Guglielmo da Vercelli
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Guglielmo da Vercelli was an Italian hermit and founder of the Montevergine monastery, venerated as a medieval Catholic saint.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guglielmo da Vercelli canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10159232 — 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: Guglielmo da Vercelli Context triple: [Saint William of Montevergine, alsoKnownAs, Guglielmo da Vercelli]
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A.
Guido di Pietro
Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico, was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
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B.
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola was a prominent 15th-century Italian condottiero who rose from humble origins to command major armies in the power struggles between Milan and Venice during the Italian Wars.
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C.
Tommaso di Sarzana
Tommaso di Sarzana, better known as Pope Nicholas V, was a 15th-century pope renowned for initiating the Renaissance papacy and significantly promoting humanist scholarship and the rebuilding of Rome.
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D.
Peter of Pisa
Peter of Pisa was an 8th-century Italian grammarian and scholar who served as a leading member of Charlemagne’s intellectual circle at the Palace School in Aachen.
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E.
Giovanni Marchese di Provera
Giovanni Marchese di Provera was an Austrian general best known for his unsuccessful attempt to relieve Mantua during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, culminating in his defeat at the Battle of Rivoli.
- 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: Guglielmo da Vercelli Target entity description: Guglielmo da Vercelli was an Italian hermit and founder of the Montevergine monastery, venerated as a medieval Catholic saint.
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A.
Guido di Pietro
Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico, was an early Italian Renaissance painter and Dominican friar renowned for his devoutly spiritual frescoes and altarpieces.
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B.
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola was a prominent 15th-century Italian condottiero who rose from humble origins to command major armies in the power struggles between Milan and Venice during the Italian Wars.
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C.
Tommaso di Sarzana
Tommaso di Sarzana, better known as Pope Nicholas V, was a 15th-century pope renowned for initiating the Renaissance papacy and significantly promoting humanist scholarship and the rebuilding of Rome.
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D.
Peter of Pisa
Peter of Pisa was an 8th-century Italian grammarian and scholar who served as a leading member of Charlemagne’s intellectual circle at the Palace School in Aachen.
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E.
Giovanni Marchese di Provera
Giovanni Marchese di Provera was an Austrian general best known for his unsuccessful attempt to relieve Mantua during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, culminating in his defeat at the Battle of Rivoli.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
ⓘ
Italian person ⓘ founder of monastery ⓘ hermit ⓘ monk ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Goleto Abbey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montevergine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | saint ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 12th century ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| devotionalFocus | Marian devotion at Montevergine ⓘ |
| founded |
Monastery of Montevergine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sanctuary of Montevergine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Guglielmo da Vercelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Guglielmo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Montevergine monastic community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
regional Marian pilgrimage to Montevergine ⓘ |
| hasMonastery | Montevergine monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Saint Guglielmo da Vercelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Saint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the monastery of Montevergine
ⓘ
life of eremitic asceticism ⓘ |
| languageOfUse |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifestyle |
ascetic
ⓘ
hermitic ⓘ |
| movement | eremitic monasticism ⓘ |
| notableWork | foundation of the Montevergine sanctuary ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbot
ⓘ
hermit ⓘ monk ⓘ |
| partOf | Italian medieval monastic tradition ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vercelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Goleto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Campania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guglielmo da Vercelli Description of subject: Guglielmo da Vercelli was an Italian hermit and founder of the Montevergine monastery, venerated as a medieval Catholic saint.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.