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)'}

8 rows where object_entity_id = "ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
3087 Athanasius of Alexandria ENT_ORTH_ATHANASIUS aligned_with Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT high Athanasius wrote the Life of Antony, founding text of monastic hagiography. Athanasius of Alexandria, Life of Antony (Vita Antonii), c. 360 CE SRC_ATHANASIUS_LIFE_ANTONY reviewed  
7049 Macarius the Great (Macarius the Egyptian) ENT_DESERT_MACARIUS taught_by Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT medium Tradition and the Apophthegmata present Macarius the Great as a disciple of Anthony the Great (existing ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT). The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS reviewed  
7052 Sisoes (Abba Sisoes) ENT_DESERT_SISOES taught_by Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT low Sisoes settled on Anthony the Great's inner mountain after Anthony's death, presenting himself as heir to Anthony's ascetic place and tradition. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Apophthegmata Patrum), trans. Benedicta Ward, Cistercian Publications, rev. ed. 1984 SRC_WARD_SAYINGS reviewed  
7070 Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian) ENT_SYR_ISAAC_NINEVEH aligned_with Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT medium Isaac of Nineveh's ascetical mysticism stands in the desert-monastic tradition typified by Anthony the Great. Wilhelm Baum & Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (Routledge, 2003) SRC_BAUM_WINKLER_COTE reviewed  
7094 Frumentius (Abba Selama) ENT_ETH_FRUMENTIUS taught_by Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT low Ethiopian monasticism traces its ideals to Egyptian Antonian/Pachomian asceticism mediated through Alexandria, the see that consecrated Frumentius; lineage-of-influence, not personal pupillage. ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT verified to exist. Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed  
7095 The Nine Saints ENT_ETH_NINE_SAINTS taught_by Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT low The Nine Saints introduced Egyptian-style monasticism deriving from the Antonian/Pachomian tradition into Ethiopia. ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT verified to exist. Stuart Munro-Hay, Aksum: An African Civilisation of Late Antiquity SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed  
7113 Pachomius the Great ENT_COP_PACHOMIUS reception_of Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT medium Pachomian cenobitism develops the Egyptian eremitic ideal pioneered by Anthony the Great, the model anchorite (Davis); object verified to exist in DB. Stephen J. Davis, The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (American University in Cairo Press, 2004) SRC_DAVIS_EARLY_COPTIC_PAPACY reviewed  
7114 Macarius of Egypt ENT_COP_MACARIUS reception_of Anthony the Great ENT_SAINT_ANTHONY_ABBOT medium Macarius of Egypt is portrayed in the Apophthegmata as carrying forward the desert ascetic tradition founded by Anthony the Great; object verified to exist in DB. Stephen J. Davis, The Early Coptic Papacy: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership in Late Antiquity (American University in Cairo Press, 2004) SRC_DAVIS_EARLY_COPTIC_PAPACY 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]);