Prince-Bishop of Passau
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The Prince-Bishop of Passau was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of Roman Catholic bishop and secular ruler over the Prince-Bishopric of Passau.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Prince-Bishop of Passau canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11928452 — 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: Prince-Bishop of Passau Context triple: [Prince-Bishopric of Passau, rulerTitle, Prince-Bishop of Passau]
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A.
Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
The Prince-Bishop of Regensburg was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who combined the office of Catholic bishop of Regensburg with princely authority within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
The Prince-Bishop of Augsburg was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of Roman Catholic bishop and secular ruler over the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg.
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C.
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
The Prince-Bishop of Würzburg was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler of the Würzburg prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire, combining the roles of Catholic bishop and territorial prince.
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D.
Prince-Bishop of Worms
The Prince-Bishop of Worms was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who governed the Prince-Bishopric of Worms within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Prince-Bishop of Speyer
The Prince-Bishop of Speyer was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who governed the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer within the Holy Roman Empire.
- 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: Prince-Bishop of Passau Target entity description: The Prince-Bishop of Passau was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of Roman Catholic bishop and secular ruler over the Prince-Bishopric of Passau.
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A.
Prince-Bishop of Regensburg
The Prince-Bishop of Regensburg was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who combined the office of Catholic bishop of Regensburg with princely authority within the Holy Roman Empire.
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B.
Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
The Prince-Bishop of Augsburg was a powerful ecclesiastical prince of the Holy Roman Empire who combined the roles of Roman Catholic bishop and secular ruler over the Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg.
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C.
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg
The Prince-Bishop of Würzburg was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler of the Würzburg prince-bishopric within the Holy Roman Empire, combining the roles of Catholic bishop and territorial prince.
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D.
Prince-Bishop of Worms
The Prince-Bishop of Worms was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who governed the Prince-Bishopric of Worms within the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Prince-Bishop of Speyer
The Prince-Bishop of Speyer was the ecclesiastical and secular ruler who governed the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer within the Holy Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.