Saint Finbarr
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Saint Finbarr is a 6th–7th century Irish bishop and hermit venerated as the patron saint of Cork, where he is credited with founding a monastic settlement that grew into the city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Finbarr canonical | 5 |
| Saint Finbarr of Cork | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9401215 — 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 Finbarr Context triple: [Eóganachta, associatedWithSaint, Saint Finbarr]
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A.
Saint Muredach
Saint Muredach is an early Irish Christian saint traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Killala and a foundational figure in the region’s ecclesiastical history.
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B.
Saint Diarmaid
Saint Diarmaid is an early Irish saint traditionally associated with Inchcleraun Island on Lough Ree, where he is believed to have founded a monastic settlement.
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C.
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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D.
Saint Colman of Stockerau
Saint Colman of Stockerau was an Irish pilgrim and martyr of the early 11th century who was venerated in Central Europe after his death near Vienna.
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E.
St Odhrán
St Odhrán is an early Irish saint traditionally associated with Iona and remembered as a patron of one of its oldest Christian burial grounds.
- 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 Finbarr Target entity description: Saint Finbarr is a 6th–7th century Irish bishop and hermit venerated as the patron saint of Cork, where he is credited with founding a monastic settlement that grew into the city.
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A.
Saint Muredach
Saint Muredach is an early Irish Christian saint traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Killala and a foundational figure in the region’s ecclesiastical history.
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B.
Saint Diarmaid
Saint Diarmaid is an early Irish saint traditionally associated with Inchcleraun Island on Lough Ree, where he is believed to have founded a monastic settlement.
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C.
Brendan of Clonfert
Brendan of Clonfert, also known as St. Brendan the Navigator, was a 6th-century Irish monk and legendary seafaring saint famed for his epic voyage in search of the "Isle of the Blessed."
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D.
Saint Colman of Stockerau
Saint Colman of Stockerau was an Irish pilgrim and martyr of the early 11th century who was venerated in Central Europe after his death near Vienna.
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E.
St Odhrán
St Odhrán is an early Irish saint traditionally associated with Iona and remembered as a patron of one of its oldest Christian burial grounds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian saint
ⓘ
Irish bishop ⓘ hermit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Barra
ⓘ
Finbar ⓘ
linked to:
Fionnbharr
Fionnbharra ⓘ
linked to:
Fionnbharr
|
| associatedWith |
Cork city
ⓘ
River Lee ⓘ |
| birthName | Lóchán ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County Cork
ⓘ
Munster ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | pre-congregation ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
6th century
ⓘ
7th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
ⓘ
linked to:
St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork
parishes dedicated to Saint Finbarr ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ireland ⓘ |
| cultCenter |
Cork
ⓘ
Gougane Barra ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| feastDay | 25 September ⓘ |
| founderOf | monastic settlement at Cork ⓘ |
| hasFeastIn |
Anglican liturgical calendar
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglican Communion liturgical calendars
Roman Catholic liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| hasIconographicAttribute |
bishop’s crozier
ⓘ
mitre ⓘ monastery ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfWorship |
Gougane Barra
ⓘ
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
|
| influenced | Christian monasticism in Munster ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Irish ⓘ |
| notableWork | foundation of a monastic settlement at Cork ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
hermit ⓘ monk ⓘ |
| patronSaintOf |
Cork
ⓘ
linked to:
Cork city
|
| placeOfDeath |
County Cork
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| region | Munster ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| traditionStatesThat | his monastery became the nucleus of the city of Cork ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
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 Finbarr Description of subject: Saint Finbarr is a 6th–7th century Irish bishop and hermit venerated as the patron saint of Cork, where he is credited with founding a monastic settlement that grew into the city.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint Finbarr