José de Anchieta
E61062
José de Anchieta was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary, writer, and co-founder of several Brazilian settlements who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| José de Anchieta canonical | 10 |
| José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474636 — 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: José de Anchieta Context triple: [São Paulo, foundedBy, José de Anchieta]
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Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil, including the establishment of major settlements.
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B.
Pedro de Valdivia
Pedro de Valdivia was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the conquest of Chile and establishing its colonial capital.
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C.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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D.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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E.
Pedro de Mendoza
Pedro de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region and established the initial settlement that became Buenos Aires.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: José de Anchieta Target entity description: José de Anchieta was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary, writer, and co-founder of several Brazilian settlements who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil.
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A.
Manuel da Nóbrega
Manuel da Nóbrega was a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil, including the establishment of major settlements.
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B.
Pedro de Valdivia
Pedro de Valdivia was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador best known for leading the conquest of Chile and establishing its colonial capital.
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C.
Juan de Garay
Juan de Garay was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator best known for re-establishing the city of Buenos Aires in present-day Argentina.
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D.
Juan de la Torre
Juan de la Torre was a Spanish military officer best known for commanding the defense of Manila during the British siege of 1762 in the Seven Years' War.
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Pedro de Mendoza
Pedro de Mendoza was a 16th-century Spanish conquistador and explorer who led the first Spanish expedition to the Río de la Plata region and established the initial settlement that became Buenos Aires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
Jesuit missionary ⓘ Roman Catholic saint ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Brazil
ⓘ
São Vicente ⓘ
surface form:
São Vicente Captaincy
|
| beatifiedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| birthName |
José de Anchieta
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo
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| burialPlace | Anchieta, Espírito Santo ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy | Pope Francis ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
Rio de Janeiro
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São Paulo ⓘ São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga Jesuit college ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath |
Portuguese America
ⓘ
surface form:
Colonial Brazil
|
| dateOfBeatification | 1980-06-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1534-03-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfCanonization | 2014-04-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1597-06-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Coimbra ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Spanish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
evangelization of Indigenous peoples in Brazil
ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Apostle of Brazil ⓘ |
| influenced | Catholic missions in South America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Rio de Janeiro
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co-founding São Paulo ⓘ early Jesuit missions in colonial Brazil ⓘ grammatical description of the Tupi language ⓘ plays and religious dramas in Tupi and Portuguese ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Latin
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Portuguese ⓘ Tupi–Guaraní ⓘ
surface form:
Tupi
|
| memberOf | Society of Jesus ⓘ |
| name | José de Anchieta self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| occupation |
missionary
ⓘ
poet ⓘ priest ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early colonization of Brazil ⓘ |
| patronage |
Brazil
ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ state of São Paulo ⓘ
surface form:
São Paulo (state)
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| placeOfBirth |
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
ⓘ
Tenerife ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
State of Espírito Santo
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surface form:
Espírito Santo
Reritiba ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Society of Jesus
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surface form:
Jesuits
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| wrote |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Arte de gramática da língua mais usada na costa do Brasil
poems in Latin ⓘ religious plays in Tupi ⓘ |
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Subject: José de Anchieta Description of subject: José de Anchieta was a 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary, writer, and co-founder of several Brazilian settlements who played a key role in the early colonization and evangelization of Brazil.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.