Saint Simon
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Saint Simon, also known as Simon the Zealot or Simon the Cananaean, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Simon canonical | 4 |
| St. Simon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6048497 — 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 Simon Context triple: [Simon the Cananaean, alsoKnownAs, Saint Simon]
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A.
Saint Eustace
Saint Eustace is a legendary Christian martyr and patron saint, often depicted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers, venerated for his steadfast faith amid trials.
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B.
Saint Regulus
Saint Regulus is a legendary early Christian figure, traditionally associated with bringing the relics of Saint Andrew to Scotland and venerated as a patron saint in that region.
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C.
Siméon
Siméon is the given name of Siméon Denis Poisson, the influential French mathematician and physicist known for major contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics.
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D.
Saint Emigdio
Saint Emigdio is a Christian saint traditionally venerated as a protector against earthquakes and natural disasters.
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E.
Saint Alexander
Saint Alexander is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic tradition, historically honored as a martyr and patron in various churches and regions.
- 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 Simon Target entity description: Saint Simon, also known as Simon the Zealot or Simon the Cananaean, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
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A.
Saint Eustace
Saint Eustace is a legendary Christian martyr and patron saint, often depicted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers, venerated for his steadfast faith amid trials.
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B.
Saint Regulus
Saint Regulus is a legendary early Christian figure, traditionally associated with bringing the relics of Saint Andrew to Scotland and venerated as a patron saint in that region.
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C.
Siméon
Siméon is the given name of Siméon Denis Poisson, the influential French mathematician and physicist known for major contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics.
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D.
Saint Emigdio
Saint Emigdio is a Christian saint traditionally venerated as a protector against earthquakes and natural disasters.
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E.
Saint Alexander
Saint Alexander is a Christian saint venerated in the Catholic tradition, historically honored as a martyr and patron in various churches and regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apostle
ⓘ
Biblical person ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Saint Jude ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Christian liturgy ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Simon Peter
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Peter
Simon of Cyrene ⓘ Simon the brother of Jesus ⓘ |
| epithetInterpretedAs |
member of the Zealot movement
ⓘ
zealous for the Law ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning |
Cananaean
ⓘ
Zealot ⓘ |
| feastDay |
10 May (some Eastern traditions)
ⓘ
28 October (Western tradition, with Saint Jude) ⓘ |
| followerOf | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalWritings | none ⓘ |
| hasName |
Saint Simon the Apostle
ⓘ
linked to:
Apostle Simon the Zealot
Simon Zelotes ⓘ Simon the Cananaean ⓘ Simon the Zealot ⓘ |
| languageOfEpithet |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ |
| listedAmong |
apostles in Acts 1
ⓘ
apostles in Luke 6 ⓘ apostles in Mark 3 ⓘ apostles in Matthew 10 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Twelve Apostles ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nationalityTraditionally | Jewish ⓘ |
| partOf | apostolic foundation of the Church ⓘ |
| regionActive | ancient Judea ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
apostolic missionary
ⓘ
disciple of Jesus ⓘ |
| symbol |
boat
ⓘ
fish ⓘ saw ⓘ |
| traditionallyMartyredIn | Persia ⓘ |
| traditionallyMartyredWith | Saint Jude ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Lutheran Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Lutheranism
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to:
Oriental Orthodoxy
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 Simon Description of subject: Saint Simon, also known as Simon the Zealot or Simon the Cananaean, is one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.