CASARTELLI, LODOVICO CARLO. - Bishop and Orientalist, b. in London on 14 Nov. 1852, d. in Manchester on 18 Jan. 1925. He studied at the University of Louvain and was ordained a priest in 1876. A professor and rector at St. Bede's College in Manchester, he became bishop of Salford in Nov. 1903.
A scholar of Oriental culture and religions, he taught Zend and Pahlavi at the University of Louvain and Iranian languages at that of Manchester. He collaborated on the Catholic Encyclopedia and the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. Among his works, particular mention should be made of La philosophie religieuse du mazdéisme sous les Sassanides (Louvain 1881) and the translation from Pahlavi of the Traité de médecine mazdéisme (ibid. 1886).
BibliographyAnon., s. v. in The Encyclopaedia Americana, V, p. 694.
BIBL.: Anon., s. v. in The Encyclopaedia Americana, V, p. 694.
Furlani, Silvio. “Casartelli, lodovico carlo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 972. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/casartelli-lodovico-carlo.
MLA
Furlani, Silvio. “Casartelli, lodovico carlo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 972. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/casartelli-lodovico-carlo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec3_casartelli_lodovico_carlo,
author = {Furlani, Silvio},
title = {Casartelli, lodovico carlo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {III},
pages = {972},
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/casartelli-lodovico-carlo}
}
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