Clement VII (Avignon antipope)
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Clement VII (Avignon antipope) was a 14th-century French cardinal who became the first major Avignon claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, opposing the Roman popes and deepening the split within the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avignon antipope | 2 |
| Antipope of Avignon | 1 |
| Clement VII (Avignon antipope) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5466209 — 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: Clement VII (Avignon antipope) Context triple: [Pope Benedict XIII, predecessor, Clement VII (Avignon antipope)]
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Amadeus of Portugal (Antipope Benedict XIV)
Amadeus of Portugal, known as Antipope Benedict XIV, was a 15th-century Portuguese noble and religious figure who claimed the papacy in opposition to the recognized pope during the final phase of the Western Schism.
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Antipope Victor IV
Antipope Victor IV was a 12th-century claimant to the papacy, backed by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in opposition to the legitimate Pope Alexander III during a major schism in the Catholic Church.
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John XXIII (antipope)
John XXIII (antipope) was a rival claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, recognized by the Pisan obedience but later deposed by the Council of Constance.
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antipope Felix V
Antipope Felix V was the last historical antipope, a 15th-century Duke of Savoy who was elected by the Council of Basel in opposition to Pope Eugene IV.
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Pope Benedict XIII
Pope Benedict XIII was a 15th-century antipope, born Pedro de Luna, who led the Avignon papacy during the Western Schism and was later declared illegitimate by the Roman Catholic Church.
- 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: Clement VII (Avignon antipope) Target entity description: Clement VII (Avignon antipope) was a 14th-century French cardinal who became the first major Avignon claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, opposing the Roman popes and deepening the split within the Catholic Church.
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A.
Amadeus of Portugal (Antipope Benedict XIV)
Amadeus of Portugal, known as Antipope Benedict XIV, was a 15th-century Portuguese noble and religious figure who claimed the papacy in opposition to the recognized pope during the final phase of the Western Schism.
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B.
Antipope Victor IV
Antipope Victor IV was a 12th-century claimant to the papacy, backed by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in opposition to the legitimate Pope Alexander III during a major schism in the Catholic Church.
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C.
John XXIII (antipope)
John XXIII (antipope) was a rival claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, recognized by the Pisan obedience but later deposed by the Council of Constance.
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D.
antipope Felix V
Antipope Felix V was the last historical antipope, a 15th-century Duke of Savoy who was elected by the Council of Basel in opposition to Pope Eugene IV.
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E.
Pope Benedict XIII
Pope Benedict XIII was a 15th-century antipope, born Pedro de Luna, who led the Avignon papacy during the Western Schism and was later declared illegitimate by the Roman Catholic Church.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Clement VII (Avignon antipope) Description of subject: Clement VII (Avignon antipope) was a 14th-century French cardinal who became the first major Avignon claimant to the papacy during the Western Schism, opposing the Roman popes and deepening the split within the Catholic Church.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Clement VII (Avignon antipope)