Apostle Paul

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Christian apostle Christian theologian New Testament figure biblical author early Christian missionary

Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Paul the Apostle	168
Saint Paul the Apostle	78
Apostle Paul canonical	42
Saul of Tarsus	5
Paulus	3
apostle Paul	3
Apostle to the Gentiles	2
Paul	2
Apostle Paul (according to New Testament)	1
Christian apostle Paul	1
Paul, Apostle of Christ	1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus	1
Paul, an apostle	1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus	1
Paul, the Apostle, Saint	1
Paulus, der Apostel Jesu Christi	1
The Apostle Paul	1
the Apostle Paul	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34999 — 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: Apostle Paul
Context triple: [Jesus Christ, influenced, Apostle Paul]

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
C. Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles is a New Testament book that narrates the early history, missionary work, and growth of the Christian church after Jesus’s resurrection and ascension.
D. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
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: Apostle Paul
Target entity description: Apostle Paul was an early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters form a significant portion of the New Testament and profoundly shaped Christian doctrine.

A. Paul
Paul is a masculine given name of Latin origin, widely used in many Western and Christian-influenced cultures.
B. Apostle Peter
Apostle Peter was one of Jesus Christ’s closest disciples and a foundational leader of the early Christian Church, traditionally regarded as the first Pope.
C. Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles is a New Testament book that narrates the early history, missionary work, and growth of the Christian church after Jesus’s resurrection and ascension.
D. Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
E. Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is believed by Christians to be the incarnate Son of God and the Savior of humanity whose life, death, and resurrection are the foundation of the Christian faith.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian apostle ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ New Testament figure ⓘ biblical author ⓘ early Christian missionary ⓘ
activityRegion	Asia Minor ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Greece ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Rome ⓘ Syria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ surface form: Saint Paul Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Saul of Tarsus
appealedTo	Julius Caesar ⓘ surface form: Caesar
associatedWith	Apostle Peter ⓘ Barnabas ⓘ Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth Luke the Evangelist ⓘ Silas ⓘ Timothy ⓘ Titus ⓘ
birthPlace	Asia Minor ⓘ surface form: Cilicia Tarsus ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
conversionEvent	experience on the road to Damascus ⓘ
convertedFrom	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
deathCause	martyrdom ⓘ
deathMethod	beheading ⓘ
diedIn	Rome ⓘ
disputedAuthorshipOf	Epistle to Titus ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ Epistle to the Ephesians ⓘ First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
feastDay	June 29 ⓘ
feastDaySharedWith	Apostle Peter ⓘ surface form: Saint Peter
imprisonedIn	Caesarea Maritima ⓘ Philippi ⓘ Rome ⓘ
influenced	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Christian doctrine of justification ⓘ Christian doctrine of the Church ⓘ John Calvin ⓘ Martin Luther ⓘ
knownFor	influence on Christian theology ⓘ letters in the New Testament ⓘ missionary journeys in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ teaching on grace ⓘ teaching on justification by faith ⓘ teaching on the body of Christ ⓘ
languageSpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
occupation	tentmaker ⓘ
patronage	missionaries ⓘ theologians ⓘ writers ⓘ
persecuted	early Christians before his conversion ⓘ
possibleAuthorshipOf	Letter to the Hebrews ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Hebrews
religion	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCorpus	Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline epistles
subjectOf	Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
taughtDoctrine	Christian freedom from the Mosaic Law ⓘ indwelling of the Holy Spirit ⓘ justification by faith in Christ ⓘ resurrection of the dead ⓘ salvation by grace ⓘ unity of Jews and Gentiles in Christ ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
wrote	Epistle to Philemon ⓘ Epistle to Titus ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Colossians Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Ephesians Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Galatians Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Philippians Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Epistle to the Romans First Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: First Epistle to the Corinthians First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ Second Epistle to Timothy ⓘ Second Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Grace → emphasizedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

subject surface form: Grace (Christian theology)

Pauline Epistles → attributedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Paul → hasVariant → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paulus

Paul → popularizedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Acts of the Apostles → featuresCharacter → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Apostle Paul → alsoKnownAs → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Apostle Paul → alsoKnownAs → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saul of Tarsus

Gospel of Luke → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

São Paulo → namedAfter → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Letter to the Hebrews → traditionalAuthor → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Antiochian Orthodox Church → claimsApostolicFoundationBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Orthodox Church of Cyprus → claimsApostolicFoundationBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Romans → traditionallyAttributedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Titus → attributedAuthor → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Titus → traditionalAuthor → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Ignatius of Antioch → influencedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

St Paul's Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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St Paul's Cathedral → namedAfter → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → dedicatedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Pól → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Paweł → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Council of Jerusalem → attendedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Barnabas → collaboratesWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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James the brother of Jesus → sourceAttesting → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Antioch → associatedWithPerson → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Gospels and Acts → focusesOnPerson → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Caesarea Maritima → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

Pablo → derivedFrom → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paulus

Luke the Evangelist → companionOf → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → dedicatedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Apostles' Fast → especiallyHonors → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Luke → companionOf → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Paolo → associatedWithSaint → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Cathedral of Saint Paul → dedicatedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Cathedral of Saint Paul → namedAfter → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Münster Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Paul the Apostle

Saint Timothy → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Saint Timothy → mentor → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Timothy → discipleOf → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Timothy → closeAssociateOf → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Timothy → travelCompanionOf → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Timothy → appointedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Timothy → circumcisedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Timothy → receivedLettersFrom → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Lydia → convertedBy → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Lydia → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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St. Paul Monastery → namedAfter → Apostle Paul ⓘ

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Silas → associatedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

Silas → imprisonedWith → Apostle Paul ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul the Apostle

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