Giovanni da Serravalle, also known asGiovanni de Bertoldi (c. 1350 – 1445), was aSammarineseFranciscan and humanist, who becamebishop of Fermo andbishop of Fano (1417–1445).[1] He is now best known for his commentary onDante.[2]
Most Reverend Giovanni de Bertoldi | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Fano | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Fano |
| In office | 1417–1445 |
| Successor | Giovanni di Renzo de Tonsis |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 15 Feb 1445 Fano,Italy |
Life
editGiovanni de Bertoldi was ordained a priest in theOrder of Friars Minor.[1]
In 1385 he was lector at thestudium of St. Croce.[3] From 1387 to 1390 he taught moral philosophy at theUniversity of Pavia.[4] He taught arts at theUniversity of Perugia for a year from 1400.[5] He was appointed bishop of Fermo byPope Gregory XII, around 1410. On 15 Dec 1417, he was appointed during the papacy ofPope Martin V asBishop of Fano.[1] He served as Bishop of Fano until he died there on 15 Feb 1445.[1][6]
While bishop, he was the Principal Co-ConsecratorJean Heysterbach,Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1436).[1]
Works
editDuring theCouncil of Constance he translated theDivine Comedy into Latin.[7] He did this largely for the benefit ofNicholas Bubwith andRobert Hallam, English bishops attending the council;[8] he was encouraged byAmedeo Saluzzo attending the council, who was a cardinal of the Avignon obedience. Serraville was also a source for stories concerning the young Dante's visits to Paris and Oxford.[9][10] He lectured at Constance on Dante too, producing later a written commentary.[11] It was strongly influenced byBenvenuto da Imola andStefano Talice da Ricaldone;[12] and Serravalle revised Benvenuto's glosses, to support the council's reforming programme.[13]
Notes
edit- ^abcde"Bishop Giovanni de Bertoldi, O.F.M."Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016.[self-published]
- ^"Franaut page". Archived fromthe original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved2011-11-19.
- ^p. 131 note 50;Google Books.
- ^Luca Carlo Rossi,Le strade di Ercole: itinerari umanistici e altri percorsi : Seminario internazionale per i centenari di Coluccio Salutati e Lorenzo Valla : Bergamo, 25-26 ottobre 2007 (2010), p. 75;Google Books.
- ^(in Italian)Lista dei maestriArchived 2012-03-06 at theWayback Machine
- ^(in Italian)treccani.it biography
- ^Walter Ullmann,Medieval Foundations of Renaissance Humanism (1977), pp. 114–5.
- ^Wendy Scase, David Lawton, Rita Copeland (editors),New Medieval Literatures (2000), p. 13;Google Books.
- ^Henry Francis Cary (translator),The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, Volume 1 (1819), p. v;Google Books.
- ^Miranda entry for Saluzzo
- ^Werner Paul Friederich,Dante's Fame Abroad, 1350-1850: the influence of Dante Alighieri on the poets and scholars of Spain, France, England, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States (1950), p. 342;Google Books.
- ^Steven Botterill,Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia (2005), pp. 137–8;Google Books.
- ^Richard Lansing (editor),The Dante Encyclopedia (2000), p. 208.
External links and additional sources
edit- Serravalle's Latin translation of and commentary on theCommedia
- Cheney, David M."Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola".Catholic-Hierarchy.org. RetrievedJanuary 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops)[self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel."Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola". GCatholic.org. RetrievedJanuary 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops)[self-published]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Fano 1417–1445 | Succeeded by |