Enciclopedia Cattolica

BARBERI, BARTOLOMEO (BARTOLOMEO DA CASTELVETRO)

Volume II · p. 490 · 1949

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Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

BARBERI, BARTOLOMEO (BARTOLOMEO da CASTELVETRO). - The most illustrious interpreter of Bonaventurian thought among the Capuchins of his time, born at Castelvetro (Modena) on January 1, 1615, died in Modena

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BARBAZIANO, Saint - Sarcophagus known as that of St. B. (6th century), containing the saint's relics since 1658 - Ravenna, Cathedral.
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on August 24, 1679. At the age of sixteen he embraced religious life in the religious province of Bologna; in 1679 he was incorporated into the new province of Lombardy (Parma). For many years he was a lecturer in philosophy and theology, a zealous preacher, and a highly appreciated spiritual director.

His scholarly activity was entirely dedicated to the doctrine of St. Bonaventure, from whose works he derived school manuals of philosophy (Flores et fructus philosophici seu Cursus philosophici ad mentem s. Bonaventurae, 3 vols., Lyon 1677) and theology (Cursus theologicus ad mentem seraphi doctoris s. Bonaventurae, 2 vols., ibid. 1787), which contributed greatly to the dissemination of Bonaventurian thought. A Tabula seu Index generalis in Opera omnia s. Bonaventurae (ibid. 1681) was of great use to the modern editors of Quaracchi. B. also studied Scripture in the light of the works of the Seraphic Doctor: Glossa seu summa ex omnibus s. Bonaventurae expositionibus in S. Scriptorum exacte collecta et in facem usum studiosis Concionatoribus secundum ordinem biblicam concinnata (4 vols., ibid. 1681-85). A treatise of his on spiritual theology: Teologia mistica del Serafico Dottore s. Bonaventura o pratica della presenza di Gesù Cristo Dio ed uomo remained in manuscript and is now lost.

BIBL.: G. Tiraboschi, Biblioteca Modenese, I, Modena 1781, p. 137 f.; Bernardo da Bologna, Biblioteca Ordinis Minorum S. Francisci Capuccinorum, Venice 1747, p. 36; A. Testaert, s. V. in DHC, VI, coll. 639-40; P. Felice da Mareto, Tavole dei Capitoli dell'Ordine dei Frati Minori Cappuccini, Parma 1930, p. 173 f. Teodorico da Castel S. Pietro
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“BARBERI, BARTOLOMEO (BARTOLOMEO DA CASTELVETRO).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 490. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/barberi-bartolomeo-bartolomeo-da-castelvetro.