Robert de Sorbon
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Robert de Sorbon was a 13th-century French theologian and chaplain to King Louis IX who founded the Sorbonne college in Paris, which became a renowned center of theological and academic study.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert de Sorbon canonical | 6 |
| Robertus de Sorbona | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T775703 — 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.
Target entity: Robert de Sorbon Context triple: [La Sorbonne, namedAfter, Robert de Sorbon]
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Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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William Farel
William Farel was a French Protestant reformer and fiery preacher who played a key role in establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland and in persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva.
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Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
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Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic was a 13th-century Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order, known for his commitment to preaching, education, and combating heresy within the Catholic Church.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robert de Sorbon Target entity description: Robert de Sorbon was a 13th-century French theologian and chaplain to King Louis IX who founded the Sorbonne college in Paris, which became a renowned center of theological and academic study.
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A.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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B.
William Farel
William Farel was a French Protestant reformer and fiery preacher who played a key role in establishing the Reformation in French-speaking Switzerland and in persuading John Calvin to remain in Geneva.
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C.
Guido de Brès
Guido de Brès was a 16th-century Reformed theologian and Protestant martyr from the Low Countries, best known for shaping early Calvinist doctrine and dying for his faith during the Spanish persecution.
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D.
Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic was a 13th-century Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order, known for his commitment to preaching, education, and combating heresy within the Catholic Church.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic priest
ⓘ
founder of educational institution ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sorbonne University tradition
ⓘ
Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
|
| employer | Louis IX of France ⓘ |
| familyName | de Sorbon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
ⓘ
theology ⓘ |
| founded |
La Sorbonne
ⓘ
surface form:
Collège de Sorbonne
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
Sorbonne
|
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | cleric ⓘ |
| influenced | development of medieval theological education in Paris ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being chaplain to King Louis IX
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founding a college for poor theology students ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
ⓘ
Old French ⓘ |
| memberOf | University of Paris faculty ⓘ |
| name | Robert de Sorbon self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Old French ⓘ |
| notableStudent | students of the Sorbonne college ⓘ |
| notableWork | foundation of the Sorbonne college in Paris ⓘ |
| occupation |
royal chaplain
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theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | intellectual life of 13th-century Paris ⓘ |
| patron | Louis IX of France ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Ardennes region
ⓘ
surface form:
Ardennes
France ⓘ Sorbon ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chaplain to Louis IX of France ⓘ |
| religion | Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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