ANTONIO da BITONTO. - Famous Franciscan theologian and preacher, d. 25 Sept. 1459 at Atella in Apulia, where he had been provincial vicar of the Observants. From 1440 he taught theology in the convents of Ferrara, Bologna, and Mantua. In 1454 he was sent by Callistus III to preach the crusade against the Turks. While he was preaching the Lenten sermons at Naples in 1453, he incurred the displeasure of Lorenzo Valla (cf. Antidotum in Poggium, I, VI). For his Commento alle Sentenze of the Lombard (Venice 1494; reprinted several times) he was solemnly created master of theology by Nicholas V.
His other works are an echo of his very active preaching (the edition was for the most part edited by his confrere Philip of Rothingen): Sermones in omnes epistolas quadragesimales (Venice 1496); Sermones quadragesimales de vitis (ibid. 1499); Expositio mystica evangeliorum dominicalium (ibid. 1496); Sermones Dominicales (ibid. 1492, Strasbourg 1495 ff.); Quaestiones scholasticae theologicae in Epistolas et Evangelia totius anni, tam de tempore quam de sanctis, published together with the Postilla of Nicholas of Lyra (Ferrara 1490). His other writings have remained unpublished: Summa casuum conscientiae, perhaps identical with his Speculum animae; Sermones super epistolas dominicales per totum annum; De Privilegiis Sanctorum; B. Bernardini Senensis Sermones breviores facti. He also composed, in the vernacular, several religious short poems, such as Credo in Dio sommo Creatore.
Bibliography6 worksMazzuchelli, II, II, p. 1287; C. Villani, Scrittori ed artisti pugliesi, Trani 1904, p. 56 ff.; J. H. Sbaralea, Supplementum ad Script. Ord.
BIBL.: Mazzuchelli, II, II, p. 1287; C. Villani, Scrittori ed artisti pugliesi, Trani 1904, p. 56 ff.; J. H. Sbaralea, Supplementum ad Script. Ord. Min., I, Rome 1908, p. 73 ff.; M. Bibi, s. v. in DIIG, III, col. 762 ff.; D. Scaramuzzi, Il pensiero di Giovanni Duni Scota nel Mezzogiorno d'Italia, Rome 1927, pp. 100-102; id., Un sermone inedito su 1. Antonio da Podava di Fr. A. da B., in Studi Francescani, 3rd series, 4 (1932), pp. 206-10. - For the short poems: C. and L. Frati, Indice delle carte di Pietro Bilancioni, I, Bologna 1893, p. 69.
Kleinhans, Arduino. “Antonio da Bitonto.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 1541–1542. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/antonio-da-bitonto.
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Kleinhans, Arduino. “Antonio da Bitonto.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 1541–1542. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/antonio-da-bitonto.
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@incollection{ec1_antonio_da_bitonto,
author = {Kleinhans, Arduino},
title = {Antonio da Bitonto},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {I},
pages = {1541--1542},
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/antonio-da-bitonto}
}
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