Jacobus de Voragine
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Jacobus de Voragine was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar, archbishop of Genoa, and medieval author best known for compiling the influential collection of saints’ lives known as the Golden Legend.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jacobus de Voragine canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10410068 — 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: Jacobus de Voragine Context triple: [Legenda Aurea, author, Jacobus de Voragine]
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A.
Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar of Le Puy was a French bishop and papal legate who played a leading spiritual and military role in organizing and guiding the First Crusade.
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B.
Giovanni da Capestrano
Giovanni da Capestrano, better known as Saint John of Capistrano, was a 15th-century Italian Franciscan friar, preacher, and inquisitor renowned for his role in leading Christian forces against the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456.
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C.
Matthew of Albano
Matthew of Albano was a 12th-century Italian cardinal-bishop and churchman who played a significant role in the ecclesiastical politics of his time.
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D.
Saint Bernardino of Siena
Saint Bernardino of Siena was a 15th-century Italian Franciscan priest and renowned preacher known for his popular sermons and promotion of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.
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E.
Guibert of Ravenna
Guibert of Ravenna was an 11th-century Italian archbishop who became the imperial antipope Clement III during the Investiture Controversy against Pope Gregory VII.
- 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: Jacobus de Voragine Target entity description: Jacobus de Voragine was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar, archbishop of Genoa, and medieval author best known for compiling the influential collection of saints’ lives known as the Golden Legend.
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A.
Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar of Le Puy was a French bishop and papal legate who played a leading spiritual and military role in organizing and guiding the First Crusade.
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B.
Giovanni da Capestrano
Giovanni da Capestrano, better known as Saint John of Capistrano, was a 15th-century Italian Franciscan friar, preacher, and inquisitor renowned for his role in leading Christian forces against the Ottoman Empire at the Siege of Belgrade in 1456.
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C.
Matthew of Albano
Matthew of Albano was a 12th-century Italian cardinal-bishop and churchman who played a significant role in the ecclesiastical politics of his time.
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D.
Saint Bernardino of Siena
Saint Bernardino of Siena was a 15th-century Italian Franciscan priest and renowned preacher known for his popular sermons and promotion of devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus.
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E.
Guibert of Ravenna
Guibert of Ravenna was an 11th-century Italian archbishop who became the imperial antipope Clement III during the Investiture Controversy against Pope Gregory VII.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dominican friar
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Italian person ⓘ Roman Catholic archbishop ⓘ hagiographer ⓘ human ⓘ medieval writer ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Iacobus de Voragine
NERFINISHED
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Jacopo da Varazze NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacopo da Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ James of Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Liguria
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ Varazze NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Italy
ⓘ
Republic of Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1230 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1298 ⓘ |
| educatedIn | Dominican studia ⓘ |
| endTime | 1298 ⓘ |
| era | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| familyName | de Voragine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feastDay | July 13 ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
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religious literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Jacobus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian hagiographical tradition
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late medieval preaching ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Preachers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor | compiling the Golden Legend ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Golden Legend
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legenda Aurea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
archbishop
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author ⓘ friar ⓘ preacher ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Genoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Archbishop of Genoa ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| startTime | 1292 ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| workSubject |
Christian liturgical year
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lives of saints ⓘ |
| wrote |
chronicle of Genoa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sermons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jacobus de Voragine Description of subject: Jacobus de Voragine was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar, archbishop of Genoa, and medieval author best known for compiling the influential collection of saints’ lives known as the Golden Legend.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Golden Legend