CORTENOVIS, GHERARDO. - Barnabite missionary, vicar apostolic of Ava and Pegu, b. at Bergamo on 28 Oct. 1729: having become a Barnabite in 1748, he first taught philosophy at Arpino, where he had as a pupil the blessed F. M. Bianchi (v.), and then navigation at Finale and theology at Asti and Thonon (Savoy). In 1764, with Fathers M. Carpani (v.), A. Miconi, and F. Re, he set out for the Barnabite mission in Burma. He worked first at Monlà, where he had a seminary built, which was very soon destroyed by the bonzes, and from 1774 at Rangoon. After the death (1776) of Msgr. Percoto (v.), he succeeded him in the direction of the mission, but, on account of malarial fevers, on his return from Mylapore, where he had been consecrated bishop, and while he was preparing to evangelize the Nicobar archipelago, he died on a small island of that archipelago, on 5 May 1780.
Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Missions Missionaries and missiologists
Cortenovis, Gherardo
Also known as: Italian: Gerardo Cortenovis
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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 663–664.
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Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Cortenovis, gherardo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 663–664. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cortenovis-gherardo.
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Colciago, Virginio Maria. “Cortenovis, gherardo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 663–664. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cortenovis-gherardo.
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author = {Colciago, Virginio Maria},
title = {Cortenovis, gherardo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {663--664},
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publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/cortenovis-gherardo}
}
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