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UGO ETERIANO. - Theologian and cardinal, born in Pisa at the beginning of the 12th century, died in 1182.
Along with his brother Leo, known as the Tuscan (Leo Tuscus), he was one of those numerous Latins who, admitted to the Byzantine Court of Manuel I Komnenos (1143-80), occupied an important position there. He took a lively part in the diplomatic relations established between the Em-
(phot. Enc. Catt.) UGO D'AMIENS - Incipit dei Dialogorum libri - Vatican Library, cod. Reg. lat. 288, fol. 12f (late 12th cent.).(photogr. Gab. fot. naz.) UGO di GRENOBLE, saint - Right panel of the triptych with Madonna, Child, Angels, and Saints, attributed to Macrino d'Alba (1494-1528). Susa, Cathedral.Spiritus Sanctus ex utroque, Patre scilicet et Filio procedat, contra Graecos (Basel 1543: PL 202, 227-396), in which he proves his thesis with numerous patristic texts; soon translated into Greek by the author himself, it exerted a beneficial influence; to it in fact is largely due the conversion of Patriarch Giovanni Beccos (Veccos). Of another important Tractatus contra Graecos, remarkable parts are preserved in the homonymous work written by the Dominicans of Constantinople and edited by J. Basnage, Thesaurus monumentorum ecclesiasticorum, IV, Antwerp 1725, pp. 29-80. - See pl. LXX.
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“UGO ETERIANO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), p. 451. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/ugo-eteriano.