comes sacrarum largitionum
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The comes sacrarum largitionum was a high-ranking late Roman imperial official responsible for overseeing the empire’s sacred finances, including taxation, mints, and state revenues.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| comes sacrarum largitionum canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3608635 — 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: comes sacrarum largitionum Context triple: [court of Constantine the Great, employer, comes sacrarum largitionum]
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A.
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum is the Latin motto of the Knights Hospitaller, expressing their mission of defending the faith and serving the poor.
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B.
Indulgences in the Catholic Church
Indulgences in the Catholic Church are remissions of temporal punishment for sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, granted under specific conditions by ecclesiastical authority from the Church’s treasury of merits.
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C.
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam is a Latin phrase meaning “For the greater glory of God,” traditionally associated with Ignatian spirituality and used as the guiding motto of the Jesuits.
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D.
Viaticum
Viaticum is the final reception of the Eucharist given to a dying person in Christian, especially Roman Catholic, tradition as spiritual nourishment for their passage from life to death.
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E.
The Seven Sacraments
The Seven Sacraments is a series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin that depict the seven central rites of the Catholic Church in a classical, rigorously composed style.
- 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: comes sacrarum largitionum Target entity description: The comes sacrarum largitionum was a high-ranking late Roman imperial official responsible for overseeing the empire’s sacred finances, including taxation, mints, and state revenues.
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A.
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum
Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum is the Latin motto of the Knights Hospitaller, expressing their mission of defending the faith and serving the poor.
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B.
Indulgences in the Catholic Church
Indulgences in the Catholic Church are remissions of temporal punishment for sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, granted under specific conditions by ecclesiastical authority from the Church’s treasury of merits.
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C.
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam is a Latin phrase meaning “For the greater glory of God,” traditionally associated with Ignatian spirituality and used as the guiding motto of the Jesuits.
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D.
Viaticum
Viaticum is the final reception of the Eucharist given to a dying person in Christian, especially Roman Catholic, tradition as spiritual nourishment for their passage from life to death.
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E.
The Seven Sacraments
The Seven Sacraments is a series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin that depict the seven central rites of the Catholic Church in a classical, rigorously composed style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court dignitary
ⓘ
financial official ⓘ late Roman imperial office ⓘ |
| abolishedWith | disintegration of the western Roman imperial administration ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
Late Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Antiquity
|
| appointedBy | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| confersPowerOver |
coinage policy (in part)
ⓘ
collection of certain taxes in gold ⓘ control of state workshops ⓘ |
| country | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
comes rerum privatarum
ⓘ
praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Notitia Dignitatum ⓘ |
| existedAlongside | comes rerum privatarum ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
centralized control over key revenue streams
ⓘ
court proximity to the emperor ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
eastern Roman Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
western Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Western Roman Empire
|
| hasTitle | comes sacrarum largitionum ⓘ |
| hierarchicalStatus | one of the highest financial offices of the empire ⓘ |
| inception | 4th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later Byzantine financial offices ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| meaningOfSacraeLargitiones | sacred largesses or sacred donations ⓘ |
| partOf |
central imperial administration
ⓘ
imperial court ⓘ |
| rank |
comes
ⓘ
vir illustris ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
bullion supply
ⓘ
customs duties ⓘ distribution of certain state payments ⓘ imperial finances ⓘ imperial manufactories ⓘ imperial mints ⓘ some indirect taxes ⓘ state revenues ⓘ state-owned mines ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
fiscal administration
ⓘ
imperial logistics (through payments and supplies) ⓘ monetary administration ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
emperor
ⓘ
magister officiorum (in some administrative matters) ⓘ
linked to:
magister officiorum (disputed in sources)
|
| supervises |
provincial financial officials
ⓘ
staff of the sacrae largitiones ⓘ |
| translation | count of the sacred largesses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: comes sacrarum largitionum Description of subject: The comes sacrarum largitionum was a high-ranking late Roman imperial official responsible for overseeing the empire’s sacred finances, including taxation, mints, and state revenues.
Referenced by (5)
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