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Foresti, Giacomo Filippo

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Also known as: Italian: Jacopo Filippo Foresti; Latin: Jacobus Philippus Bergomensis, Jacobus Philippus Foresti

FORESTI, GIACOMO FILIPPO. - Augustinian historian and theologian, b. at Solto (Bergamo) in 1434, d. at Bergamo in 1520. He entered the Hermits of St. Augustine, and honored the Order throughout his life with modesty, piety and study. Principal works: Supplementum cronicarum (Venice 1483, several editions and versions); Confessionale (Venice 1487, Antwerp 1516; it was translated and published in Italian in two editions, ibid. 1500); De pluribus claris selectique mulieribus (Ferrara 1497, Venice 1516, Paris 1525); Postilla Catonis seu speculum regiminis, ms. in the Library of Munich: 3059 (And. 59), ff. 398.

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BIBL.: D. Calvi, Scena letteraria degli scrittori bergamaschi, I, Bergamo 1664, p. 106; L. Torelli, Secoli agostiniani, VIII, Bologna 1686, pp. 52-53; J. Lanteri, Illustriores viri augustinienses, II, Tolentino 1859, pp. 79-81; D. A. Perini, Bibliographia Augustiniana II, Florence 1931, pp. 77-79.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1514–1515.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Foresti, giacomo filippo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1514–1515. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/foresti-giacomo-filippo.

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Falcioni, Davide. “Foresti, giacomo filippo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1514–1515. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/foresti-giacomo-filippo.

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  author    = {Falcioni, Davide},
  title     = {Foresti, giacomo filippo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1514--1515},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/foresti-giacomo-filippo}
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