Canons Regular (Reguliers)

E139476

Roman Catholic religious order clerical religious institute religious institute

Canons Regular (Reguliers) are members of a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers who live in community under a rule, combining clerical duties with a monastic way of life.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Augustinian Canons	2
canons regular	2
Canons Regular	1
Canons Regular (Reguliers) canonical	1
Canons Regular of Our Savior	1
Canons Regular of Saint Victor	1
Canons Regular of Saint-Maurice	1
Canons Regular of the Holy Cross	1
Clerics Regular	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1221402 — 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: Canons Regular (Reguliers)
Context triple: [Reguliersgracht, namedAfter, Canons Regular (Reguliers)]

A. Cistercians
The Cistercians are a Catholic monastic order founded in 1098 that emphasized strict adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, austerity, manual labor, and rural monastic life, becoming one of medieval Europe’s most influential religious movements.
B. Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
C. Order of the Discalced Carmelites
The Order of the Discalced Carmelites is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order known for its contemplative spirituality, strict austerity, and reform of the Carmelite tradition initiated by St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
D. Capuchin friars
Capuchin friars are members of a reform branch of the Franciscan order within the Catholic Church, known for their simple lifestyle, missionary work, and distinctive brown habits with large hoods.
E. Benedictines
The Benedictines are a Catholic monastic order following the Rule of St. Benedict, known for their emphasis on communal living, prayer, and work within monasteries across Europe and beyond.
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: Canons Regular (Reguliers)
Target entity description: Canons Regular (Reguliers) are members of a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and brothers who live in community under a rule, combining clerical duties with a monastic way of life.

A. Cistercians
The Cistercians are a Catholic monastic order founded in 1098 that emphasized strict adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, austerity, manual labor, and rural monastic life, becoming one of medieval Europe’s most influential religious movements.
B. Dominican friars
Dominican friars are members of the Catholic religious order formally known as the Order of Preachers, founded by Saint Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, and theological scholarship.
C. Order of the Discalced Carmelites
The Order of the Discalced Carmelites is a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order known for its contemplative spirituality, strict austerity, and reform of the Carmelite tradition initiated by St. Teresa of Ávila and St. John of the Cross.
D. Capuchin friars
Capuchin friars are members of a reform branch of the Franciscan order within the Catholic Church, known for their simple lifestyle, missionary work, and distinctive brown habits with large hoods.
E. Benedictines
The Benedictines are a Catholic monastic order following the Rule of St. Benedict, known for their emphasis on communal living, prayer, and work within monasteries across Europe and beyond.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic religious order ⓘ clerical religious institute ⓘ religious institute ⓘ
aimsAt	sanctification of members ⓘ service of the Church ⓘ
associatedWith	cathedral chapters ⓘ collegiate churches ⓘ
combinesWith	clerical duties ⓘ monastic way of life ⓘ
developedFrom	secular canons ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	monks ⓘ secular clergy ⓘ
emphasizes	community life ⓘ solemn celebration of the liturgy ⓘ
follows	Rule of St. Augustine ⓘ linked to: Rule of Saint Augustine rule of life ⓘ
governedBy	chapter ⓘ superior ⓘ
hasBranch	Canons Regular of Saint Augustine ⓘ Canons Regular of the Holy Cross ⓘ linked to: Canons Regular (Reguliers) Canons Regular of the Lateran ⓘ linked to: Canons Regular of Saint Augustine Premonstratensians ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	clerics regular living in community ⓘ
hasMemberType	brothers ⓘ priests ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Western Christianity ⓘ
includes	non-ordained religious brothers ⓘ
languageVariant	Chanoines réguliers ⓘ Reguliers ⓘ
livesAccordingTo	constitutions of the order ⓘ
livesIn	religious community ⓘ
performs	education and teaching ⓘ preaching ⓘ sacramental ministry ⓘ
practices	common life ⓘ
primaryFunction	care of souls ⓘ liturgical service ⓘ pastoral ministry ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
requires	ordination for priest members ⓘ
spirituality	Augustinian spirituality ⓘ
subjectTo	canon law of the Catholic Church ⓘ
typeOfCommunity	clerical and monastic community ⓘ
vows	chastity ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited