O Crime do Padre Amaro
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O Crime do Padre Amaro is a 19th-century realist novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques clerical corruption and social hypocrisy through the tragic story of a young priest’s illicit love affair.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| O Crime do Padre Amaro canonical | 2 |
| El crimen del Padre Amaro | 1 |
| O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation) | 1 |
| O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002 film) | 1 |
| The Crime of Father Amaro | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3892192 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: O Crime do Padre Amaro Context triple: [Eça de Queirós, notableWork, O Crime do Padre Amaro]
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C.
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is an innovative 1881 novel by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, narrated by a dead man and celebrated for its ironic, metafictional style that helped pioneer modernist fiction in Latin America.
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- 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: O Crime do Padre Amaro Target entity description: O Crime do Padre Amaro is a 19th-century realist novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós that critiques clerical corruption and social hypocrisy through the tragic story of a young priest’s illicit love affair.
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A.
Casa das Rosas
Casa das Rosas is a historic mansion and cultural center in São Paulo, Brazil, renowned for its poetry events, literary activities, and preserved early-20th-century architecture.
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B.
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro
La testa perduta di Damasceno Monteiro is a crime novel by Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi that explores themes of justice, power, and corruption through the investigation of a decapitated body found in Portugal.
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C.
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is an innovative 1881 novel by Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, narrated by a dead man and celebrated for its ironic, metafictional style that helped pioneer modernist fiction in Latin America.
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D.
Anjinho da Guarda
Anjinho da Guarda is a well-known song by Portuguese singer-songwriter António Variações, recognized as one of his signature works in the country’s pop music.
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E.
Regla de Palo
Regla de Palo is an Afro-Cuban religion of Central African (Kongo) origin that centers on spirit veneration, the use of sacred cauldrons, and powerful ritual magic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| author | Eça de Queirós ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Catholic clergy
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bourgeois morality ⓘ clerical celibacy ⓘ institutional Catholicism ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| followedBy | O Primo Basílio ⓘ |
| genre |
anticlerical novel
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realism ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
El crimen del Padre Amaro (Mexican film)
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O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation)
O Crime do Padre Amaro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002 film)
theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
O Crime do Padre Amaro
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Crime of Father Amaro
|
| historicalContext | written during the rise of realism and naturalism in European literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of Portuguese literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Amélia
ⓘ
Canon Dias ⓘ João Eduardo ⓘ Padre Amaro ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of Catholic priests
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critique of 19th-century Portuguese provincial society ⓘ early example of Portuguese realist fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | O Crime do Padre Amaro self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | Eça de Queirós's realist trilogy on Portuguese society ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | one of Eça de Queirós's earliest major novels ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young Catholic priest, Amaro, engages in an illicit love affair with a young woman, Amélia, leading to tragedy and exposing clerical and social hypocrisy. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Padre Amaro ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1875 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Portugal ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Leiria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetOfCensorship | Catholic authorities in Portugal ⓘ |
| theme |
clerical corruption
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conflict between desire and duty ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ power of the Catholic Church ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
El crimen del Padre Amaro
this entity surface form:
O Crime do Padre Amaro (2002 film)
this entity surface form:
O Crime do Padre Amaro (1970s Portuguese film adaptation)
this entity surface form:
The Crime of Father Amaro