Possidius of Calama
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Possidius of Calama was a 5th-century North African bishop, close friend and biographer of Saint Augustine, known for his work "Vita Augustini" and his defense of Augustine’s teachings.
All labels observed (1)
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| Possidius of Calama canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11091695 — 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: Possidius of Calama Context triple: [Order of Saint Augustine, hasNotableMember, Possidius of Calama]
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Valerius of Saragossa
Valerius of Saragossa was a 4th-century bishop of Zaragoza in Roman Hispania, venerated as a Christian saint and known as the mentor and companion of the martyr Saint Vincent of Saragossa.
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Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae
Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae was a 5th-century Gallaecian bishop and chronicler whose Latin chronicle is a key source for the history of the late Roman Empire and early Germanic kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula.
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Sulpicius
Sulpicius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the gens to which the emperor Galba belonged.
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Orosius
Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.
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Eusebi
Eusebi is a Catalan given name most notably borne by Eusebi Güell, the industrialist patron of architect Antoni Gaudí.
- 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: Possidius of Calama Target entity description: Possidius of Calama was a 5th-century North African bishop, close friend and biographer of Saint Augustine, known for his work "Vita Augustini" and his defense of Augustine’s teachings.
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A.
Valerius of Saragossa
Valerius of Saragossa was a 4th-century bishop of Zaragoza in Roman Hispania, venerated as a Christian saint and known as the mentor and companion of the martyr Saint Vincent of Saragossa.
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B.
Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae
Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae was a 5th-century Gallaecian bishop and chronicler whose Latin chronicle is a key source for the history of the late Roman Empire and early Germanic kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula.
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C.
Sulpicius
Sulpicius is the Roman family name (nomen) of the gens to which the emperor Galba belonged.
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D.
Orosius
Orosius was a 5th-century Christian historian and theologian, best known for his work "Historiarum Adversus Paganos," which defended Christianity by interpreting Roman and world history through a providential lens.
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E.
Eusebi
Eusebi is a Catalan given name most notably borne by Eusebi Güell, the industrialist patron of architect Antoni Gaudí.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian bishop
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Late Antique author ⓘ Latin Church writer ⓘ biographer ⓘ friend of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calama (Guelma)
NERFINISHED
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Hippo Regius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| church | Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 4th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 5th century ⓘ |
| describedInWork |
Augustine’s writings
ⓘ
death of Augustine of Hippo ⓘ life of Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Numidia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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hagiography ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Vita Augustini
NERFINISHED
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defending Augustine’s teachings ⓘ writing the biography of Augustine of Hippo ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Latin Church Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Indiculus of Augustine’s writings
NERFINISHED
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Vita Augustini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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bishop ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| opposed |
Donatism
NERFINISHED
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Pelagianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Councils against Donatism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Calama
NERFINISHED
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North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Calama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Roman North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformationOn |
Augustine’s final years
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Augustine’s library and writings ⓘ |
| studentOf | Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedDoctrineOf | Augustine of Hippo GENERATED ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | Augustinianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteAbout | Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Possidius of Calama Description of subject: Possidius of Calama was a 5th-century North African bishop, close friend and biographer of Saint Augustine, known for his work "Vita Augustini" and his defense of Augustine’s teachings.
Referenced by (1)
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