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Amidani (or de Amidanis), Guglielmo

AMIDANI (O DE AMIDANIS), GUGLIELMO

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Also known as: Latin: Gulielmus Amidani, Gulielmus de Amidanis

AMIDANI (or de Amidanis), Guglielmo. - Augustinian religious of the 14th century, b. at Cremona, d. at Novara in 1355. He was prior general of his Order (1326-42) and bishop of Novara (1342-55). He carried out great activity directed to the good of his religious, promoting studies, enlarging convents (Cremona, Novara) and building new ones (Pavia). Numerous works of his remain, dogmatic, exegetical, historical, oratorical, among them: Reprobotio sex errorum sive de auctoritate apostolica; Expositiones super quattuor Evangelia; Commentaria super quattuor libros sententiarum, etc.

Bibliography

BIBL.: D. A. Perini, Bibliographia Augustiniana cum notis biographici. Scriptorum itali, Florence 1931, pp. 28-32.

Emanuele Chietini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1069.

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Chiettini, Emanuele. “Amidani (O de Amidanis), guglielmo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1069. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/amidani-o-de-amidanis-guglielmo.

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Chiettini, Emanuele. “Amidani (O de Amidanis), guglielmo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1069. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/amidani-o-de-amidanis-guglielmo.

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  author    = {Chiettini, Emanuele},
  title     = {Amidani (O de Amidanis), guglielmo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1069},
  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/amidani-o-de-amidanis-guglielmo}
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