Foresti, Giacomo Filippo - Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. V, p. 899

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

FORESTI, GIACOMO FILIPPO. - Augustinian historian and theologian, born at Solto (Bergamo) in 1434, died at Bergamo in 1520. He entered the Hermits of S. Agostino, and honored the Order throughout his life by his modesty, piety, and learning. Principal works: Supplementum cronicarum (Venice 1483, several editions and translations); Confessionale (Venice 1487, Antwerp 1516; 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, manuscript codex in the Munich Library: 3059 (And. 59), ff. 398.

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, Firenze 1931, pp. 77-79. Davide Falcioni

Article illustration — FORLÌ, DIOCESI di - Exterior of the church of S. Mercuriale, erected in 1176. The bell tower dates from the end of the 12th century.