Pseudo-Isidore
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Pseudo-Isidore is the conventional name given to the anonymous ninth-century forger responsible for a major collection of fabricated papal decretals that profoundly influenced medieval canon law.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pseudo-Isidore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21031665 — 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: Pseudo-Isidore Context triple: [Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, compilerAttributedTo, Pseudo-Isidore]
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A.
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville was a 7th-century Spanish scholar, theologian, and Archbishop of Seville, best known for compiling the encyclopedic work "Etymologiae," which preserved much of classical knowledge for the medieval world.
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B.
Amalarius of Metz
Amalarius of Metz was a prominent 9th-century Carolingian liturgist and theologian whose influential writings and reforms helped shape the medieval Western Church’s liturgical practices.
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C.
St. Isidore
St. Isidore is a small rural community located within Russell County in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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D.
Paul the Deacon
Paul the Deacon was an 8th-century Lombard monk, historian, and scholar best known for his "History of the Lombards" and his influential role in the intellectual life of the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Isidore
Isidore is the given first name of the French philosopher and sociologist Auguste Comte, founder of positivism.
- 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: Pseudo-Isidore Target entity description: Pseudo-Isidore is the conventional name given to the anonymous ninth-century forger responsible for a major collection of fabricated papal decretals that profoundly influenced medieval canon law.
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A.
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville was a 7th-century Spanish scholar, theologian, and Archbishop of Seville, best known for compiling the encyclopedic work "Etymologiae," which preserved much of classical knowledge for the medieval world.
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B.
Amalarius of Metz
Amalarius of Metz was a prominent 9th-century Carolingian liturgist and theologian whose influential writings and reforms helped shape the medieval Western Church’s liturgical practices.
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C.
St. Isidore
St. Isidore is a small rural community located within Russell County in the Canadian province of Ontario.
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D.
Paul the Deacon
Paul the Deacon was an 8th-century Lombard monk, historian, and scholar best known for his "History of the Lombards" and his influential role in the intellectual life of the early Middle Ages.
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E.
Isidore
Isidore is the given first name of the French philosopher and sociologist Auguste Comte, founder of positivism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.