Domingo de Salazar
E238162
Domingo de Salazar was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the first bishop of Manila and played a key role in establishing the Catholic Church in the Philippines in the late 16th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Domingo de Salazar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2138366 — 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: Domingo de Salazar Context triple: [Manila Cathedral, firstBishop, Domingo de Salazar]
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A.
L’heure espagnole
L’heure espagnole is a one-act comic opera by Maurice Ravel, known for its witty farcical plot and richly colorful orchestration.
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B.
Dieciséis de Septiembre
Dieciséis de Septiembre is the Spanish name for Mexico’s Independence Day, commemorating the 1810 uprising that began the country’s struggle for independence from Spain.
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C.
La de Bringas
La de Bringas is a realist novel by Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós that satirically portrays Madrid’s bourgeois society and courtly intrigues during the reign of Queen Isabella II.
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D.
La Gallega
La Gallega is an alternative name for the Santa María, the largest of Christopher Columbus’s three ships on his first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
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E.
El Caminero
El Caminero is a major southern terminal station of Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit system.
- 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: Domingo de Salazar Target entity description: Domingo de Salazar was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the first bishop of Manila and played a key role in establishing the Catholic Church in the Philippines in the late 16th century.
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A.
L’heure espagnole
L’heure espagnole is a one-act comic opera by Maurice Ravel, known for its witty farcical plot and richly colorful orchestration.
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B.
Dieciséis de Septiembre
Dieciséis de Septiembre is the Spanish name for Mexico’s Independence Day, commemorating the 1810 uprising that began the country’s struggle for independence from Spain.
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C.
La de Bringas
La de Bringas is a realist novel by Spanish author Benito Pérez Galdós that satirically portrays Madrid’s bourgeois society and courtly intrigues during the reign of Queen Isabella II.
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D.
La Gallega
La Gallega is an alternative name for the Santa María, the largest of Christopher Columbus’s three ships on his first voyage to the Americas in 1492.
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E.
El Caminero
El Caminero is a major southern terminal station of Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic bishop
ⓘ
Christian missionary ⓘ Dominican friar ⓘ Roman Catholic bishop of Manila ⓘ Spanish person ⓘ |
| activity | evangelization in the Philippines ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ |
| appointmentYearAsBishopOfManila | 1579 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic missions in Asia
ⓘ
Spanish colonial government in the Philippines ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
La Rioja
ⓘ
surface form:
La Rioja, Spain
|
| birthYear | 1512 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| church |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
|
| colonialContext | Spanish East Indies ⓘ |
| consecrationYear | 1581 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1594 ⓘ |
| diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalProvince | Province of Manila ⓘ |
| endOfTermAsBishopOfManila | 1594 ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Spanish colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Philippines
ⓘ
subsequent bishops of Manila ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy against abuses by Spanish colonists
ⓘ
being the first bishop of Manila ⓘ defending the rights of indigenous Filipinos ⓘ helping establish the Catholic Church in the Philippines ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOfOrder | Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| notableEvent | participation in early synods in Manila ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Madrid
ⓘ
surface form:
Madrid, Spain
|
| positionHeld |
Archbishop of Manila
ⓘ
surface form:
Bishop of Manila
|
| predecessorAsBishopOfManila | none (first bishop of Manila) ⓘ |
| regionOfMissionaryWork |
Luzon
ⓘ
Manila ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder |
Dominican friars
ⓘ
surface form:
Dominican Order
|
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
| roleInPhilippines |
early promoter of social justice for natives
ⓘ
pioneer of organized diocesan structure ⓘ |
| startOfTermAsBishopOfManila | 1581 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in Philippine church history ⓘ |
| successorAsBishopOfManila | Ignacio de Santibáñez ⓘ |
| title | Most Reverend ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Domingo de Salazar Description of subject: Domingo de Salazar was a Spanish Dominican friar who became the first bishop of Manila and played a key role in establishing the Catholic Church in the Philippines in the late 16th century.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.