Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 History & biography Historians, various biographies

John Canaparius

GIOVANNI CANAPARIO

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Also known as: Latin: Johannes Canaparius

JOHN CANAPARIUS. - Historian. Of a noble Roman family, born around the middle of the 10th century, he spent his youth between worldly turmoil and the study of the classics. In the years 1000-1001 he became a monk in the monastery of Sts. Alexis and Boniface on the Aventine, where, upon the death of Abbot Leo, he was elected to succeed him. He died on 12 October 1004.

At the wish of Emperor Otto III he wrote the life of St. Adalbert, bishop of Prague, a few years after the martyrdom: a work of great historical and literary value.

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BIBL.: Vita s. Adalberti, edited by G. H. Pertz in MGH. Scriptores, IV, pp. 581-95; Manitius, II, pp. 229-31; F. Novati and A. Monteverdi, Le origini, Milan 1925, pp. 259-60; W. Wattenbach, Deutschlands Geschichtsquellen im Mittelalter, I, Tübingen 1948, p. 47; II, ibid. 1949, p. 338.

Ulderico Vicentini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 531.

More by Ulderico Vicentini: John (Oldradi, Oldrati) of Meda, Saint · John of Ragusa · Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint · Gilbert Folio · Gilbertines

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Vicentini, Ulderico. “Giovanni Canapario.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 531. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-canapario.

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Vicentini, Ulderico. “Giovanni Canapario.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 531. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-canapario.

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  author    = {Vicentini, Ulderico},
  title     = {Giovanni Canapario},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {531},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-canapario}
}

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