Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT,SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS,scholarly attestation Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT Butler’s Lives of the Saints SRC_BUTLER_SAINTS scholarly attestation Attested in Butler's Lives of the Saints.
ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT,SRC_CATHOLIC_ENCYCLOPEDIA_SAINTS,reference attestation Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT Catholic Encyclopedia saints entries SRC_CATHOLIC_ENCYCLOPEDIA_SAINTS reference attestation entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia
ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT,SRC_CATHOLIC_ENCYCLOPEDIA_SAINTS,scholarly attestation Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT Catholic Encyclopedia saints entries SRC_CATHOLIC_ENCYCLOPEDIA_SAINTS scholarly attestation Attested in Catholic Encyclopedia.
ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT,SRC_DDD_CHRISTIAN,scholarly attestation Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible SRC_DDD_CHRISTIAN scholarly attestation Attested in Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, Christian entries.
ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT,SRC_GREGORY_DIALOGUES,direct attestation Benedict of Nursia ENT_SAINT_BENEDICT Gregory the Great, Dialogues, Book II (Life of St Benedict), c. 593 CE SRC_GREGORY_DIALOGUES direct attestation Gregory the Great, Dialogues Book II (c. 593), the Life of St Benedict.

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);