Jesuit College of Montreal
E452509
The Jesuit College of Montreal was a prominent educational institution established by the Jesuit order in colonial New France, serving as a center for classical and religious instruction.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jesuit College of Montreal canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4546651 — 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 Montreal Context triple: [Jesuits in New France, associatedWith, Jesuit College of Montreal]
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A.
Jesuit College of Quebec
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University is a public university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its strong programs in education, arts, and professional studies, and its historic commitment to women’s higher education.
- 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 Montreal Target entity description: The Jesuit College of Montreal was a prominent educational institution established by the Jesuit order in colonial New France, serving as a center for classical and religious instruction.
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A.
Jesuit College of Quebec
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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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.
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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D.
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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E.
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University is a public university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, known for its strong programs in education, arts, and professional studies, and its historic commitment to women’s higher education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jesuit college
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educational institution ⓘ former school ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| denomination | Catholic ⓘ |
| dissolved | 18th century ⓘ |
| dissolvedReason | suppression of the Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| educationalFocus |
classical education
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religious instruction ⓘ |
| educationLevel |
pre-university education
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secondary education ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jesuit missionaries
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Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Jesuit superiors in New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
classical languages
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasReligiousFunction |
catechetical instruction
ⓘ
formation of clergy ⓘ |
| heritage | early higher education in Quebec ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French colonial era in Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| inception |
1650s
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17th century ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legacy | influence on later Catholic colleges in Montreal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Montreal
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New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Ville-Marie (historic Montreal) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jesuits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Jesuit order NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Catholic Church educational system in New France
ⓘ
Jesuit educational network in New France ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| religiousOrder | Society of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantRole |
center for Catholic missionary education
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center for training colonial elite ⓘ development of classical education in Montreal ⓘ |
| studentPopulation | boys ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jesuit College of Montreal Description of subject: The Jesuit College of Montreal was a prominent educational institution established by the Jesuit order in colonial New France, serving as a center for classical and religious instruction.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.