BERNARDINO da COLPETRAZZO. - Capuchin historiographer and preacher of the Umbrian province, b. 25 Nov. 1514, he passed from the Observant Friars Minor to the Capuchin Friars Minor on 11 Jan. 1534; d. 7 Feb. 1594.
Master of novices, provincial vicar of Umbria, counsellor to various ministers general, from 1580 to 1594 he composed three accounts of the Order's early age, recently published by Fr. Melchiorre da Pobladura under the title Historia Ord. Min. Capuccinorum: I, I, Praecipui nascentis Ordinis eventus (Assisi 1939); I, II, Biographiae selectae (ibid. 1940); I, III, Ratio vivendi Fratrum. Ministri et Vicarii generales, Cardinales protectores (Monumenta historica Ord. Min. Capuccinorum, 2, 3, 4), Rome 1941.
The author, an authoritative witness of the facts, describes with simplicity, for the purpose of edification, the virtues of the first Capuchins, whose reform he extols as a faithful restoration of the ancient Franciscan life. Writing from memory, he falls into chronological errors; following the hagiographic form, he indulges with faith in the supernatural element. An evangelical preacher, he dictated the statutes of the Monte Frumentario, or of the Abbondanza, caused to be erected at Colpetrazzo and at Torre Lorenzana.
Bibliography4 worksFredegando d'Anversa, La vita dei primi frati Min. Cappucc. secondo la Cronaca di B. da C., in Liber memorialis Ord. Min. Capuccinorum, Rome
BIBL.: Fredegando d'Anversa, La vita dei primi frati Min. Cappucc. secondo la Cronaca di B. da C., in Liber memorialis Ord. Min. Capuccinorum, Rome 1928, 131-73; Francesco da Vicenza, Il p. B. da C. e i Monti Frumentari, in L'Italia franc., 2 (1927), 131-37; Melchiorre da Pobladura, Prolegomena of vol. I of the Historia cited above, pp. XXXIX-LXXIX; id., Hist. Generalis Ord. fratrum Min. Capuccinorum, I, Rome 1947, pp. 239-40, 275.
Felice da Mareto. “Bernardino da Colpetrazzo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1406. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardino-da-colpetrazzo.
MLA
Felice da Mareto. “Bernardino da Colpetrazzo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1406. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardino-da-colpetrazzo.
BibTeX
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author = {Felice da Mareto},
title = {Bernardino da Colpetrazzo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {1406},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bernardino-da-colpetrazzo}
}
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