Peter Martyr
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Peter Martyr, also known as Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar and inquisitor who was martyred for his opposition to heresy and later canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Martyr canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8458972 — 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: Peter Martyr Context triple: [Saint Peter Martyr, alsoKnownAs, Peter Martyr]
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A.
Guillaume Postel
Guillaume Postel was a 16th-century French linguist, Orientalist, and mystic known for his utopian universalist ideas and extensive studies of Eastern languages and cultures.
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B.
Michael Agricola
Michael Agricola was a 16th-century Finnish clergyman and scholar regarded as the father of written Finnish for his pioneering work in translating the Bible and standardizing the Finnish language.
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C.
Enrique Alciati
Enrique Alciati was an Italian sculptor best known for creating prominent public monuments in Mexico, including the iconic figures atop Mexico City’s Angel of Independence.
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D.
Henricus Stephanus
Henricus Stephanus was a prominent 16th-century French humanist printer and classical scholar, renowned for his influential editions of Greek and Latin texts.
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E.
André Thevet
André Thevet was a 16th-century French Franciscan friar, explorer, and cosmographer best known for his travel writings and early descriptions of the New World and the Near East.
- 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: Peter Martyr Target entity description: Peter Martyr, also known as Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar and inquisitor who was martyred for his opposition to heresy and later canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.
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A.
Guillaume Postel
Guillaume Postel was a 16th-century French linguist, Orientalist, and mystic known for his utopian universalist ideas and extensive studies of Eastern languages and cultures.
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B.
Michael Agricola
Michael Agricola was a 16th-century Finnish clergyman and scholar regarded as the father of written Finnish for his pioneering work in translating the Bible and standardizing the Finnish language.
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C.
Enrique Alciati
Enrique Alciati was an Italian sculptor best known for creating prominent public monuments in Mexico, including the iconic figures atop Mexico City’s Angel of Independence.
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D.
Henricus Stephanus
Henricus Stephanus was a prominent 16th-century French humanist printer and classical scholar, renowned for his influential editions of Greek and Latin texts.
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E.
André Thevet
André Thevet was a 16th-century French Franciscan friar, explorer, and cosmographer best known for his travel writings and early descriptions of the New World and the Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century Italian person
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Catholic saint ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ Italian Dominican friar ⓘ inquisitor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dominican Inquisition
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linked to:
Roman Inquisition
Verona ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | canonized saint ⓘ |
| canonizedBy |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
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| centuryOfActivity | 13th century ⓘ |
| clergyRank | priest ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| deathCause | martyrdom ⓘ |
| deathManner | killed for his faith ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | saint of the Catholic Church ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasName |
Peter Martyr
ⓘ
Peter of Verona ⓘ Saint Peter of Verona ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Peter Martyr
|
| historicalPeriod | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Saint ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being martyred
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opposition to heresy ⓘ role in medieval Inquisition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Italian
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Latin ⓘ |
| livedIn | Verona ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dominican Order
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linked to:
Dominican friars
Order of Preachers ⓘ |
| notableRole | inquisitor against heresy ⓘ |
| occupation |
friar
ⓘ
inquisitor ⓘ preacher ⓘ |
| opposed | heresy ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Dominican ⓘ |
| religiousVocation | friar ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
martyr
ⓘ
saint ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Martyr Description of subject: Peter Martyr, also known as Saint Peter of Verona, was a 13th-century Italian Dominican friar and inquisitor who was martyred for his opposition to heresy and later canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.