Dominic Gundissalinus
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Dominic Gundissalinus was a 12th-century philosopher and translator known for helping introduce Arabic and Greek philosophical works into Latin Europe, particularly through his work in Toledo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dominic Gundissalinus canonical | 1 |
| Dominicus Gundisalvi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736315 — 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: Dominic Gundissalinus Context triple: [Toledo School of Translators, employedScholar, Dominic Gundissalinus]
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Trasmondo of Segni
Trasmondo of Segni was a member of the noble Segni family in medieval Italy, best known as the father of Lothar of Segni, who became Pope Innocent III.
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John of Procida
John of Procida was a 13th-century Italian physician, diplomat, and conspirator best known for helping to orchestrate the Sicilian Vespers uprising against Angevin rule.
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C.
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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Nicholas of Tolentino
Nicholas of Tolentino was a 13th–14th century Italian Augustinian friar renowned for his ascetic life, reported miracles, and role as a patron saint of the souls in Purgatory.
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E.
Geoffrey Malaterra
Geoffrey Malaterra was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and chronicler best known for his Latin history of the Norman expansion in southern Italy and Sicily.
- 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: Dominic Gundissalinus Target entity description: Dominic Gundissalinus was a 12th-century philosopher and translator known for helping introduce Arabic and Greek philosophical works into Latin Europe, particularly through his work in Toledo.
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A.
Trasmondo of Segni
Trasmondo of Segni was a member of the noble Segni family in medieval Italy, best known as the father of Lothar of Segni, who became Pope Innocent III.
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B.
John of Procida
John of Procida was a 13th-century Italian physician, diplomat, and conspirator best known for helping to orchestrate the Sicilian Vespers uprising against Angevin rule.
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C.
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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D.
Nicholas of Tolentino
Nicholas of Tolentino was a 13th–14th century Italian Augustinian friar renowned for his ascetic life, reported miracles, and role as a patron saint of the souls in Purgatory.
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E.
Geoffrey Malaterra
Geoffrey Malaterra was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and chronicler best known for his Latin history of the Norman expansion in southern Italy and Sicily.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic cleric
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Latin author ⓘ medieval philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Domingo Gundisalvo
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Dominicus Gundisalvi ⓘ
linked to:
Dominic Gundissalinus
Dominicus Gundissalinus ⓘ |
| centuryActive | 12th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
classification of the sciences in medieval philosophy
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reception of Arabic metaphysics in the Latin West ⓘ translation movement of Toledo ⓘ |
| deathDate | circa 1190 ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ psychology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| influenced |
13th-century scholastic philosophers
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Latin Scholasticism ⓘ
linked to:
Scholasticism
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| influencedBy |
Al-Farabi
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Aristotle ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ Boethius ⓘ |
| knownFor |
introducing Arabic philosophy into Latin Europe
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introducing Greek philosophy into Latin Europe ⓘ systematic philosophical treatises in Latin ⓘ translations made in Toledo ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De anima
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De divisione philosophiae ⓘ De immortalitate animae ⓘ De processione mundi ⓘ |
| occupation | archdeacon ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Latin Avicennism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kingdom of Castile
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linked to:
Castile
Toledo ⓘ |
| region | Latin Europe ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| role | archdeacon of Cuéllar ⓘ |
| tradition | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage |
Arabic
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Greek ⓘ |
| translatedIntoLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
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Subject: Dominic Gundissalinus Description of subject: Dominic Gundissalinus was a 12th-century philosopher and translator known for helping introduce Arabic and Greek philosophical works into Latin Europe, particularly through his work in Toledo.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Dominic Gundissalinus