Giovanni Angelo
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Giovanni Angelo was the birth name of Pope Pius VI, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1775 to 1799.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Giovanni Angelo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6416290 — 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: Giovanni Angelo Context triple: [Pope Pius VI, givenName, Giovanni Angelo]
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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.
Benedetto Caetani
Benedetto Caetani, later known as Pope Boniface VIII, was a powerful and controversial late 13th-century pope noted for his conflicts with secular rulers and his assertion of papal supremacy.
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C.
Giacomo Maria
Giacomo Maria is an Italian given name, traditionally used in religious and historical contexts and often borne by notable figures in Italian history and culture.
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D.
Antonio Ghislieri
Antonio Ghislieri, later known as Pope Pius V, was a 16th-century Italian Dominican friar and reforming pope noted for implementing the decrees of the Council of Trent and excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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E.
Benedetto Pallavicino
Benedetto Pallavicino was a late Renaissance Italian composer known for his madrigals and sacred music, active in northern Italy under the patronage of the Gonzaga family.
- 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: Giovanni Angelo Target entity description: Giovanni Angelo was the birth name of Pope Pius VI, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1775 to 1799.
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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.
Benedetto Caetani
Benedetto Caetani, later known as Pope Boniface VIII, was a powerful and controversial late 13th-century pope noted for his conflicts with secular rulers and his assertion of papal supremacy.
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C.
Giacomo Maria
Giacomo Maria is an Italian given name, traditionally used in religious and historical contexts and often borne by notable figures in Italian history and culture.
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D.
Antonio Ghislieri
Antonio Ghislieri, later known as Pope Pius V, was a 16th-century Italian Dominican friar and reforming pope noted for implementing the decrees of the Council of Trent and excommunicating Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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E.
Benedetto Pallavicino
Benedetto Pallavicino was a late Renaissance Italian composer known for his madrigals and sacred music, active in northern Italy under the patronage of the Gonzaga family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
Pope ⓘ head of state ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Giovanni Angelo Braschi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St. Peter's Basilica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| createdCardinalBy | Pope Clement XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1717-12-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfCardinalate | 1773-05-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1799-08-29 ⓘ |
| endTimeInOffice | 1799-08-29 ⓘ |
| familyName | Braschi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Giovanni Angelo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | His Holiness ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | College of Cardinals ⓘ |
| motto | Floret in domo Dei ⓘ |
| name | Giovanni Angelo Braschi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Pope during the French Revolution
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Signed Treaty of Tolentino NERFINISHED ⓘ Taken prisoner by French forces in 1798 ⓘ Witnessed invasion of the Papal States by French troops ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Patronage of arts and architecture in Rome
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Support for archaeological excavations at Ostia Antica ⓘ |
| occupation |
canon lawyer
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theologian ⓘ |
| ordinalNumber | 250th Pope ⓘ |
| papalName | Pius VI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cesena
NERFINISHED
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Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Valence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Pope
ⓘ
surface form:
Bishop of Rome
Pope ⓘ Sovereign of the Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Pope Clement XIV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reign | 1775–1799 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| startTimeInOffice | 1775-02-15 ⓘ |
| successor | Pope Pius VII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Patriarch of the West
NERFINISHED
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Primate of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Servant of the servants of God NERFINISHED ⓘ Sovereign of the Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Pontiff NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicar of Christ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Giovanni Angelo Description of subject: Giovanni Angelo was the birth name of Pope Pius VI, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1775 to 1799.
Referenced by (1)
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