Liber Sextus
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Liber Sextus is a 1298 collection of papal decretals and canon law promulgated by Pope Boniface VIII as an official supplement to earlier medieval church legal compilations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liber Sextus canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Liber Sextus Context triple: [Corpus Iuris Canonici, hasPart, Liber Sextus]
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A.
Liber Quartus
Liber Quartus is the fourth book of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of quadratic forms and related foundational topics in number theory.
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B.
Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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C.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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D.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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E.
Book VI
Book VI is a section of Augustine’s theological and philosophical work *The City of God* that continues his critique of pagan religion and Roman culture.
- 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: Liber Sextus Target entity description: Liber Sextus is a 1298 collection of papal decretals and canon law promulgated by Pope Boniface VIII as an official supplement to earlier medieval church legal compilations.
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A.
Liber Quartus
Liber Quartus is the fourth book of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of quadratic forms and related foundational topics in number theory.
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B.
Liber Tertius
Liber Tertius is the third book of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he develops key mathematical and astronomical arguments for the heliocentric model.
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C.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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D.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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E.
Book VI
Book VI is a section of Augustine’s theological and philosophical work *The City of God* that continues his critique of pagan religion and Roman culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of canon law
ⓘ
medieval legal text ⓘ papal decretal collection ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Latin Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church worldwide
|
| authority | universal law of the Latin Church ⓘ |
| compiledIn | late 13th century ⓘ |
| contains |
constitutions of Boniface VIII
ⓘ
norms of canon law ⓘ papal decretals ⓘ some earlier papal decretals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Papal States ⓘ |
| field | canon law scholarship ⓘ |
| follows |
Decretals of Gregory IX
ⓘ
Liber Extra ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sextus Decretalium ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalAbbreviation |
VI
ⓘ
in VI° ⓘ |
| hasLatinName |
Liber Sextus Decretalium
ⓘ
linked to:
Sextus Decretalium
|
| hasPart |
Liber I
ⓘ
Liber II ⓘ Liber III ⓘ Liber IV ⓘ Liber V ⓘ Liber VI ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
chapters
ⓘ
six books ⓘ titles ⓘ |
| influenced | later codifications of canon law ⓘ |
| inForceStatus |
historically authoritative
ⓘ
partly abrogated ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| legalSystem | canon law ⓘ |
| partOf |
Corpus iuris canonici
ⓘ
linked to:
Corpus Iuris Canonici
|
| predecessor |
Decretum Gratiani
ⓘ
linked to:
Gratian’s Decretum
Liber Extra ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Pope Boniface VIII ⓘ |
| promulgationDate | 3 March 1298 ⓘ |
| promulgationYear | 1298 ⓘ |
| subject |
benefices
ⓘ
church procedure ⓘ criminal canon law ⓘ ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ marriage law ⓘ |
| successor |
Clementinae
ⓘ
Extravagantes Johannis XXII ⓘ Extravagantes communes ⓘ
linked to:
Extravagantes Communes
|
| supplements | Decretals of Gregory IX ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 1917 Code of Canon Law ⓘ |
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Subject: Liber Sextus Description of subject: Liber Sextus is a 1298 collection of papal decretals and canon law promulgated by Pope Boniface VIII as an official supplement to earlier medieval church legal compilations.
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