Felice Peretti
E148199
Felice Peretti was the birth name of Pope Sixtus V, the 16th-century pontiff known for his energetic church reforms and major urban redevelopment of Rome.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Felice Peretti canonical | 3 |
| Felice Peretti di Montalto | 2 |
| Felix Peretti | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1237492 — 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: Felice Peretti Context triple: [Sixtus V, birthName, Felice Peretti]
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A.
Giovanni Angelo
Giovanni Angelo, later known as Pope Pius IV, was a 16th-century Italian pontiff who concluded the Council of Trent and implemented key Counter-Reformation reforms.
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B.
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Charles Borromeo was a 16th-century Italian cardinal and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, renowned for his role in implementing the reforms of the Council of Trent and for his pastoral and educational initiatives in the Catholic Church.
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C.
Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte
Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte was an influential late 16th- and early 17th-century Italian cardinal, diplomat, and art collector best known for his early and significant patronage of the painter Caravaggio.
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D.
Francesco Giorgi
Francesco Giorgi was a 16th-century Venetian Franciscan friar, philosopher, and mystic known for integrating Christian theology with Kabbalistic and Neoplatonic thought in his influential work "De harmonia mundi."
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E.
Giovanni Battista Caviglia
Giovanni Battista Caviglia was a 19th-century Italian explorer and Egyptologist known for his early excavations and investigations of major ancient Egyptian monuments.
- 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: Felice Peretti Target entity description: Felice Peretti was the birth name of Pope Sixtus V, the 16th-century pontiff known for his energetic church reforms and major urban redevelopment of Rome.
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A.
Giovanni Angelo
Giovanni Angelo, later known as Pope Pius IV, was a 16th-century Italian pontiff who concluded the Council of Trent and implemented key Counter-Reformation reforms.
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B.
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Charles Borromeo was a 16th-century Italian cardinal and leading figure of the Counter-Reformation, renowned for his role in implementing the reforms of the Council of Trent and for his pastoral and educational initiatives in the Catholic Church.
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C.
Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte
Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte was an influential late 16th- and early 17th-century Italian cardinal, diplomat, and art collector best known for his early and significant patronage of the painter Caravaggio.
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D.
Francesco Giorgi
Francesco Giorgi was a 16th-century Venetian Franciscan friar, philosopher, and mystic known for integrating Christian theology with Kabbalistic and Neoplatonic thought in his influential work "De harmonia mundi."
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E.
Giovanni Battista Caviglia
Giovanni Battista Caviglia was a 19th-century Italian explorer and Egyptologist known for his early excavations and investigations of major ancient Egyptian monuments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
Franciscan ⓘ Pope ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Felice Peretti
ⓘ
surface form:
Felice Peretti di Montalto
Felice Peretti ⓘ
surface form:
Felix Peretti
|
| birthDate | 1521-12-13 ⓘ |
| birthName | Felice Peretti self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| birthNameOf |
Sixtus V
ⓘ
surface form:
Pope Sixtus V
|
| birthPlace |
Grottammare
ⓘ
Marche region ⓘ
surface form:
Marche
Papal States ⓘ |
| canonized | no ⓘ |
| cardinalateDate | 1570-05-17 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| createdCardinalBy | Pope Pius V ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1590-08-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Papal States
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Rome ⓘ |
| era | Counter-Reformation ⓘ |
| familyBackground | humble origins ⓘ |
| knownFor |
energetic church reforms
ⓘ
erection of obelisks in Rome ⓘ major urban redevelopment of Rome ⓘ public works in Rome ⓘ reorganization of the Roman Curia ⓘ restoration of aqueducts in Rome ⓘ strengthening papal finances ⓘ strict enforcement of law and order in Rome ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Friars Minor ⓘ |
| motto | Perseverantia ⓘ |
| notableProject |
completion of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica
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layout of the Tridentine road system in Rome ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic bishop
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Catholic cardinal ⓘ canon lawyer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| papacyEndDate | 1590-08-27 ⓘ |
| papacyStartDate | 1585-04-24 ⓘ |
| papalName | Sixtus V ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Fermo
ⓘ
Cardinal ⓘ Pope ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| successor | Pope Urban VII ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Felice Peretti Description of subject: Felice Peretti was the birth name of Pope Sixtus V, the 16th-century pontiff known for his energetic church reforms and major urban redevelopment of Rome.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Felice Peretti di Montalto
subject surface form:
Pope Sixtus V
this entity surface form:
Felix Peretti
this entity surface form:
Felice Peretti di Montalto