Heraclius of Hippo
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Heraclius of Hippo was a 5th-century North African Christian bishop best known as the successor to Augustine of Hippo in the see of Hippo Regius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heraclius of Hippo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6259182 — 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: Heraclius of Hippo Context triple: [Bishop of Hippo Regius, succeededBy, Heraclius of Hippo]
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A.
Valerius of Hippo
Valerius of Hippo was a late 4th-century Christian bishop of Hippo Regius best known as the mentor and predecessor of Saint Augustine in the North African church.
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B.
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Apollinaris of Laodicea was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop known for his influential yet later-condemned Christological views that gave rise to the doctrine called Apollinarianism.
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C.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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D.
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
Theodoret of Cyrrhus was a 5th-century Syrian bishop, theologian, and prolific ecclesiastical writer known for his role in the Christological controversies of the early Byzantine Church.
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E.
Nazianzus
Nazianzus was an ancient town in Cappadocia, in what is now central Turkey, known primarily as the home of early Christian figures such as Gregory of Nazianzus and his family.
- 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: Heraclius of Hippo Target entity description: Heraclius of Hippo was a 5th-century North African Christian bishop best known as the successor to Augustine of Hippo in the see of Hippo Regius.
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A.
Valerius of Hippo
Valerius of Hippo was a late 4th-century Christian bishop of Hippo Regius best known as the mentor and predecessor of Saint Augustine in the North African church.
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B.
Apollinaris of Laodicea
Apollinaris of Laodicea was a 4th-century Christian theologian and bishop known for his influential yet later-condemned Christological views that gave rise to the doctrine called Apollinarianism.
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C.
Evagrius Ponticus
Evagrius Ponticus was a 4th-century Christian monk and theologian known for his influential teachings on asceticism, prayer, and the analysis of sinful thoughts in early Eastern monasticism.
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D.
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
Theodoret of Cyrrhus was a 5th-century Syrian bishop, theologian, and prolific ecclesiastical writer known for his role in the Christological controversies of the early Byzantine Church.
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E.
Nazianzus
Nazianzus was an ancient town in Cappadocia, in what is now central Turkey, known primarily as the home of early Christian figures such as Gregory of Nazianzus and his family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century Christian
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Christian bishop ⓘ North African bishop ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | not widely venerated as a saint ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalJurisdiction | Diocese of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Later bishops of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Roman province of Africa
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linked to:
Roman North Africa
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| memberOf |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
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| notableFor |
being successor to Augustine of Hippo
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episcopal leadership in Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| occupation | bishop ⓘ |
| partOf |
North African Church
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linked to:
North African Christian communities
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| placeOfWork |
Hippo Regius
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North Africa ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| predecessor | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousTitle | bishop ⓘ |
| residence | Hippo Regius ⓘ |
| successorOf | Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
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: Heraclius of Hippo Description of subject: Heraclius of Hippo was a 5th-century North African Christian bishop best known as the successor to Augustine of Hippo in the see of Hippo Regius.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.