Marie-Joseph Lagrange
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Marie-Joseph Lagrange was a French Dominican priest and pioneering biblical scholar known for advancing historical-critical study of Scripture within the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marie-Joseph Lagrange canonical | 3 |
| Lagrange | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marie-Joseph Lagrange Context triple: [École Biblique, founder, Marie-Joseph Lagrange]
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Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange was an 18th-century mathematician and astronomer renowned for his foundational contributions to analysis, number theory, and classical mechanics, including the formulation of Lagrangian mechanics.
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Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
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Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre was an influential 18th–19th century French mathematician known for major contributions to number theory, analysis, and mathematical statistics.
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Jean-Étienne-Marie
Jean-Étienne-Marie is the given name of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, a prominent French jurist and statesman known as one of the principal drafters of the Napoleonic Civil Code.
- 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: Marie-Joseph Lagrange Target entity description: Marie-Joseph Lagrange was a French Dominican priest and pioneering biblical scholar known for advancing historical-critical study of Scripture within the Catholic Church.
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Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange was an 18th-century mathematician and astronomer renowned for his foundational contributions to analysis, number theory, and classical mechanics, including the formulation of Lagrangian mechanics.
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B.
Étienne-Louis
Étienne-Louis is a French given name most famously borne by the visionary neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis Boullée.
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C.
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon Laplace was a French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer whose work laid the foundations of celestial mechanics, probability theory, and statistics.
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Adrien-Marie Legendre
Adrien-Marie Legendre was an influential 18th–19th century French mathematician known for major contributions to number theory, analysis, and mathematical statistics.
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Jean-Étienne-Marie
Jean-Étienne-Marie is the given name of Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, a prominent French jurist and statesman known as one of the principal drafters of the Napoleonic Civil Code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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Dominican ⓘ French person ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1855-03-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1938-03-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
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linked to:
Sorbonne University
École Normale Supérieure ⓘ
linked to:
École Normale (Paris)
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| employer |
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
ⓘ
linked to:
École Biblique
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| familyName |
Lagrange
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linked to:
Marie-Joseph Lagrange
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| fieldOfWork |
biblical studies
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exegesis ⓘ historical-critical method ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| fullName | Marie-Joseph Lagrange ⓘ |
| givenName | Marie-Joseph ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Catholic exegesis
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Catholic biblical scholars in the 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Revue Biblique
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founding the École Biblique in Jerusalem ⓘ promoting historical-critical study of the Bible in the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
French
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Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| movement | Catholic modern biblical scholarship ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Méthode historique
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Revue Biblique ⓘ commentaries on biblical books ⓘ |
| occupation |
biblical scholar
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priest ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bourg-en-Bresse ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
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founder of École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
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linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| religiousOrder |
Dominicans
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linked to:
Dominican friars
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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linked to: Marie-Joseph Lagrange