Melchor Cano
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Melchor Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and key member of the School of Salamanca, renowned for his influential work "De locis theologicis" on the sources and method of Catholic theology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melchor Cano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6953091 — 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: Melchor Cano Context triple: [School of Salamanca, hasPart, Melchor Cano]
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A.
Juan de Amezquita
Juan de Amezquita was a Spanish colonial figure known for establishing the town of Caguas in Puerto Rico.
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B.
Francisco García
Francisco García is a common Spanish personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, arts, and public life.
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C.
Nuño de Guzmán
Nuño de Guzmán was a ruthless 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator notorious for his brutal campaigns and governance in western New Spain.
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D.
Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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E.
Ignacio Camuñas
Ignacio Camuñas is a Spanish politician and lawyer known for his role in Spain’s democratic transition and for co-founding the political party Vox.
- 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: Melchor Cano Target entity description: Melchor Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and key member of the School of Salamanca, renowned for his influential work "De locis theologicis" on the sources and method of Catholic theology.
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A.
Juan de Amezquita
Juan de Amezquita was a Spanish colonial figure known for establishing the town of Caguas in Puerto Rico.
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B.
Francisco García
Francisco García is a common Spanish personal name shared by numerous individuals across fields such as sports, arts, and public life.
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C.
Nuño de Guzmán
Nuño de Guzmán was a ruthless 16th-century Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator notorious for his brutal campaigns and governance in western New Spain.
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D.
Dionisio de Herrera
Dionisio de Herrera was a prominent early 19th-century Honduran statesman and liberal leader who played a key role in Central America’s struggle for independence and in the formation of its first republican institutions.
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E.
Ignacio Camuñas
Ignacio Camuñas is a Spanish politician and lawyer known for his role in Spain’s democratic transition and for co-founding the political party Vox.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dominican friar
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Spanish person ⓘ human ⓘ member of the School of Salamanca ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1509 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1560 ⓘ |
| deathCause | illness ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dogmatic theology
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moral theology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre | scholasticism ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Francisco Suárez
NERFINISHED
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later Catholic dogmatic theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francisco de Vitoria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Preachers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | School of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
methodological foundations of Catholic theology
ⓘ
systematic classification of theological sources ⓘ |
| notableWork | De locis theologicis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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theologian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Renaissance theology ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tarancón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Bishop of the Canary Islands
NERFINISHED
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professor at the University of Salamanca ⓘ regent of studies at the University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| workSubject |
relationship between reason and revelation
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sources of theology ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Melchor Cano Description of subject: Melchor Cano was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican theologian and key member of the School of Salamanca, renowned for his influential work "De locis theologicis" on the sources and method of Catholic theology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.