St. René Goupil
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St. René Goupil was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and one of the North American Martyrs, killed for his faith while evangelizing among Indigenous peoples in present-day Canada.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint René Goupil | 2 |
| St. René Goupil canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10451545 — 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: St. René Goupil Context triple: [Martyrs’ Shrine, dedicatedTo, St. René Goupil]
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A.
Louis d’Youville
Louis d’Youville was a French-Canadian widow and philanthropist who became a Catholic religious foundress, best known for establishing the Grey Nuns and her extensive charitable work in 18th-century Montreal.
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B.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Saint Marcellin Champagnat was a 19th-century French Catholic priest and educator who founded a religious congregation devoted to teaching and supporting young people, especially the poor.
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C.
Dom Joseph Pothier
Dom Joseph Pothier was a French Benedictine monk and musicologist renowned for his pioneering scholarly restoration and standardization of Gregorian chant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Marianist religious family, known for his emphasis on education and lay involvement in the Church.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Lamy
Jean-Baptiste Lamy was the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, known for shaping the Catholic Church’s presence in the American Southwest and overseeing major ecclesiastical building projects there.
- 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: St. René Goupil Target entity description: St. René Goupil was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and one of the North American Martyrs, killed for his faith while evangelizing among Indigenous peoples in present-day Canada.
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A.
Louis d’Youville
Louis d’Youville was a French-Canadian widow and philanthropist who became a Catholic religious foundress, best known for establishing the Grey Nuns and her extensive charitable work in 18th-century Montreal.
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B.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat
Saint Marcellin Champagnat was a 19th-century French Catholic priest and educator who founded a religious congregation devoted to teaching and supporting young people, especially the poor.
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C.
Dom Joseph Pothier
Dom Joseph Pothier was a French Benedictine monk and musicologist renowned for his pioneering scholarly restoration and standardization of Gregorian chant in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Marianist religious family, known for his emphasis on education and lay involvement in the Church.
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E.
Jean-Baptiste Lamy
Jean-Baptiste Lamy was the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, known for shaping the Catholic Church’s presence in the American Southwest and overseeing major ecclesiastical building projects there.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic saint
ⓘ
French missionary ⓘ Jesuit lay brother ⓘ North American Martyr ⓘ Roman Catholic martyr ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mohawk people
ⓘ
St. Isaac Jogues ⓘ
linked to:
Isaac Jogues
|
| burialPlace | near Auriesville, New York ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Mohawk warriors
ⓘ
linked to:
Iroquois warriors
|
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1608 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 1930-06-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1642-09-29 ⓘ |
| deathPlaceHistorical |
Iroquois territory
ⓘ
linked to:
Iroquois traditional territory
|
| era | French colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| familyName |
Goupil
ⓘ
linked to:
Goupil family
|
| feastDay |
October 19
ⓘ
September 26 ⓘ |
| givenName | René ⓘ |
| honoredAt | National Shrine of the North American Martyrs, Auriesville ⓘ |
| killedFor | Christian faith ⓘ |
| languageOfEvangelization | Indigenous languages of North America ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | martyrdom ⓘ |
| martyrGroup |
Jesuit Martyrs of North America
ⓘ
linked to:
North American Martyrs
|
| memberOf | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| missionRegion |
Huron missions
ⓘ
linked to:
Jesuit Relations
New France ⓘ |
| notableWork | evangelization among Indigenous peoples in New France ⓘ |
| occupation |
lay brother
ⓘ
missionary ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian Martyrs
ⓘ
linked to:
North American Martyrs
North American Martyrs ⓘ |
| patronage |
anesthetists
ⓘ
medical technicians ⓘ people with hearing loss ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Anjou, France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Auriesville, present-day New York, United States ⓘ |
| reasonForMartyrdom | refusal to renounce Christianity ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| virtueRecognizedFor |
charity
ⓘ
courage ⓘ obedience ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St. René Goupil Description of subject: St. René Goupil was a 17th-century French Jesuit lay missionary and one of the North American Martyrs, killed for his faith while evangelizing among Indigenous peoples in present-day Canada.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: St. René Goupil
linked to: St. René Goupil