Irish College, Douai
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Irish College, Douai was a Catholic seminary in Douai, France, established to educate and train Irish clergy in exile during periods of religious persecution in Ireland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Irish College, Douai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17249016 — 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: Irish College, Douai Context triple: [University of Douai, hadCollege, Irish College, Douai]
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A.
Scottish College, Douai
Scottish College, Douai was a Roman Catholic seminary in France that trained Scottish clergy in exile during and after the Reformation.
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B.
English College, Douai
English College, Douai was a Roman Catholic seminary founded in 1568 in Douai (then in the Spanish Netherlands) to train English priests in exile during the Reformation.
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C.
University of Douai
The University of Douai was a prominent early modern French university, founded in the 16th century and known especially as a major center of Catholic scholarship and theology.
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D.
Pontifical Irish College
The Pontifical Irish College is a Roman Catholic seminary and residence for Irish clergy and seminarians in Rome, dedicated to training priests and fostering Irish ecclesiastical scholarship.
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E.
Jesuit College of St. Omer
The Jesuit College of St. Omer was a prominent English Catholic exile school in northern France that educated many notable colonial American and British figures during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 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: Irish College, Douai Target entity description: Irish College, Douai was a Catholic seminary in Douai, France, established to educate and train Irish clergy in exile during periods of religious persecution in Ireland.
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A.
Scottish College, Douai
Scottish College, Douai was a Roman Catholic seminary in France that trained Scottish clergy in exile during and after the Reformation.
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B.
English College, Douai
English College, Douai was a Roman Catholic seminary founded in 1568 in Douai (then in the Spanish Netherlands) to train English priests in exile during the Reformation.
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C.
University of Douai
The University of Douai was a prominent early modern French university, founded in the 16th century and known especially as a major center of Catholic scholarship and theology.
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D.
Pontifical Irish College
The Pontifical Irish College is a Roman Catholic seminary and residence for Irish clergy and seminarians in Rome, dedicated to training priests and fostering Irish ecclesiastical scholarship.
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E.
Jesuit College of St. Omer
The Jesuit College of St. Omer was a prominent English Catholic exile school in northern France that educated many notable colonial American and British figures during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
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