Academy of Saumur
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The Academy of Saumur was a prominent Protestant (Huguenot) academy in 17th-century France, known for its influential role in Reformed theology and education.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Academy of Saumur canonical | 5 |
| Saumur Academy | 1 |
| Saumur school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1863280 — 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: Academy of Saumur Context triple: [Abraham de Moivre, educatedAt, Academy of Saumur]
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Brienne-le-Château military school
Brienne-le-Château military school was a French military academy best known as one of the formative training institutions attended by Napoleon Bonaparte in his youth.
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B.
Collège de Vendôme
Collège de Vendôme is a historic French educational institution in Vendôme, notable for having educated the renowned writer Honoré de Balzac.
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C.
Collège de Mongré
Collège de Mongré is a prestigious Jesuit secondary school in France known for educating notable figures such as philosopher and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
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D.
Académie Moderne
Académie Moderne was an influential early 20th-century Parisian art school known for its modernist instruction under artists such as Fernand Léger.
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E.
University of Bourges
The University of Bourges was a prominent Renaissance-era French university renowned for its law faculty, which attracted many notable European jurists and statesmen.
- 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: Academy of Saumur Target entity description: The Academy of Saumur was a prominent Protestant (Huguenot) academy in 17th-century France, known for its influential role in Reformed theology and education.
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A.
Brienne-le-Château military school
Brienne-le-Château military school was a French military academy best known as one of the formative training institutions attended by Napoleon Bonaparte in his youth.
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B.
Collège de Vendôme
Collège de Vendôme is a historic French educational institution in Vendôme, notable for having educated the renowned writer Honoré de Balzac.
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C.
Collège de Mongré
Collège de Mongré is a prestigious Jesuit secondary school in France known for educating notable figures such as philosopher and paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
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D.
Académie Moderne
Académie Moderne was an influential early 20th-century Parisian art school known for its modernist instruction under artists such as Fernand Léger.
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E.
University of Bourges
The University of Bourges was a prominent Renaissance-era French university renowned for its law faculty, which attracted many notable European jurists and statesmen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Huguenot academy
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Protestant academy ⓘ Reformed theological academy ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Biblical studies
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Classical languages ⓘ Philosophy ⓘ Theology ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| associatedTheology |
Amyraldism
ⓘ
linked to:
Calvinism
Hypothetical universalism ⓘ |
| closureReason | Suppression of Protestant institutions in France ⓘ |
| confessionalAlignment |
French Reformed Church
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linked to:
Reformed Church of France
|
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| denomination |
Huguenot
ⓘ
linked to:
Huguenots
|
| dissolution | 1685 ⓘ |
| dissolutionContext |
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
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linked to:
revocation of the Edict of Nantes
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| dissolvedBy |
Louis XIV
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linked to:
Louis XIV of France
|
| foundedBy | Philippe Duplessis-Mornay ⓘ |
| founderReligion | Huguenot ⓘ |
| founderRole | Governor of Saumur ⓘ |
| governedBy | Huguenot consistory of Saumur ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Post–French Wars of Religion
ⓘ
Pre-revocation Huguenot education network ⓘ |
| inception | 1593 ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Reformed churches
ⓘ
linked to:
Reformed Church of France
Reformed theology in Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Debates on grace and predestination
ⓘ
Influence on Reformed theology ⓘ Training Huguenot pastors ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anjou
ⓘ
Loire Valley ⓘ Saumur ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | France ⓘ |
| notableProfessor |
Josué de la Place
ⓘ
Louis Cappel ⓘ Moïse Amyraut ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Calvinism
ⓘ
Reformed Christianity ⓘ |
| status | Defunct ⓘ |
| studentBody |
Huguenot clergy candidates
ⓘ
Reformed lay elites ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Moderate Calvinist
ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ |
| typeOfInstitution |
Higher education institution
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Theological seminary ⓘ |
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Referenced by (7)
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linked to: Academy of Saumur
linked to: Academy of Saumur