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Alberti, Leandro

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Also known as: Leander Alberti; Latin: Leander Albertus

ALBERTI, LEANDRO. - Born in Bologna in 1479 and died there in 1551. He became a Dominican at the age of 16 and was a disciple in theology of Fr. Francesco da Priero. Companion of the general of the Order with the title of provincial of the Holy Land, inquisitor general, most learned and highly esteemed in his times.

He left no fewer than twenty works of varying value, some of which are of interest for their historical data: Descrittione di tutta l'Italia (Bologna 1550); Ephemerides ab adventu Ludovici XII Galliae regit in Irodiam usque ad annum 1552 (manuscript in the University Library of Bologna); Historie di Bologna (I and II, Bologna 1541-90; the rest manuscript in the University Library of Bologna); De viris illustribus Ord. Praedicatorum (Bologna 1517); etc.

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BIBL.: J. Quétif-J. Echard, Scriptores Ord. Praed., II, Paris 1721, pp. 137-39; G. Fantuzzi, Notizie degli Scrittori Bolognesi, I, Bologna 1781, pp. 146-53.

Luigi Berra

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 677.

More by Luigi Berra: Albert of Austria · Albert III of Bavaria-Munich (Albrecht), called the Pious · Albert VII of Mecklenburg, called the Handsome · Alberici, Giacomo · Albani, Family

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Berra, Luigi. “Alberti, leandro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 677. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alberti-leandro.

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Berra, Luigi. “Alberti, leandro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 677. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alberti-leandro.

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@incollection{ec1_alberti_leandro,
  author    = {Berra, Luigi},
  title     = {Alberti, leandro},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {677},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alberti-leandro}
}

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