Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

21 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_MONASTICISM"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
1796 Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT member_of Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Butler's Lives of the Saints: Anthony the Great (c. 251-356 CE) withdrew to the Egyptian desert and became the paradigmatic figure of Christian anchoritic monasticism. Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS approved  
1798 Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT member_of Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Butler's Lives of the Saints: Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-547 CE) founded the monastery at Monte Cassino and authored the Rule of Saint Benedict, the foundational document of Western monasticism. Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS approved  
3509 Seraphim of Sarov ENT_ORTH_SERAPHIM embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Monastic wonderworker and elder of Sarov. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3510 Sergius of Radonezh ENT_ORTH_SERGIUS embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Monastic founder and wonderworker of Radonezh. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3511 Simeon Stylites ENT_ORTH_SIMEON_STYLITES embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high The pillar-ascetic, archetype of extreme askesis. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3512 John Climacus ENT_ORTH_CLIMACUS teaches Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Author of the Ladder of Divine Ascent, teacher of monastic ascent. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3513 Mary of Egypt ENT_ORTH_MARY_EGYPT embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high The penitent desert ascetic, exemplar of repentance. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3514 Seraphim of Sarov ENT_ORTH_SERAPHIM member_of Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM medium Of the Orthodox monastic tradition. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
3798 Bernard of Clairvaux ENT_SAINT_BERNARD embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM medium Bernard, the great Cistercian monastic reformer. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
3799 Bruno of Cologne ENT_SAINT_BRUNO embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM medium Bruno, founder of the Carthusian eremitical life. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
3800 Romuald ENT_SAINT_ROMUALD embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM medium Romuald, founder of the Camaldolese. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
3801 Norbert of Xanten ENT_SAINT_NORBERT embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM low Norbert, founder of the Premonstratensian canons. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
3889 Martin of Tours ENT_CHR_MARTIN patron_of Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Founder of Gaulish monasticism Sulpicius Severus, Life of St Martin (Vita Martini), c. 397 CE SRC_SULPICIUS_VITA_MARTINI reviewed  
6116 Peter Damian ENT_LMW_PETER_DAMIAN embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Camaldolese hermit-reformer and exemplar of monastic austerity. David Hugh Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford University Press, 5th ed. 2011) SRC_FARMER_SAINTS reviewed  
6317 Nikodemos the Hagiorite ENT_ORTH_NIKODEMOS_HAGIORITE embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Nikodemos was an Athonite monk whose life embodied hesychast monasticism. The Philokalia (anthology of the hesychast Fathers), comp. 1782 SRC_PHILOKALIA reviewed  
6322 Ignatius Brianchaninov ENT_ORTH_IGNATIUS_BRIANCHANINOV embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Ignatius was a monastic reformer whose Arena systematizes patristic ascetic life. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
6337 John Maximovitch (of Shanghai and San Francisco) ENT_ORTH_JOHN_MAXIMOVITCH embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high John lived a strict ascetic-monastic episcopate. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
6338 Elizabeth Feodorovna ENT_ORTH_ELIZABETH_FEODOROVNA embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Elizabeth founded and led the Martha and Mary Convent, embodying the monastic-diaconal life. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
6341 Maria Skobtsova (Maria of Paris) ENT_ORTH_MARIA_SKOBTSOVA embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM medium Maria was a professed nun who reconceived monasticism as active social charity. The Synaxarion (the Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church) SRC_SYNAXARION reviewed  
7046 The Desert Fathers and Mothers ENT_DESERT_FATHERS embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high The desert fathers and mothers collectively embody and originate Christian monasticism (existing ENT_MONASTICISM, a Ritual/social category — not a deity). The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS reviewed  
7048 Pachomius the Great ENT_DESERT_PACHOMIUS embodies Monasticism ENT_MONASTICISM high Pachomius founded cenobitic (communal) monasticism, a core form of Christian monasticism (existing ENT_MONASTICISM, a Ritual/social category — not a deity). The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS reviewed  

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);