Albert of Cologne
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Albert of Cologne, better known as Albert the Great, was a 13th-century German Dominican friar, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Albert of Cologne canonical | 2 |
| Albert of Lauingen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2141050 — 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: Albert of Cologne Context triple: [Albert the Great, hasName, Albert of Cologne]
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Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen was a late 16th- and early 17th-century German painter renowned for his elegant court portraits, allegorical scenes, and mythological works that exemplify the international style of Northern Mannerism.
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Christopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria was a 15th-century king who ruled Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under the Kalmar Union.
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Lothar of Segni
Lothar of Segni, better known as Pope Innocent III, was one of the most powerful and influential medieval popes, who greatly expanded papal authority and played a central role in European politics and crusades at the turn of the 13th century.
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Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans
Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans, was a late 13th-century German monarch from the House of Nassau whose brief and contested reign as King of the Romans ended with his deposition and death in battle in 1298.
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Adalbert of Bavaria
Adalbert of Bavaria was a 19th-century Bavarian prince from the House of Wittelsbach, known for his role in European royal and dynastic affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Albert of Cologne Target entity description: Albert of Cologne, better known as Albert the Great, was a 13th-century German Dominican friar, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.
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A.
Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen was a late 16th- and early 17th-century German painter renowned for his elegant court portraits, allegorical scenes, and mythological works that exemplify the international style of Northern Mannerism.
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B.
Christopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria was a 15th-century king who ruled Denmark, Sweden, and Norway under the Kalmar Union.
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C.
Lothar of Segni
Lothar of Segni, better known as Pope Innocent III, was one of the most powerful and influential medieval popes, who greatly expanded papal authority and played a central role in European politics and crusades at the turn of the 13th century.
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D.
Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans
Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans, was a late 13th-century German monarch from the House of Nassau whose brief and contested reign as King of the Romans ended with his deposition and death in battle in 1298.
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E.
Adalbert of Bavaria
Adalbert of Bavaria was a 19th-century Bavarian prince from the House of Wittelsbach, known for his role in European royal and dynastic affairs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic bishop of Regensburg
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Catholic saint ⓘ Doctor of the Church ⓘ Dominican friar ⓘ German person ⓘ bishop ⓘ human ⓘ medieval scholastic philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| birthName | Albertus Bollstädt ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Andreas Church, Cologne ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateDeclaredDoctorOfTheChurch | 1931-12-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1200 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 1931-12-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1280-11-15 ⓘ |
| declaredDoctorOfTheChurchBy | Pope Pius XI ⓘ |
| era | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| feastDay | November 15 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Aristotelian philosophy
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alchemy ⓘ astronomy ⓘ botany ⓘ ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| influenced |
St. Thomas Aquinas
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surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
late medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Averroes ⓘ Avicenna ⓘ Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ⓘ |
| knownFor |
encyclopedic knowledge
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integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology ⓘ systematic study of Aristotle ⓘ teacher of Thomas Aquinas ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Middle High German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dominican friars
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surface form:
Dominican Order
Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| movement | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| name |
Albert of Cologne
self-link
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Albert the Great ⓘ Albert the Great ⓘ
surface form:
Albertus Magnus
Albertus de Colonia ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Dietrich of Freiberg
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St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
Ulrich of Strasbourg ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentaries on Aristotle
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Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard ⓘ De Anima ⓘ
surface form:
De anima (commentary)
De animalibus ⓘ De caelo et mundo (commentary) ⓘ De mineralibus ⓘ De natura boni ⓘ De vegetabilibus et plantis ⓘ Summa Theologiae ⓘ
surface form:
Summa theologiae (Albertus Magnus)
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| occupation |
bishop
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friar ⓘ philosopher ⓘ scientist ⓘ teacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| patronage |
natural scientists
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philosophers ⓘ theologians ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bavaria
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Lauingen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bishopric of Cologne
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surface form:
Archbishopric of Cologne
Cologne ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of Regensburg
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lector at the University of Paris ⓘ provincial of the German Dominican province ⓘ teacher in Cologne ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
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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: Albert of Cologne Description of subject: Albert of Cologne, better known as Albert the Great, was a 13th-century German Dominican friar, philosopher, and theologian renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and as the teacher of Thomas Aquinas.
Referenced by (3)
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