VENTURA, GUGLIELMO. - Born at Asti, ca. 1250, died after 1310.
He wrote an interesting chronicle of the events of his native city, of Piedmont and of the surrounding countries.
In it he narrated impartially the wickedness of Ezzelino and his own misfortunes. He noted that he had been taken prisoner in 1273 in the course of a battle. During a war against the Marquis of Saluzzo he held the office of consul and was therefore held responsible for the famine that occurred in Asti as a result of the hostilities. In his will, drawn up in 1310 (ch. 57), he left excellent advice to his sons and showed his severity in forbidding them to read romances. The account of the festivities that took place in Rome on the occasion of the jubilee of 1300 is quite picturesque.
Bibliographycf. the Cronaca published in RIS, XI, cols. 153-268 (with biographical notes).
BIBL.: cf. the Cronaca published in RIS, XI, cols. 153-268 (with biographical notes).
Mollat, Guglielmo. “Ventura, guglielmo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, coll. 1237–1238. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/ventura-guglielmo.
MLA
Mollat, Guglielmo. “Ventura, guglielmo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, coll. 1237–1238. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ventura-guglielmo.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec12_ventura_guglielmo,
author = {Mollat, Guglielmo},
title = {Ventura, guglielmo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XII},
pages = {1237--1238},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1954},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ventura-guglielmo}
}
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