Saint Michael
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Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, revered as a protector, leader of the heavenly hosts, and vanquisher of evil.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T398539 — 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 Michael Context triple: [Order of St Michael and St George, namedAfter, Saint Michael]
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
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Saint George of Lydda
Saint George of Lydda is a Christian martyr and legendary soldier-saint, best known as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England and various other regions.
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Saint Vitus
Saint Vitus is a Christian martyr and one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, traditionally invoked for protection against neurological disorders and known for his association with the so-called "St. Vitus' dance."
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E.
Archangel
Archangel is a historic Russian port city on the White Sea that served as a major northern gateway for European trade before the rise of St. Petersburg.
- 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 Michael Target entity description: Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, revered as a protector, leader of the heavenly hosts, and vanquisher of evil.
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A.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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B.
St. George
St. George is a waterfront neighborhood on the northeastern tip of Staten Island in New York City, known for its ferry terminal, civic buildings, and views of the Manhattan skyline.
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C.
Saint George of Lydda
Saint George of Lydda is a Christian martyr and legendary soldier-saint, best known as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England and various other regions.
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D.
Saint Vitus
Saint Vitus is a Christian martyr and one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, traditionally invoked for protection against neurological disorders and known for his association with the so-called "St. Vitus' dance."
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E.
Archangel
Archangel is a historic Russian port city on the White Sea that served as a major northern gateway for European trade before the rise of St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angel
ⓘ
archangel ⓘ religious figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Saint Michael
ⓘ
surface form:
Archangel Michael
Saint Michael ⓘ
surface form:
Michael the Archangel
Saint Michael ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
St Michael ⓘ
surface form:
St. Michael
|
| appearsIn |
Bible
ⓘ
Book of Daniel ⓘ Book of Revelation ⓘ Epistle of Jude ⓘ Islamic tradition ⓘ Jewish apocalyptic literature ⓘ Quran ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Michaelsberg (Germany)
ⓘ
Mont-Saint-Michel ⓘ
surface form:
Mont-Saint-Michel (France)
Monte Sant'Angelo (Italy) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
exorcism
ⓘ
judgment ⓘ protection from evil ⓘ spiritual warfare ⓘ |
| devotion |
Chaplet of Saint Michael
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Prayer to Saint Michael ⓘ Scapular of Saint Michael ⓘ |
| feastDay |
12 July (some Eastern traditions)
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29 September ⓘ 8 November (Eastern Orthodox) ⓘ |
| gender | male (traditional depiction) ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Saint ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted as a winged warrior
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often shown defeating a dragon or demon ⓘ often shown holding scales of justice ⓘ |
| immortality | immortal spiritual being ⓘ |
| inIslamicTradition |
angel of mercy
ⓘ
one of the four archangels ⓘ provider of nourishment and rain ⓘ |
| inJewishTradition | guardian angel of Israel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
casting down the dragon in Revelation
ⓘ
defeating Satan ⓘ interceding for the faithful ⓘ protecting the people of God ⓘ |
| liturgicalEvent | Michaelmas ⓘ |
| patronage |
grocers
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paramedics ⓘ paratroopers ⓘ police ⓘ sailors ⓘ soldiers ⓘ the dying ⓘ the sick ⓘ |
| positionInHeavenlyHierarchy |
chief of the archangels
ⓘ
leader of the army of God ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
defender of the Church
ⓘ
guardian of souls at the hour of death ⓘ leader of the heavenly hosts ⓘ patron of paramedics ⓘ patron of police officers ⓘ patron of soldiers ⓘ patron of the sick and suffering ⓘ protector ⓘ warrior against evil ⓘ weigher of souls ⓘ |
| symbol |
armor
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dragon underfoot ⓘ scales ⓘ shield ⓘ sword ⓘ |
| title |
archistrategos
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one of the chief princes ⓘ prince of the heavenly host ⓘ protector of Israel ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Islam (as the angel Mikail or Mīkāl) ⓘ Judaism (as the angel Michael) ⓘ Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Churches
Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
some other Protestant traditions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Michael Description of subject: Saint Michael is an archangel in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, revered as a protector, leader of the heavenly hosts, and vanquisher of evil.
Referenced by (191)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Erzengel Michael
subject surface form:
St. Michael’s Church (Fürth)
this entity surface form:
archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
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Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
subject surface form:
Order of St Michael and St George
subject surface form:
Order of St Michael and St George
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Mikha'el
subject surface form:
Troupes de marine
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
subject surface form:
Cathedral of San Miguel Arcángel (Orizaba)
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Saint Michael the Archangel
this entity surface form:
Michael is name of an archangel in Abrahamic religions
subject surface form:
St. Michaelis-Kirche (Fürth)
this entity surface form:
Archangel Michael
this entity surface form:
Mikha'el