BERTIERI, GIUSEPPE. — Augustinian bishop and theologian, born in Ceva, in Piedmont, on 9 November 1734, died in Pavia on 5 July 1804. He entered religious life at the age of 20 and taught in various colleges of his Order; he then held the chair of theology at the University of Vienna for twenty years. In 1789 he was elected bishop of Como, and three years later transferred to the see of Pavia, being awarded the title of archbishop, and distinguishing himself through his love of justice and the ardor of his 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, B.’s colleague in the theological chair.