Nicholas III
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Nicholas III was a 13th-century pope of the Catholic Church, known for his efforts to strengthen papal authority and for his role in Italian and European politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicholas III canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11275230 — 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: Nicholas III Context triple: [Pope Nicholas III, alsoKnownAs, Nicholas III]
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A.
Yury of Moscow
Yury of Moscow was a Grand Prince of Moscow and influential early 14th-century Russian ruler known for his power struggles over the Vladimir-Suzdal throne and his role in the rise of Moscow.
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B.
Vasili II of Moscow
Vasili II of Moscow was a 15th-century Grand Prince of Moscow whose turbulent reign, marked by civil war and struggles for succession, laid groundwork for the later centralization of the Russian state.
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C.
Ivan II of Moscow
Ivan II of Moscow was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir whose cautious rule helped preserve and modestly expand Muscovite power between the reigns of his more forceful father Ivan I and his ambitious son Dmitry Donskoy.
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D.
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow was a medieval Russian prince, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky, who became the first Prince of Moscow and laid the foundations for its future rise.
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E.
Nikolai Godunov
Nikolai Godunov was a Russian mathematician best known for his foundational contributions to numerical analysis and the development of Godunov's scheme for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations.
- 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: Nicholas III Target entity description: Nicholas III was a 13th-century pope of the Catholic Church, known for his efforts to strengthen papal authority and for his role in Italian and European politics.
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A.
Yury of Moscow
Yury of Moscow was a Grand Prince of Moscow and influential early 14th-century Russian ruler known for his power struggles over the Vladimir-Suzdal throne and his role in the rise of Moscow.
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B.
Vasili II of Moscow
Vasili II of Moscow was a 15th-century Grand Prince of Moscow whose turbulent reign, marked by civil war and struggles for succession, laid groundwork for the later centralization of the Russian state.
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C.
Ivan II of Moscow
Ivan II of Moscow was a 14th-century Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir whose cautious rule helped preserve and modestly expand Muscovite power between the reigns of his more forceful father Ivan I and his ambitious son Dmitry Donskoy.
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D.
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow was a medieval Russian prince, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky, who became the first Prince of Moscow and laid the foundations for its future rise.
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E.
Nikolai Godunov
Nikolai Godunov was a Russian mathematician best known for his foundational contributions to numerical analysis and the development of Godunov's scheme for solving hyperbolic partial differential equations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
human ⓘ pope ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Pope Innocent IV ⓘ |
| appointedCardinal | 1252 ⓘ |
| birthName | Giovanni Gaetano Orsini ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Papal States
ⓘ
Rome ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Basilica of Saint Peter
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Peter's Basilica
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Papal States ⓘ |
| deathCause | stroke ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Papal States
ⓘ
Soriano nel Cimino ⓘ |
| endTime |
papacy 1280
ⓘ
pontificate 22 August 1280 ⓘ |
| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Orsini ⓘ |
| givenName |
Gaetano
ⓘ
Giovanni ⓘ |
| issuedDocument | Exiit qui seminat ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bull Exiit qui seminat
ⓘ
favoring the Orsini family ⓘ involvement in European politics ⓘ involvement in Italian politics ⓘ negotiations with Rudolf I of Habsburg ⓘ policy toward the Kingdom of Sicily ⓘ reorganizing the Papal States administration ⓘ strengthening papal authority ⓘ support of the Franciscan Order ⓘ transfer of the papal residence to the Vatican ⓘ urban development in Rome ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Orsini family
ⓘ
linked to:
Orsini
|
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 188th pope ⓘ |
| papalName | Nicholas III ⓘ |
| participatedIn | papal conclave 1277 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Cardinal
ⓘ
Cardinal Deacon of San Nicola in Carcere ⓘ Cardinal Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina ⓘ Pope ⓘ |
| predecessor |
John XXI
ⓘ
linked to:
Pope John XXI
|
| religion |
Catholic Church
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| residence |
Rome
ⓘ
Vatican Palace ⓘ
linked to:
Apostolic Palace
|
| startTime |
papacy 1277
ⓘ
pontificate 25 November 1277 ⓘ |
| successor | Martin IV ⓘ |
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Subject: Nicholas III Description of subject: Nicholas III was a 13th-century pope of the Catholic Church, known for his efforts to strengthen papal authority and for his role in Italian and European politics.
Referenced by (7)
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