Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière
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Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière was a 17th-century French layman and religious visionary best known for initiating and promoting the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal in New France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4187800 — 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: Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière Context triple: [Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, foundedBy, Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière]
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Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and spiritual director, best known for supporting and spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through his guidance of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle was a young French monarchist and resistance fighter best known for assassinating Admiral François Darlan in Algiers in 1942 during World War II.
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Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay was the last governor of the Bastille prison in Paris, whose capture and killing by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789 made him a notable early victim of the French Revolution.
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E.
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau was a prominent 16th-century French Renaissance architect and engraver known for his influential designs and detailed architectural pattern books.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière Target entity description: Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière was a 17th-century French layman and religious visionary best known for initiating and promoting the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal in New France.
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A.
Charles de La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse was a prominent French Baroque painter known for his decorative ceiling and religious works, and for helping transition French art toward the Rococo style.
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B.
Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and spiritual director, best known for supporting and spreading the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through his guidance of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque.
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C.
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle
Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle was a young French monarchist and resistance fighter best known for assassinating Admiral François Darlan in Algiers in 1942 during World War II.
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D.
Bernard-René de Launay
Bernard-René de Launay was the last governor of the Bastille prison in Paris, whose capture and killing by revolutionaries on 14 July 1789 made him a notable early victim of the French Revolution.
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E.
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau was a prominent 16th-century French Renaissance architect and engraver known for his influential designs and detailed architectural pattern books.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic religious visionary
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French layman ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith | founding of Montreal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1597-03-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
France
NERFINISHED
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La Flèche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Société Notre-Dame de Montréal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Jean-Jacques Olier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeanne Mance NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | history of Montreal ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
France
NERFINISHED
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New France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1659-11-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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La Flèche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Le Royer de La Dauversière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Catholic missions to New France
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religious colonization projects ⓘ |
| givenName | Jérôme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
establishment of a model Christian community in Montreal
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evangelization of Indigenous peoples in New France ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Ville-Marie (Montreal) ⓘ |
| inspiredEstablishmentOf |
Catholic missions in New France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ville-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | La Dauversière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement | Catholic reform and missionary movement in France ⓘ |
| name | Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
initiating the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal
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promotion of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal ⓘ |
| occupation |
lay administrator
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tax collector ⓘ |
| partOf | Catholic laity in early modern France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | La Flèche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMontreal | principal promoter of the original colonization project ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Catholic hagiographical studies ⓘ |
| vision | establishment of a missionary settlement on the Island of Montreal ⓘ |
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Subject: Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière Description of subject: Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière was a 17th-century French layman and religious visionary best known for initiating and promoting the Catholic colonization project that led to the founding of Montreal in New France.
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