Raymond of Toledo
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Raymond of Toledo was a 12th-century Archbishop of Toledo who became a key patron of the Toledo School of Translators, helping to make it a major center for the transmission of Arabic and classical knowledge into Latin Europe.
All labels observed (1)
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| Raymond of Toledo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736313 — 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: Raymond of Toledo Context triple: [Toledo School of Translators, patron, Raymond of Toledo]
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Roger de Damas
Roger de Damas was a French royalist general and émigré officer who served in various European armies during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably commanding Neapolitan forces against Napoleon’s troops.
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Raymond of Saint-Gilles
Raymond of Saint-Gilles was a powerful 11th–12th century French nobleman, Count of Toulouse and a prominent leader of the First Crusade.
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Raymond of Poitiers
Raymond of Poitiers was a 12th-century French nobleman who became Prince of Antioch during the Crusades and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Latin East.
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Peter of Toledo
Peter of Toledo was a 12th-century translator and scholar known for his role in early Latin translations of Arabic texts, including Islamic religious works, in collaboration with Peter the Venerable.
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Guillem de Vallseca
Guillem de Vallseca was a medieval Catalan noble and political figure known for his role in the dynastic settlement of the Crown of Aragon during the early 15th century.
- 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: Raymond of Toledo Target entity description: Raymond of Toledo was a 12th-century Archbishop of Toledo who became a key patron of the Toledo School of Translators, helping to make it a major center for the transmission of Arabic and classical knowledge into Latin Europe.
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A.
Roger de Damas
Roger de Damas was a French royalist general and émigré officer who served in various European armies during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably commanding Neapolitan forces against Napoleon’s troops.
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B.
Raymond of Saint-Gilles
Raymond of Saint-Gilles was a powerful 11th–12th century French nobleman, Count of Toulouse and a prominent leader of the First Crusade.
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C.
Raymond of Poitiers
Raymond of Poitiers was a 12th-century French nobleman who became Prince of Antioch during the Crusades and played a key role in the politics and warfare of the Latin East.
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D.
Peter of Toledo
Peter of Toledo was a 12th-century translator and scholar known for his role in early Latin translations of Arabic texts, including Islamic religious works, in collaboration with Peter the Venerable.
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E.
Guillem de Vallseca
Guillem de Vallseca was a medieval Catalan noble and political figure known for his role in the dynastic settlement of the Crown of Aragon during the early 15th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic archbishop
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human ⓘ translator patron ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 12th century ⓘ |
| appointedAsArchbishopOfToledo | 1125 ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Christian scholars in Toledo
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Jewish translators in Toledo ⓘ Mozarabic translators in Toledo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1152 ⓘ |
| ecclesiasticalRank | metropolitan archbishop ⓘ |
| encouraged |
translation of Arabic scientific works into Latin
ⓘ
translation of classical Greek works preserved in Arabic ⓘ translation of philosophical texts from Arabic into Latin ⓘ |
| endOfTermAsArchbishopOfToledo | 1152 ⓘ |
| heldTitle | Primate of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedTransmit |
Arabic astronomy to Latin Europe
ⓘ
Arabic medicine to Latin Europe ⓘ Arabic philosophy to Latin Europe ⓘ classical Greek learning via Arabic sources ⓘ |
| historicalRegionOfActivity | Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of medieval scholasticism
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intellectual life of 12th-century Latin Christendom ⓘ |
| languageOfEcclesiasticalWork | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | clergy of the Archdiocese of Toledo ⓘ |
| name |
Raimundo de Toledo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raymond of Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond, Archbishop of Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
patronage of the Toledo School of Translators
ⓘ
promotion of translations from Arabic into Latin ⓘ transmission of classical knowledge to Latin Europe ⓘ |
| operatedInPoliticalContext | Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patronOf | Toledo School of Translators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Archbishop of Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
|
| roleInToledoSchoolOfTranslators |
institutional protector
ⓘ
organizer ⓘ sponsor ⓘ |
| seeAlso |
Archdiocese of Toledo
NERFINISHED
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Toledo School of Translators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorAsArchbishopOfToledo | John of Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Toledo School of Translators NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Archdiocese of Toledo
NERFINISHED
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Toledo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Raymond of Toledo Description of subject: Raymond of Toledo was a 12th-century Archbishop of Toledo who became a key patron of the Toledo School of Translators, helping to make it a major center for the transmission of Arabic and classical knowledge into Latin Europe.
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