Saint Illtyd
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Saint Illtyd was a prominent 5th–6th century Welsh saint and monastic founder traditionally regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Christian teachers in Wales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Illtyd canonical | 6 |
| Saint Illtud | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5946043 — 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 Illtyd Context triple: [St Illtyd’s Church, Neath, namedAfter, Saint Illtyd]
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A.
Saint Cenydd
Saint Cenydd is a medieval Welsh saint traditionally associated with the Gower Peninsula and venerated as the patron of Llangennith.
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B.
Saint Curig
Saint Curig is a medieval Welsh saint, traditionally regarded as a missionary or church founder in Wales and remembered as the patron of several churches and localities.
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C.
Hywel Dda
Hywel Dda was a 10th-century Welsh king renowned for codifying Welsh law and uniting much of Wales under his rule.
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D.
Saint Ninian
Saint Ninian was an early Christian missionary and bishop, traditionally credited with bringing Christianity to parts of what is now Scotland in the late 4th or early 5th century.
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E.
Saint Piran
Saint Piran is a 5th-century Irish-born saint venerated as the patron of tin miners and one of the most important saints of Cornwall, symbolized by the black-and-white Cornish flag associated with him.
- 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 Illtyd Target entity description: Saint Illtyd was a prominent 5th–6th century Welsh saint and monastic founder traditionally regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Christian teachers in Wales.
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A.
Saint Cenydd
Saint Cenydd is a medieval Welsh saint traditionally associated with the Gower Peninsula and venerated as the patron of Llangennith.
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B.
Saint Curig
Saint Curig is a medieval Welsh saint, traditionally regarded as a missionary or church founder in Wales and remembered as the patron of several churches and localities.
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C.
Hywel Dda
Hywel Dda was a 10th-century Welsh king renowned for codifying Welsh law and uniting much of Wales under his rule.
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D.
Saint Ninian
Saint Ninian was an early Christian missionary and bishop, traditionally credited with bringing Christianity to parts of what is now Scotland in the late 4th or early 5th century.
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E.
Saint Piran
Saint Piran is a 5th-century Irish-born saint venerated as the patron of tin miners and one of the most important saints of Cornwall, symbolized by the black-and-white Cornish flag associated with him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Christian teacher ⓘ Welsh saint ⓘ monastic founder ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Llantwit Major monastery
ⓘ
early Christian education in Wales ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | pre-congregation ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Wales ⓘ |
| culture | Welsh ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Vita Sancti Illtuti
ⓘ
medieval Welsh hagiographies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Welsh ⓘ |
| feastDay | 7 November ⓘ |
| floruit |
5th century
ⓘ
6th century ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter | Llantwit Major ⓘ |
| hasPlaceNamedAfter |
Llanilltud
ⓘ
Llantwit Fardre ⓘ Llantwit Major ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the earliest Christian teachers in Wales
ⓘ
founding an influential monastic school ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ |
| movement | Celtic Christianity ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Saint David
ⓘ
Saint Gildas ⓘ
linked to:
Gildas
Saint Paul Aurelian ⓘ Saint Samson of Dol ⓘ |
| notableWork |
establishment of a monastic school at Llantwit Major
ⓘ
founding of the monastery at Llantwit Major ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbot
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ monk ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Glamorgan
ⓘ
Llantwit Major ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleIn | Christianization of Wales ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Sub-Roman Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
sub-Roman Britain
|
| tradition | early Welsh monasticism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Celtic Christian traditions ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
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 Illtyd Description of subject: Saint Illtyd was a prominent 5th–6th century Welsh saint and monastic founder traditionally regarded as one of the earliest and most influential Christian teachers in Wales.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
St Illtud’s church
linked to: Saint Illtyd
linked to: Saint Illtyd
linked to: Saint Illtyd