Melchior Cano
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Melchior Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and influential scholar of the Counter-Reformation, best known for his work "De locis theologicis" on the sources of Catholic theology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melchior Cano canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6802431 — 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: Melchior Cano Context triple: [Roman Inquisition theologians, notableMember, Melchior Cano]
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A.
Juan de Salazar y Espinosa
Juan de Salazar y Espinosa was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial officer best known for founding the city of Asunción in present-day Paraguay.
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B.
Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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C.
Juan de Herrera
Juan de Herrera was a prominent 16th-century Spanish architect best known for his austere, geometric style and his work on the El Escorial monastery-palace complex.
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D.
Pablo Vicente de Solá
Pablo Vicente de Solá was the last Spanish colonial governor of Alta California, overseeing the province during the transitional period just before Mexican independence.
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E.
Gabriel de la Mora
Gabriel de la Mora was a political leader associated with the Central American independence movement that sought to end Spanish colonial rule in the region.
- 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: Melchior Cano Target entity description: Melchior Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and influential scholar of the Counter-Reformation, best known for his work "De locis theologicis" on the sources of Catholic theology.
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A.
Juan de Salazar y Espinosa
Juan de Salazar y Espinosa was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial officer best known for founding the city of Asunción in present-day Paraguay.
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B.
Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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C.
Juan de Herrera
Juan de Herrera was a prominent 16th-century Spanish architect best known for his austere, geometric style and his work on the El Escorial monastery-palace complex.
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D.
Pablo Vicente de Solá
Pablo Vicente de Solá was the last Spanish colonial governor of Alta California, overseeing the province during the transitional period just before Mexican independence.
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E.
Gabriel de la Mora
Gabriel de la Mora was a political leader associated with the Central American independence movement that sought to end Spanish colonial rule in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic theologian
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Counter-Reformation theologian ⓘ Dominican friar ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1509 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1560 ⓘ |
| describedIn | Catholic Encyclopedia ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| employer | University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniards ⓘ |
| familyName | Cano ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dogmatic theology
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scholasticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre | scholastic theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Melchior ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | controversialist ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic dogmatic theology
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Francisco Suárez ⓘ post-Tridentine scholasticism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| movement | Counter-Reformation ⓘ |
| name | Melchior Cano ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableFor | formulating the loci theologici (theological places) framework ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematic classification of theological sources ⓘ |
| notableWork | De locis theologicis ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| participantIn | Council of Trent ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tarancón ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toledo ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of the Canary Islands
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linked to:
Bishop of Canarias
professor of theology at the University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workSubject | sources of Catholic theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Melchior Cano Description of subject: Melchior Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and influential scholar of the Counter-Reformation, best known for his work "De locis theologicis" on the sources of Catholic theology.
Referenced by (2)
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