Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
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Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French Catholic priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, recognized as the patron saint of teachers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Baptist de La Salle | 4 |
| Jean-Baptiste de La Salle canonical | 2 |
| Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle | 2 |
| Saint John Baptist de La Salle | 2 |
| St. John Baptist de La Salle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3118494 — 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.
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Context triple: [Collège d’Harcourt, educated, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle]
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Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Saint Marcellin Champagnat was a 19th-century French Catholic priest and educator who founded a religious congregation devoted to teaching and supporting young people, especially the poor.
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Robert de Sorbon
Robert de Sorbon was a 13th-century French theologian and chaplain to King Louis IX who founded the Sorbonne college in Paris, which became a renowned center of theological and academic study.
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C.
Edward Sorin
Edward Sorin was a 19th-century French Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who established the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and played a central role in its early development.
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D.
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
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E.
Armand Seguin
Armand Seguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter associated with the Pont-Aven circle around Paul Gauguin, known for his synthetist style and bold use of color.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French Catholic priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, recognized as the patron saint of teachers.
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A.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Saint Marcellin Champagnat was a 19th-century French Catholic priest and educator who founded a religious congregation devoted to teaching and supporting young people, especially the poor.
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B.
Robert de Sorbon
Robert de Sorbon was a 13th-century French theologian and chaplain to King Louis IX who founded the Sorbonne college in Paris, which became a renowned center of theological and academic study.
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C.
Edward Sorin
Edward Sorin was a 19th-century French Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross who established the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and played a central role in its early development.
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D.
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
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E.
Armand Seguin
Armand Seguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter associated with the Pont-Aven circle around Paul Gauguin, known for his synthetist style and bold use of color.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Catholic saint ⓘ educational reformer ⓘ founder of religious institute ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 67 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
ⓘ
surface form:
John Baptist de La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
|
| beatifiedBy | Pope Leo XIII ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1651-04-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Reims ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateDeclaredPatronSaintOfTeachers | 1950-05-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfBeatification | 1888-02-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 1900-05-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDiaconate | 1677 ⓘ |
| dateOfOrdination | 1678-04-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfPriestlyOrdination | 1678-04-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfSubdiaconate | 1676 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1719-04-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Rouen ⓘ |
| declaredPatronSaintOfTeachersBy | Pope Pius XII ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Bons-Enfants de Reims
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La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
Sorbonne
|
| era |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | de La Salle ⓘ |
| feastDay |
April 7
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May 15 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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religious formation ⓘ |
| founded | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jean Baptiste
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surface form:
Jean-Baptiste
|
| hasPlaceOfVeneration |
Reims
ⓘ
Rouen ⓘ Shrine of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Rome ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic education worldwide
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modern teacher training practices ⓘ |
| memberOf | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
community life for lay religious teachers
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education as a Christian vocation ⓘ |
| notableWork |
creation of boarding schools for young men of wealth
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development of teacher training colleges ⓘ establishment of Sunday schools for working youth ⓘ founding of training centers for lay teachers ⓘ introduction of simultaneous instruction methods ⓘ organization of free schools for poor boys ⓘ promotion of teaching in the vernacular French language ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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educational theorist ⓘ school founder ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| patronage |
Christian educators
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school principals ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| positionHeld | canon of Reims Cathedral ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | French ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
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Subject: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Description of subject: Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French Catholic priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, recognized as the patron saint of teachers.
Referenced by (11)
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