Melus of Bari
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Melus of Bari was an early 11th-century Lombard nobleman who led revolts against Byzantine rule in southern Italy and became a symbol of local resistance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Melus of Bari canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17699073 — 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: Melus of Bari Context triple: [Battle of Cannae (1018), opposingCommander, Melus of Bari]
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A.
Cadalus of Parma
Cadalus of Parma was an 11th-century Italian bishop who became the antipope Honorius II during a major schism in the Catholic Church.
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B.
Sikelgaita of Salerno
Sikelgaita of Salerno was an 11th-century Lombard princess and influential duchess of Apulia, renowned for her political acumen and for personally leading troops alongside her husband, Norman leader Robert Guiscard.
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C.
Pietro Filargo
Pietro Filargo, later known as Pope Alexander V, was a 15th-century Franciscan theologian who became a Pisan antipope during the Western Schism.
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D.
Giovanni Coniulo
Giovanni Coniulo, later known as Pope Gelasius II, was a 12th-century pontiff who led the Catholic Church during a turbulent period of conflict with the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Maio of Bari
Maio of Bari was a powerful 12th-century Sicilian admiral and statesman who effectively governed the Kingdom of Sicily under King William I.
- 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: Melus of Bari Target entity description: Melus of Bari was an early 11th-century Lombard nobleman who led revolts against Byzantine rule in southern Italy and became a symbol of local resistance.
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A.
Cadalus of Parma
Cadalus of Parma was an 11th-century Italian bishop who became the antipope Honorius II during a major schism in the Catholic Church.
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B.
Sikelgaita of Salerno
Sikelgaita of Salerno was an 11th-century Lombard princess and influential duchess of Apulia, renowned for her political acumen and for personally leading troops alongside her husband, Norman leader Robert Guiscard.
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C.
Pietro Filargo
Pietro Filargo, later known as Pope Alexander V, was a 15th-century Franciscan theologian who became a Pisan antipope during the Western Schism.
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D.
Giovanni Coniulo
Giovanni Coniulo, later known as Pope Gelasius II, was a 12th-century pontiff who led the Catholic Church during a turbulent period of conflict with the Holy Roman Empire.
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E.
Maio of Bari
Maio of Bari was a powerful 12th-century Sicilian admiral and statesman who effectively governed the Kingdom of Sicily under King William I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.