Hieronymus
E107073
Hieronymus is the Latinized name of Saint Jerome, a prominent early Christian scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hieronymus canonical | 12 |
| Hieronym | 1 |
| Jheronimus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T884243 — 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: Hieronymus Context triple: [Jerome, knownAs, Hieronymus]
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A.
Hendrickje Stoffels
Hendrickje Stoffels was a Dutch woman best known as Rembrandt van Rijn’s longtime companion, model, and muse, frequently appearing in his later paintings.
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B.
Balthasar Gérard
Balthasar Gérard was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt, in 1584.
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C.
Nicolas Hieronimus
Nicolas Hieronimus is a French business executive who serves as the chief executive officer of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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D.
Titus van Rijn
Titus van Rijn was the only surviving son of the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, known primarily through his father’s artworks and his brief life in 17th-century Amsterdam.
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E.
Esaias van de Velde
Esaias van de Velde was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for pioneering realistic landscape painting in the early 17th 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: Hieronymus Target entity description: Hieronymus is the Latinized name of Saint Jerome, a prominent early Christian scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
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A.
Hendrickje Stoffels
Hendrickje Stoffels was a Dutch woman best known as Rembrandt van Rijn’s longtime companion, model, and muse, frequently appearing in his later paintings.
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B.
Balthasar Gérard
Balthasar Gérard was a French Catholic zealot best known for assassinating William the Silent, leader of the Dutch Revolt, in 1584.
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C.
Nicolas Hieronimus
Nicolas Hieronimus is a French business executive who serves as the chief executive officer of global cosmetics giant L'Oréal.
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D.
Titus van Rijn
Titus van Rijn was the only surviving son of the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, known primarily through his father’s artworks and his brief life in 17th-century Amsterdam.
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E.
Esaias van de Velde
Esaias van de Velde was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for pioneering realistic landscape painting in the early 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translator
ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ Church Father ⓘ Latin Church Father ⓘ saint ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Antioch
ⓘ
Bethlehem monastery ⓘ
linked to:
Monastery of Saint Sabas (Mar Saba)
Constantinople ⓘ
linked to:
Istanbul
Rome ⓘ |
| bornInPlace | Stridon ⓘ |
| bornInRegion | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| bornInYear | c. 347 ⓘ |
| contributedTo | standardization of the Latin Bible text ⓘ |
| denomination |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| diedInPlace | Bethlehem ⓘ |
| diedInRegion |
Province of Palaestina
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
|
| diedInYear | 420 ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| field |
biblical studies
ⓘ
patristics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasLatinName | Hieronymus ⓘ |
| hasName |
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ Saint Jerome ⓘ
linked to:
Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus
|
| honoredAs |
Doctor of the Church
ⓘ
saint in the Anglican Communion ⓘ saint in the Catholic Church ⓘ saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| influenced |
Western Christianity
ⓘ
medieval biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Latin prose style
ⓘ
Vulgate ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ translation of the Bible into Latin ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Latin Fathers
ⓘ
linked to:
Latin Church Fathers
|
| patronage |
biblical scholars
ⓘ
librarians ⓘ translators ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
|
| wrote |
Commentary on Ezekiel
ⓘ
Commentary on Isaiah ⓘ Commentary on Matthew ⓘ De viris illustribus ⓘ Letters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hieronymus Description of subject: Hieronymus is the Latinized name of Saint Jerome, a prominent early Christian scholar best known for translating the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate).
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hieronymus
linked to: Hieronymus