Paulinus of Antioch
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Paulinus of Antioch was a 4th-century Christian bishop of Antioch who became a central figure in the Meletian schism due to his rival claim to the episcopal see.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Paulinus of Antioch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11363644 — 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: Paulinus of Antioch Context triple: [Meletian schism, hasParticipant, Paulinus of Antioch]
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Paulinus of Aquileia
Paulinus of Aquileia was an 8th–9th century Italian bishop, theologian, and scholar closely associated with Charlemagne’s intellectual reforms and the Carolingian Renaissance.
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Paulinus of Nola
Paulinus of Nola was a 4th–5th century Christian bishop, poet, and theologian known for his influential Latin writings and role in the development of Western monasticism.
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Pamphilus of Caesarea
Pamphilus of Caesarea was a 3rd–4th century Christian presbyter and scholar renowned for his biblical scholarship, his defense of Origen, and his influential library at Caesarea.
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Leontius of Caesarea
Leontius of Caesarea was an early Christian bishop of Caesarea who played a key role in the Armenian Church by ordaining Gregory the Illuminator, the future patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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E.
Numenius of Apamea
Numenius of Apamea was a 2nd-century Platonist philosopher whose synthesis of Platonism with Pythagorean and Eastern religious ideas helped lay important groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
- 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: Paulinus of Antioch Target entity description: Paulinus of Antioch was a 4th-century Christian bishop of Antioch who became a central figure in the Meletian schism due to his rival claim to the episcopal see.
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A.
Paulinus of Aquileia
Paulinus of Aquileia was an 8th–9th century Italian bishop, theologian, and scholar closely associated with Charlemagne’s intellectual reforms and the Carolingian Renaissance.
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B.
Paulinus of Nola
Paulinus of Nola was a 4th–5th century Christian bishop, poet, and theologian known for his influential Latin writings and role in the development of Western monasticism.
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C.
Pamphilus of Caesarea
Pamphilus of Caesarea was a 3rd–4th century Christian presbyter and scholar renowned for his biblical scholarship, his defense of Origen, and his influential library at Caesarea.
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D.
Leontius of Caesarea
Leontius of Caesarea was an early Christian bishop of Caesarea who played a key role in the Armenian Church by ordaining Gregory the Illuminator, the future patron saint and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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E.
Numenius of Apamea
Numenius of Apamea was a 2nd-century Platonist philosopher whose synthesis of Platonism with Pythagorean and Eastern religious ideas helped lay important groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century bishop
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Bishop of Antioch ⓘ Christian bishop ⓘ Late Antique Christian ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 4th century ⓘ |
| church | Church of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Meletian schism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dispute | succession to the episcopal see of Antioch ⓘ |
| disputedOffice | Bishop of Antioch ⓘ |
| episcopalSee | Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Patristic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRival | Meletius of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rival claim to the episcopal see of Antioch
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role in the Meletian schism ⓘ |
| opposedBy | supporters of Meletius of Antioch ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Antioch ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | central figure in the Meletian schism ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Antioch
NERFINISHED
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Meletius of Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorOf | earlier bishops of Antioch in a rival line ⓘ |
| theologicalContext | Arian controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Paulinus of Antioch 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: Paulinus of Antioch Description of subject: Paulinus of Antioch was a 4th-century Christian bishop of Antioch who became a central figure in the Meletian schism due to his rival claim to the episcopal see.
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