Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Dogmatic theology Theologians

Bertieri, Giuseppe

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BERTIERI, GIUSEPPE. - Augustinian bishop and theologian, b. at Ceva, in Piedmont, on 9 Nov. 1734, d. at Pavia on 5 July 1804. A religious at the age of 20, he taught in various colleges of his Order, then for twenty years held the chair of theology at the University of Vienna. In 1789 he was elected bishop of Como, and three years later transferred to the church of Pavia, invested with the title of archbishop, distinguishing himself by his love of justice and his ardor of faith.

Principal works: De Incarnatione, de legibus, de Sacramentis in genere et de Baptismo et Confirmatione in specie (3 vols., Vienna 1771-74); Theologiae dogmaticae in systema redactae pars altera (ibid. 1778; Venice 1780; ibid. 1790). The first part of this work was published by the Dominican Pietro Gazzaniga, colleague of B. in the theological chair.

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BIBL.: D. A. Perini, Bibliographia Augustiniana, I, Florence 1929, pp. 125-26; Hutter, V, col. 637.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1470.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Bertieri, giuseppe.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1470. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bertieri-giuseppe.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Bertieri, giuseppe.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1470. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bertieri-giuseppe.

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  author    = {Falcioni, Davide},
  title     = {Bertieri, giuseppe},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1470},
  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/bertieri-giuseppe}
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