Jesuit College of Quebec
E376419
The Jesuit College of Quebec was a prominent 17th-century Jesuit educational institution in New France, known for training clergy, scholars, and explorers in classical and religious studies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jesuit College of Quebec canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3648464 — 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: Jesuit College of Quebec Context triple: [Louis Jolliet, educatedAt, Jesuit College of Quebec]
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A.
Collège royal
Collège royal is the historical name of the Collège de France, a prestigious Parisian institution dedicated to advanced research and free public lectures by leading scholars.
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B.
Jesuit College of St. Omer
The Jesuit College of St. Omer was a prominent English Catholic exile school in northern France that educated many notable colonial American and British figures during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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C.
Campus Saint-Jean
Campus Saint-Jean is the University of Alberta’s French-language faculty and campus in Edmonton, offering programs and services primarily in French within a bilingual academic environment.
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D.
Jesuit college of Toulouse
The Jesuit college of Toulouse was a prominent early modern Catholic educational institution in France, known for its rigorous humanist and theological curriculum and for educating notable thinkers such as Pierre Bayle.
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E.
College of Louis le Grand
The College of Louis le Grand is a prestigious Parisian secondary school and former Jesuit institution historically known for educating many prominent political, intellectual, and literary figures.
- 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: Jesuit College of Quebec Target entity description: The Jesuit College of Quebec was a prominent 17th-century Jesuit educational institution in New France, known for training clergy, scholars, and explorers in classical and religious studies.
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A.
Collège royal
Collège royal is the historical name of the Collège de France, a prestigious Parisian institution dedicated to advanced research and free public lectures by leading scholars.
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B.
Jesuit College of St. Omer
The Jesuit College of St. Omer was a prominent English Catholic exile school in northern France that educated many notable colonial American and British figures during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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C.
Campus Saint-Jean
Campus Saint-Jean is the University of Alberta’s French-language faculty and campus in Edmonton, offering programs and services primarily in French within a bilingual academic environment.
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D.
Jesuit college of Toulouse
The Jesuit college of Toulouse was a prominent early modern Catholic educational institution in France, known for its rigorous humanist and theological curriculum and for educating notable thinkers such as Pierre Bayle.
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E.
College of Louis le Grand
The College of Louis le Grand is a prestigious Parisian secondary school and former Jesuit institution historically known for educating many prominent political, intellectual, and literary figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic school
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Jesuit college ⓘ educational institution ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
classical studies
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grammar ⓘ philosophy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | French colonial architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic missions in North America
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French colonial administration in New France ⓘ |
| centuryOfEstablishment | 17th century ⓘ |
| country | New France ⓘ |
| curriculumFeature |
Latin grammar
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classical humanities ⓘ moral theology ⓘ religious instruction ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| educationalLevel |
higher education
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secondary education ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Society of Jesus
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surface form:
Jesuits
Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| governedBy | Jesuit missionaries in New France ⓘ |
| hasReligiousFunction |
college for Jesuit missionaries
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seminary ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
New France
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surface form:
French colonial empire in North America
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| historicalSignificance |
major Jesuit educational center in New France
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one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in North America ⓘ |
| inception | 1635 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
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Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Quebec
Quebec City ⓘ |
| notableRole |
center of classical education in New France
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center of clerical formation in New France ⓘ intellectual hub of Quebec City in the 17th century ⓘ |
| partOf | Jesuit educational network ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfInstruction |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| purpose |
training clergy
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training explorers ⓘ training missionaries ⓘ training scholars ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Canada
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surface form:
Lower Canada (historical region)
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| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jesuit College of Quebec Description of subject: The Jesuit College of Quebec was a prominent 17th-century Jesuit educational institution in New France, known for training clergy, scholars, and explorers in classical and religious studies.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.