ALBERTO GIOVANNI of HAARLEM. — Carmelite, born in Haarlem (northern Holland), where he took the religious habit; died in Louvain in 1496. After studying in Louvain, he was lecturer in philosophy at Brussels (1470) and regent of studies at Louvain (1473), at whose university he taught Sacred Scripture. He was prior of the convent of Haarlem (1475–77) and provincial vicar for Holland and Frisia (1484–94). He was celebrated by his contemporaries for his virtue and learning. Among his works (unpublished) are: 1) Lectura in Ecclesiasticum; 2) Commentarius in I Ioannis Epist.; 3) Quaestiones in Magistrum Sententiarum.
BIBL.: A. Valère, Fasti academici Studii pen. Lovaniensis, Louvain 1650, p. 94; Hutter, II, col. 1033. Ambrogio di Santa Teresa