Christian martyr venerated as a saint, traditionally associated with early persecutions of the Church and honored in various churches bearing his name.
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B.
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.
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C.
Saint Chrysogonus
Saint Chrysogonus is an early Christian martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, particularly associated with Rome and honored as the patron of the ancient titular church of San Crisogono.
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D.
Saint Zeno
Saint Zeno is a Christian saint traditionally venerated as a bishop and martyr, especially associated with the city of Verona and invoked as a protector against floods and dangers.
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E.
Saint Roch
Saint Roch is a Christian saint venerated as a protector against plagues and epidemics, often depicted as a pilgrim with a dog and a leg wound.
- 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 Valentine Target entity description: Saint Valentine is a Christian martyr and legendary figure most widely known as the patron saint of love, whose feast day on February 14 inspired the modern celebration of Valentine’s Day.
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A.
Saint Vitalis
Saint Vitalis is a Christian martyr venerated as a saint, traditionally associated with early persecutions of the Church and honored in various churches bearing his name.
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B.
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.
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C.
Saint Chrysogonus
Saint Chrysogonus is an early Christian martyr venerated in the Catholic Church, particularly associated with Rome and honored as the patron of the ancient titular church of San Crisogono.
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D.
Saint Zeno
Saint Zeno is a Christian saint traditionally venerated as a bishop and martyr, especially associated with the city of Verona and invoked as a protector against floods and dangers.
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E.
Saint Roch
Saint Roch is a Christian saint venerated as a protector against plagues and epidemics, often depicted as a pilgrim with a dog and a leg wound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian martyr
ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Valentine's Day
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courtly love ⓘ exchange of gifts on February 14 ⓘ exchange of love letters ⓘ romantic love ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | liturgical celebrations on February 14 ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
hagiographies
ⓘ
medieval poetry ⓘ popular folklore ⓘ |
| cultDeveloped | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| cultFlourished | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| deathCause | martyrdom ⓘ |
| diedIn | Rome ⓘ |
| diedUnder |
Roman Empire
ⓘ
persecution of Christians ⓘ |
| feastDay | February 14 ⓘ |
| hasFeastIn |
General Roman Calendar (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
General Roman Calendar
|
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| inspired | modern celebration of Valentine's Day ⓘ |
| legend |
defied an imperial ban on marriage for soldiers
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healed the blind daughter of his jailer ⓘ performed secret Christian marriages ⓘ sent a farewell note signed 'from your Valentine' ⓘ |
| nameDay | February 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfHistoricalFiguresAssociated | multiple ⓘ |
| patronage |
beekeepers
ⓘ
engaged couples ⓘ epilepsy ⓘ happy marriages ⓘ love ⓘ |
| possibleOccupation |
bishop
ⓘ
priest ⓘ |
| reasonForRemovalFromCalendar | historical uncertainty ⓘ |
| relicsClaimedAt |
Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin, Rome
ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ Terni ⓘ other European churches ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| removedFromGeneralRomanCalendar | 1969 ⓘ |
| symbol |
birds
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hearts ⓘ roses ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Church ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
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 Valentine Description of subject: Saint Valentine is a Christian martyr and legendary figure most widely known as the patron saint of love, whose feast day on February 14 inspired the modern celebration of Valentine’s Day.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Valentine
subject linked to:
Valentyne (archaic English form)
linked to: Saint Valentine
subject linked to:
Valentín (Spanish)
subject linked to:
Church of Saint Valentine