Saint John de Matha

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12th-century Roman Catholic priest Catholic priest Christian saint French person founder of religious order

Saint John de Matha was a 12th-century French Catholic priest and founder of the Trinitarian Order, known for his work in ransoming Christian captives.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
John de Matha	1
John of Matha	1
Saint John de Matha canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10760144 — 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: Saint John de Matha
Context triple: [DeMatha Catholic High School, namedAfter, Saint John de Matha]

A. Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar of Le Puy was a French bishop and papal legate who played a leading spiritual and military role in organizing and guiding the First Crusade.
B. St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
C. Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic was a 13th-century Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order, known for his commitment to preaching, education, and combating heresy within the Catholic Church.
D. Saint Giles of Provence
Saint Giles of Provence is a 7th-century Christian hermit and abbot, widely venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and patron saint of the disabled, beggars, and outcasts.
E. St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was a 17th-century French bishop, spiritual writer, and influential Catholic saint renowned for his gentle approach to devotion and guidance for laypeople.
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: Saint John de Matha
Target entity description: Saint John de Matha was a 12th-century French Catholic priest and founder of the Trinitarian Order, known for his work in ransoming Christian captives.

A. Adhemar of Le Puy
Adhemar of Le Puy was a French bishop and papal legate who played a leading spiritual and military role in organizing and guiding the First Crusade.
B. St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort
St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort was a French Catholic priest and influential Marian theologian whose writings on total consecration to Mary deeply shaped modern Catholic spirituality.
C. Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic was a 13th-century Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order, known for his commitment to preaching, education, and combating heresy within the Catholic Church.
D. Saint Giles of Provence
Saint Giles of Provence is a 7th-century Christian hermit and abbot, widely venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and patron saint of the disabled, beggars, and outcasts.
E. St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was a 17th-century French bishop, spiritual writer, and influential Catholic saint renowned for his gentle approach to devotion and guidance for laypeople.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	12th-century Roman Catholic priest ⓘ Catholic priest ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ French person ⓘ founder of religious order ⓘ
associatedWith	Felix of Valois ⓘ
birthPlace	Faucon-de-Barcelonnette ⓘ France ⓘ Provence ⓘ
burialPlace	San Tommaso in Formis ⓘ linked to: Church of San Tommaso in Formis
canonizationStatus	canonized saint ⓘ
coFoundedWith	Felix of Valois ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
devotion	care for the poor and enslaved ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Paris ⓘ
era	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
feastDay	17 December ⓘ 8 February (some calendars) ⓘ
founded	Order of the Most Holy Trinity ⓘ linked to: Order of the Holy Trinity Trinitarian Order ⓘ linked to: Order of the Holy Trinity
fullName	John de Matha ⓘ linked to: Saint John de Matha
givenName	John ⓘ
hasRepresentation	often depicted in Trinitarian habit ⓘ often shown ransoming captives ⓘ
hasTitle	Confessor ⓘ Founder of the Trinitarians ⓘ
influenced	later Trinitarian reform movements ⓘ
knownFor	devotion to the Holy Trinity ⓘ founding the Trinitarian Order ⓘ ransoming Christian captives ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ Old French ⓘ
mainWork	establishing hospitals and houses for ransoming captives ⓘ
mission	redemption of Christian captives from slavery ⓘ
occupation	Catholic priest ⓘ religious founder ⓘ
patronage	Trinitarian Order ⓘ linked to: Order of the Holy Trinity Trinitarian priests ⓘ
positionHeld	canon at the Cathedral of Paris ⓘ
religion	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder	Trinitarian Order ⓘ linked to: Order of the Holy Trinity
spiritualityFocusedOn	mystery of the Holy Trinity ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Lutheran Church ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DeMatha Catholic High School → namedAfter → Saint John de Matha ⓘ

Trinitarians → foundedBy → John of Matha ⓘ

linked to: Saint John de Matha

Saint John de Matha → fullName → John de Matha ⓘ