Bartolomeo Platina
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Bartolomeo Platina was a 15th-century Italian humanist, historian, and first Prefect of the Vatican Library, best known for his influential work "Lives of the Popes."
All labels observed (1)
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| Bartolomeo Platina canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11875275 — 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: Bartolomeo Platina Context triple: [Bartolomeo, hasNotableBearer, Bartolomeo Platina]
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A.
Lorenzo Scupoli
Lorenzo Scupoli was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest and spiritual writer best known for his influential ascetic work "The Spiritual Combat."
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B.
Paolo di Dono
Paolo di Dono, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
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C.
Bertrando del Poggetto
Bertrando del Poggetto was a 14th-century Italian cardinal and papal legate known for his political and military involvement in the struggles between the papacy and secular powers in northern Italy.
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D.
Giovanni Baglione
Giovanni Baglione was an Italian late Mannerist and early Baroque painter and art critic, known both for his religious works and for his contentious relationship with Caravaggio.
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E.
Paolo di Doni
Paolo di Doni, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
- 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: Bartolomeo Platina Target entity description: Bartolomeo Platina was a 15th-century Italian humanist, historian, and first Prefect of the Vatican Library, best known for his influential work "Lives of the Popes."
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A.
Lorenzo Scupoli
Lorenzo Scupoli was a 16th-century Italian Theatine priest and spiritual writer best known for his influential ascetic work "The Spiritual Combat."
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B.
Paolo di Dono
Paolo di Dono, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
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C.
Bertrando del Poggetto
Bertrando del Poggetto was a 14th-century Italian cardinal and papal legate known for his political and military involvement in the struggles between the papacy and secular powers in northern Italy.
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D.
Giovanni Baglione
Giovanni Baglione was an Italian late Mannerist and early Baroque painter and art critic, known both for his religious works and for his contentious relationship with Caravaggio.
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E.
Paolo di Doni
Paolo di Doni, better known as Paolo Uccello, was a 15th-century Italian painter celebrated for his pioneering use of linear perspective in early Renaissance art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian humanist
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Renaissance writer ⓘ biographer ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ librarian ⓘ |
| accusation |
conspiracy
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heresy ⓘ |
| alias | Platina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope Sixtus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pope Paul II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pope Sixtus IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1421 ⓘ |
| birthName | Bartolomeo Sacchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Duchy of Milan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piadena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1481 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Mantua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Vatican Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church history
ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ gastronomy ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
cookery ⓘ ecclesiastical history ⓘ |
| influenced |
historiography of the papacy
ⓘ
later papal biographers ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| movement |
Italian Renaissance
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
humanism ⓘ |
| name | Bartolomeo Platina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De honesta voluptate et valetudine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
De vita Christi ac omnium pontificum qui hactenus ducenti fuere et XX NERFINISHED ⓘ Lives of the Popes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
humanist ⓘ librarian ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Prefect of the Vatican Library ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| served | papal curia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 15th century ⓘ |
| wasImprisonedBy | Pope Paul II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Rome ⓘ |
| wroteAbout | lives of the popes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bartolomeo Platina Description of subject: Bartolomeo Platina was a 15th-century Italian humanist, historian, and first Prefect of the Vatican Library, best known for his influential work "Lives of the Popes."
Referenced by (1)
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