ALBERTI, PHILIPP

PHILIPP ALBERTI. - German Carmelite, originally from Nussia (Neuss, Rhineland), died in Frankfurt in 1506. He entered the Carmelite Order in Frankfurt, earned a degree in theology at the University of Cologne, and taught at the University of Paris, then at the University of Cologne. In 1496, he was appointed prior of the convent in Frankfurt. A. was celebrated by his contemporaries as an eminent philosopher and theologian, a skilled orator, and a brilliant thinker.

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Facade of the church of S. Maria Novella (1470) - Florence.
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MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI - Triptych in the Museo Poldi-Pezzoli - Milan.
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Works (all unpublished): Postilla in Cantica Canticorum; Commentaria in Magistrum Sententiarum; De purissima B. V. Mariae conceptione.

BIBL.: Cosma di s. Stefano Villiers, Bibl. Carm., II, Orléans 1752, p. 625; Hurter, II, col. 1111; H. H. Koch, Die Karmelitenkläter der niederdeutschen Provinz, Friburgo in Br. 1899, pp. 15, 23, 41. Ambrogio di Santa Teresa
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“ALBERTI, PHILIPP.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 424. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/alberti-philipp.