Salus
E650053
Salus is the Roman goddess of health, well-being, and public welfare, closely associated with the protection and prosperity of the state.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Salus canonical | 2 |
| vicus Salutis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7225924 — 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: Salus Context triple: [Hygieia, romanEquivalent, Salus]
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A.
Clementia
Clementia is a feminine given name of Latin origin associated with the virtue of mercy and clemency.
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B.
Fidenza
Fidenza is a town in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, known for its historic center and Romanesque cathedral.
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C.
Camillus
Camillus is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) most famously borne by the statesman and general Marcus Furius Camillus, celebrated as a second founder of Rome.
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D.
Spes Bona
Spes Bona is the Latin motto of the University of Cape Town, meaning "Good Hope" and reflecting the institution’s historical and regional identity.
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E.
Ascea
Ascea is a coastal town in southern Italy’s Cilento region, known for its beaches, archaeological sites, and proximity to the ancient city of Elea (Velia).
- 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: Salus Target entity description: Salus is the Roman goddess of health, well-being, and public welfare, closely associated with the protection and prosperity of the state.
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A.
Clementia
Clementia is a feminine given name of Latin origin associated with the virtue of mercy and clemency.
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B.
Fidenza
Fidenza is a town in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, known for its historic center and Romanesque cathedral.
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C.
Camillus
Camillus is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) most famously borne by the statesman and general Marcus Furius Camillus, celebrated as a second founder of Rome.
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D.
Spes Bona
Spes Bona is the Latin motto of the University of Cape Town, meaning "Good Hope" and reflecting the institution’s historical and regional identity.
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E.
Ascea
Ascea is a coastal town in southern Italy’s Cilento region, known for its beaches, archaeological sites, and proximity to the ancient city of Elea (Velia).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman goddess
ⓘ
deity ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Roman coins
ⓘ
imperial coinage ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Aesculapius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hygieia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
prosperity of the Roman state
ⓘ
protection of the Roman state ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Quirinal Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
| domain |
health
ⓘ
public welfare ⓘ safety of the state ⓘ well-being ⓘ |
| equivalentTo | Greek goddess Hygieia ⓘ |
| festival |
August 5
ⓘ
Salus festival on the Quirinal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| iconography |
feeding a snake from a patera
ⓘ
seated female figure ⓘ |
| latinNameMeaning | health ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
salus populi Romani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
salus publica ⓘ |
| pantheon | Roman pantheon ⓘ |
| parent | Aesculapius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ritualContext |
vows for the health of the emperor
ⓘ
vows for the safety of the state ⓘ |
| role |
guardian of public health
ⓘ
guardian of the safety of the state ⓘ protector of the Roman people ⓘ protector of the emperor ⓘ |
| symbol |
altar
ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ patera ⓘ sceptre ⓘ snake ⓘ |
| templeDedicated | 302 BC ⓘ |
| templeLocation |
Quirinal Hill
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipPeriod |
Imperial Rome
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshipType |
domestic cult
ⓘ
public cult ⓘ state cult ⓘ |
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: Salus Description of subject: Salus is the Roman goddess of health, well-being, and public welfare, closely associated with the protection and prosperity of the state.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
vicus Salutis