Nicholas of Tolentino
E156673
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicholas of Tolentino canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1355607 — 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: Nicholas of Tolentino Context triple: [Nicholas, associatedWithSaint, Nicholas of Tolentino]
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Giovanni Marchese di Provera
Giovanni Marchese di Provera was an Austrian general best known for his unsuccessful attempt to relieve Mantua during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, culminating in his defeat at the Battle of Rivoli.
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Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was the Italian prelate who became Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope in history and a central figure in 19th-century Catholicism.
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C.
Francesco
Francesco is the birth name of Frank Capra, the renowned Italian-American film director known for classic Hollywood movies such as "It's a Wonderful Life."
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D.
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria was an Italian World War I flying ace and nobleman, noted for his distinguished combat record and aristocratic lineage.
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Prospero Colonna
Prospero Colonna was a prominent early 16th-century Italian condottiero and nobleman who played a leading military role in the Italian Wars, particularly in the service of the Spanish and Papal forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nicholas of Tolentino Target entity description: 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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A.
Giovanni Marchese di Provera
Giovanni Marchese di Provera was an Austrian general best known for his unsuccessful attempt to relieve Mantua during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, culminating in his defeat at the Battle of Rivoli.
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B.
Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti
Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti was the Italian prelate who became Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope in history and a central figure in 19th-century Catholicism.
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C.
Francesco
Francesco is the birth name of Frank Capra, the renowned Italian-American film director known for classic Hollywood movies such as "It's a Wonderful Life."
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D.
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria was an Italian World War I flying ace and nobleman, noted for his distinguished combat record and aristocratic lineage.
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E.
Prospero Colonna
Prospero Colonna was a prominent early 16th-century Italian condottiero and nobleman who played a leading military role in the Italian Wars, particularly in the service of the Spanish and Papal forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Augustinian friar
ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ Christian mystic ⓘ Italian Roman Catholic priest ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Marche region
ⓘ
surface form:
Marche
Tolentino ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Eugene IV ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
13th century
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14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 1245 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 1446 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 10 September 1305 ⓘ |
| devotion |
Virgin Mary
ⓘ
souls in Purgatory ⓘ |
| feastDay | 10 September ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Saint Nicholas of Tolentino ⓘ |
| iconography |
depicted in black Augustinian habit
ⓘ
often shown holding bread ⓘ often shown with a star on his breast ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ascetic life
ⓘ
devotion to the souls in Purgatory ⓘ reported miracles ⓘ |
| liturgicalColorAssociation | black habit of Augustinians ⓘ |
| majorShrine | Basilica of San Nicola a Tolentino ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Saint Augustine ⓘ |
| miracleTradition |
healing miracles
ⓘ
visions of souls in Purgatory ⓘ |
| occupation |
friar
ⓘ
priest ⓘ |
| patronage |
holy souls
ⓘ
infants ⓘ sailors ⓘ sick people ⓘ souls in Purgatory ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Marche region
ⓘ
surface form:
Marche
Papal States ⓘ Sant’Angelo in Pontano ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Marche region
ⓘ
surface form:
Marche
Papal States ⓘ Tolentino ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| religiousOrder | Augustinians ⓘ |
| spiritualPractice |
fasting
ⓘ
nightly prayer ⓘ penance ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Nicholas of Tolentino Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.