Jean Duvergier de Hauranne
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Jean Duvergier de Hauranne was a 17th-century French Catholic theologian and abbot who, as a leading founder of Jansenism, played a central role in the religious and intellectual movement centered at Port-Royal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean Duvergier de Hauranne canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4011588 — 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: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne Context triple: [Jansenist abbey of Port-Royal, associatedWith, Jean Duvergier de Hauranne]
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A.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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B.
Albert de Franqueville
Albert de Franqueville was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
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C.
Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc
Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc was a 17th-century French nobleman best known as the father of Louise de La Vallière, the famed mistress of King Louis XIV.
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D.
De La Motte
De La Motte is a French-origin surname historically associated with various notable figures, including early 20th-century American silent film actress Marguerite De La Motte.
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E.
Charles Pallu de la Barrière
Charles Pallu de la Barrière was a French political figure best known as a founder of the centrist-liberal Democratic Republican Alliance in the early Third Republic.
- 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: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne Target entity description: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne was a 17th-century French Catholic theologian and abbot who, as a leading founder of Jansenism, played a central role in the religious and intellectual movement centered at Port-Royal.
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A.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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B.
Albert de Franqueville
Albert de Franqueville was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first recorded ascent of Aneto, the highest peak in the Pyrenees.
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C.
Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc
Laurent de La Baume Le Blanc was a 17th-century French nobleman best known as the father of Louise de La Vallière, the famed mistress of King Louis XIV.
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D.
De La Motte
De La Motte is a French-origin surname historically associated with various notable figures, including early 20th-century American silent film actress Marguerite De La Motte.
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E.
Charles Pallu de la Barrière
Charles Pallu de la Barrière was a French political figure best known as a founder of the centrist-liberal Democratic Republican Alliance in the early Third Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic theologian
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French person ⓘ Jansenist ⓘ abbot ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Abbé de Saint-Cyran ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Port-Royal de Paris
ⓘ
Port-Royal-des-Champs ⓘ
surface form:
Port-Royal des Champs
|
| birthDate | 1581 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Bayonne
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| causeOfDetention | suspected political and religious opposition to royal and ecclesiastical policies ⓘ |
| closeFriendOf | Cornelius Jansen ⓘ |
| confessorOf | members of the Port-Royal community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1643 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| detainedBy | Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ |
| detentionEndDate | 1643 ⓘ |
| detentionStartDate | 1638 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
KU Leuven
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surface form:
University of Leuven
|
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
moral theology
ⓘ
spiritual direction ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt | Vincennes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Antoine Arnauld
ⓘ
Blaise Pascal ⓘ Catholic spirituality in France ⓘ Jansenism ⓘ
surface form:
French Jansenists
Port-Royal-des-Champs ⓘ
surface form:
Port-Royal des Champs community
|
| influencedBy | Cornelius Jansen ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mentorOf |
Antoine Arnauld
ⓘ
Port-Royal Solitaries ⓘ
surface form:
Port-Royal nuns and solitaires
|
| movement | Jansenism ⓘ |
| name | Jean Duvergier de Hauranne self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading founder of Jansenism
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spiritual leadership of Port-Royal ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
emphasis on interior piety and conversion
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rigorous view of Christian morality ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Jesuit moral theology
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doctrines of free will associated with Molinism ⓘ |
| partOf |
Counter-Reformation
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surface form:
Catholic Reformation in France
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| positionHeld | abbot of Saint-Cyran ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| theologicalView |
Augustinian doctrine of predestination
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emphasis on divine grace ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne Description of subject: Jean Duvergier de Hauranne was a 17th-century French Catholic theologian and abbot who, as a leading founder of Jansenism, played a central role in the religious and intellectual movement centered at Port-Royal.
Referenced by (6)
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