Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Saints & hagiography Saints

Bertulf of Bobbio, Saint

BERTOLFO DI BOBBIO, SANTO

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Also known as: Latin: Bertulfus Bobiensis

BERTULF OF BOBBIO, Saint. - Born into a noble pagan Frankish family, he entered the monastery of Luxeuil. With Abbot Attala he went to Bobbio, where in 627 he became abbot; he strove against Arianism, which had been spread in Italy by the Lombards, and obtained from Pope Honorius, against the machinations of Proco, bishop of Tortona, and Ariovaldo king of the Lombards, the exemption of Bobbio (cf. the privilege: PL 80, 483-84; Jaffé-Wattenbach, 2017). He died on 19 Aug. 640. His feast is celebrated on 19 Aug. The life of B. was written by his disciple and traveling companion, Abbot Jonas of Bobbio (PL 87, 1061 ff.).

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BIBL.: Acta SS. Augusti, III, Antwerp 1735, pp. 750-54; F. Casalis, Vie de St Bertolfe, 2nd ed., Avignon 1881; Anal. bolland., 6 (1887), p. 206, append.; critical edition of the Vita edited by B. Krusch, in MGH, Script. rerum meroving., IV, pp. 143-47. On the cult and on the relics cf. BHL, 195 ff., 1326.

Filippo Oppenheim

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), coll. 1477–1478.

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Oppenheim, Filippo. “Bertolfo di Bobbio, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, coll. 1477–1478. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bertolfo-di-bobbio-santo.

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Oppenheim, Filippo. “Bertolfo di Bobbio, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, coll. 1477–1478. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bertolfo-di-bobbio-santo.

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  author    = {Oppenheim, Filippo},
  title     = {Bertolfo di Bobbio, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1477--1478},
  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/bertolfo-di-bobbio-santo}
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