Sequence of Saint Eulalia
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The Sequence of Saint Eulalia is a 9th-century Old French religious poem, often considered one of the earliest known literary texts in the French language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sequence of Saint Eulalia canonical | 1 |
| torture of Saint Eulalia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T824557 — 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: Sequence of Saint Eulalia Context triple: [Ludwigslied, relatedWork, Sequence of Saint Eulalia]
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A.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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B.
Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of medieval Catholic saints especially invoked together for protection and aid against various diseases and dangers.
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C.
Saint Reparata
Saint Reparata is a Christian virgin martyr venerated particularly in the Mediterranean region, regarded as a patron saint of Nice and celebrated for her steadfast faith and miraculous legends.
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D.
Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
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E.
Council of Elvira
The Council of Elvira was an early 4th-century Christian synod in Hispania notable for its strict disciplinary canons and insight into the moral and social concerns of the pre-Nicene Church.
- 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: Sequence of Saint Eulalia Target entity description: The Sequence of Saint Eulalia is a 9th-century Old French religious poem, often considered one of the earliest known literary texts in the French language.
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A.
Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia is a locality or frazione within the municipality of Predappio in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
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B.
Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of medieval Catholic saints especially invoked together for protection and aid against various diseases and dangers.
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C.
Saint Reparata
Saint Reparata is a Christian virgin martyr venerated particularly in the Mediterranean region, regarded as a patron saint of Nice and celebrated for her steadfast faith and miraculous legends.
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D.
Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
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E.
Council of Elvira
The Council of Elvira was an early 4th-century Christian synod in Hispania notable for its strict disciplinary canons and insight into the moral and social concerns of the pre-Nicene Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old French poem
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hagiographic text ⓘ liturgical sequence ⓘ medieval literary work ⓘ religious poem ⓘ |
| anonymous | true ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 880–882 ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Carolingian Renaissance ⓘ |
| author | unknown ⓘ |
| contains | Latin prose account of Saint Eulalia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of the Franks
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surface form:
Frankish Empire
|
| date | 9th century ⓘ |
| features |
Christian didactic themes
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early Old French vocabulary ⓘ transition from Latin to vernacular ⓘ |
| folio | f. 141v ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
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religious poetry ⓘ |
| importance |
early example of vernacular religious poetry
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one of the earliest known texts in the French language ⓘ one of the earliest literary texts in Old French ⓘ |
| language | Old French ⓘ |
| length | 29 lines ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French literature ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse | sequence chant ⓘ |
| manuscript |
Codex 150, Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes
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surface form:
Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 150
|
| meter | irregular syllabic verse ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Saint Eulalia of Mérida
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surface form:
martyrdom of Saint Eulalia
Sequence of Saint Eulalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
torture of Saint Eulalia
trial of Saint Eulalia ⓘ |
| originalPurpose |
devotional use
ⓘ
liturgical performance ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Northern France ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Saint-Amand Abbey ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | assonantal rhyme ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Mérida ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Romance linguistics
ⓘ
history of the French language ⓘ medieval French philology ⓘ |
| subject | Saint Eulalia of Mérida ⓘ |
| topic |
Christian martyrdom
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Christian sainthood ⓘ |
| verseForm | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Carolingian minuscule
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surface form:
Caroline minuscule
|
| writtenInContextOf | Carolingian Empire ⓘ |
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Subject: Sequence of Saint Eulalia Description of subject: The Sequence of Saint Eulalia is a 9th-century Old French religious poem, often considered one of the earliest known literary texts in the French language.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
torture of Saint Eulalia