Saint Duthac
E593301
Saint Duthac was a medieval Scottish saint, particularly venerated in the Highlands and associated with miracles that made his shrine at Tain an important pilgrimage site.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Duthac canonical | 1 |
| Saint Duthac of Tain | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6419133 — 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 Duthac Context triple: [Tain, namedAfter, Saint Duthac]
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A.
Saint Cedd
Saint Cedd was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop known for his missionary work in Northumbria and the founding of monasteries such as Lastingham.
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B.
Saint Botwulf of Thorney
Saint Botwulf of Thorney was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint venerated as a patron of travelers and farmers, known for founding monasteries in eastern England.
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C.
Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
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D.
Saint Ludger
Saint Ludger was an 8th–9th century missionary bishop and founder of monasteries in northern Europe, venerated for his role in the Christianization of the Saxons and the region around Münster.
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E.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
- 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 Duthac Target entity description: Saint Duthac was a medieval Scottish saint, particularly venerated in the Highlands and associated with miracles that made his shrine at Tain an important pilgrimage site.
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A.
Saint Cedd
Saint Cedd was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon monk and bishop known for his missionary work in Northumbria and the founding of monasteries such as Lastingham.
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B.
Saint Botwulf of Thorney
Saint Botwulf of Thorney was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon abbot and saint venerated as a patron of travelers and farmers, known for founding monasteries in eastern England.
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C.
Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
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D.
Saint Ludger
Saint Ludger was an 8th–9th century missionary bishop and founder of monasteries in northern Europe, venerated for his role in the Christianization of the Saxons and the region around Münster.
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E.
Saint Willehad
Saint Willehad was an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary and the first Bishop of Bremen, known for his leading role in converting the Saxons to Christianity under Charlemagne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
medieval Scottish saint ⓘ |
| activeIn | Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Highland pilgrimage traditions
ⓘ
Ross ⓘ Tain ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | St Duthus Church, Tain ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | place-names in Tain area ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ |
| cultStatus | local saint ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| feastDay | 9 March ⓘ |
| hasCultCentre | Tain ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
miracles
ⓘ
pilgrimage site at Tain ⓘ |
| languageOfCult |
Latin
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Scottish Gaelic ⓘ |
| notableShrine | Tain ⓘ |
| patronage |
Ross-shire
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Tain ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfVeneration | Tain ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| shrineStatus | important pilgrimage destination in medieval Scotland ⓘ |
| title |
Saint Duthac of Tain
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linked to:
Saint Duthac
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| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Scotland ⓘ Scottish Highlands ⓘ |
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 Duthac Description of subject: Saint Duthac was a medieval Scottish saint, particularly venerated in the Highlands and associated with miracles that made his shrine at Tain an important pilgrimage site.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Duthac