BERTOLOTTI, GIULIO. - Abbot General of the Cistercians, b. at Chiusa in 1608 and d. on 16 May 1682. Having entered at a very young age a monastery of the Congregation of the Feuillants of Italy, where he took the name Luca di s. Carlo, he distinguished himself there by his love of study. He promoted intellectual work in the Order and directed the young toward the study of the sacred and profane sciences. He held various offices in his province, and then, twice, was abbot general of the whole Order.

His cultural and literary activity is attested to us by his many works, some of which were printed during his lifetime: Horrerica Lucae Bertoloti, Jus ducum Sabaudiae in regnum Cypri (Rome 1641); Columba Pamphilia (ibid. 1645); Diodus Gallica et Specus Bethlehemica (ibid. 1645-50); Alcydes mysticus, divus Bernardus (ibid. 1652); Vita cardinalis Joannis Bona (Asti 1677); Divi Bernardi, melliflu Ecclesiae doctoris, gesta illustriora elegiaca relata stylo (Rome 1682). Works still in manuscript: Cardinalis Montalti currus; Antistes regularis; Centum moralis conscientiae casuum resolutiones; Cor Jesu amanti sacrum, piis et affectivis meditationibus eidem Jesu anagogicis motibus purgatum, illuminatum, unitum.

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BIBL.: C. J. Morotius, Cisterciis reforcidentis historia, Turin 1690, pp. 49, 58, 96; L. Janauscheck, Bibliographia Bernardina, Vienna 1891, nos. 1027, 1057, 1073, 1255; J.-M. Canivez, s. v. in DHG, VIII, col. 1024.

Ambrogio Mancone

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