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Bartholomew Of Modena an Italian Dominican, famous alike as theologian and preacher, who died in 1448, is the author of De Christo Jesu Abscoindito in Solemnitate Corporis Christi (Venice, 1555): Comrentat. in Regulam S. Augustini: Concio de Veritate Sigmatum B. Catharince de Senis: Conmment. super Integra Psalteria: Comment. super Evangeliunm Mcathcei (the two latter in … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Modena”

Bartholomew of Lucca (Or de Fiadonibus, sometimes abbreviated Ptolomeo or Tolomeo) Historian, b. about 1227 at Lucca; d. about 1327. At an early age he entered the Dominican Order. He was distinguished for piety, and his intense application to study, for which reasons he won the respect and warm friendship of St. Thomas Aquinas. He … Continue reading “Bartholomew of Lucca”

Bartholomew Of Glanville (also called Anglicus), an Englishman, of the family of the earls of Suffolk, and a Franciscan. He applied himself to the discovery of the morals hidden under the outward appearance of natural things, on which he composed a large work, entitled Opus de Proprietatibus Rerum, in nineteen books: (1.) Of God; (2.) … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Glanville”

Bartholomew Of Foigni (de Fusniatco), bishop of Laon, was suspended about the year 1142 by cardinal Ivo, the legate of pope Innocent II, for having confirmed an unlawful divorce between Raoul, count of Vermandois, and his wife. After this he left his bishopric and became a monk of Citeaux. He wrote Epistola Apolgqetica ad Synodum … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Foigni”

Bartholomew of Edessa Syrian apologist and polemical writers. The place of his birth is not known, it was probably Edessa or some neighbouring town, for he was certainly a monk of that city, and in his refutation of Agarenus, he calls himself several times “the monk of Edessa”. The time in which he flourished is … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Edessa”

Bartholomew Of Cotton a monk of Norwich, who flourished about 1292. He wrote a History of England, divided into three parts. Part I contains an account of the Britons; Part II treats of the Saxon and Norman kings down to the year 1292; Part III gives; much information concerning the archbishops and bishops of England … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Cotton”

Bartholomew of Brescia An Italian canonist, b. probably in the second half of the twelfth century at Brescia; d. 1258. He studied Roman and ecclesiastical law at Bologna, where he himself became a teacher. It is believed that he was murdered, when Ezzelino, the leader of the Ghibellines, captured Brescia (1258). His literary work consisted … Continue reading “Bartholomew of Brescia”

Bartholomew Of Braganza an Italian Dominican who held the episcopal see at Vincenza from 1250 to 1268, and died in 1270, wrote, A Commentary on the Bible: Scholia in Dionysinum Areopagitam de Celesti Hierarchia: Vitce Sanctorum in Epitomen Redactce: Narratio de Reliquiis Spinece Coronce Christi 1260 Vicentiam Perlatce, etc. See Barbaranus, Historia Vicentina; Ughelli, Italia … Continue reading “Bartholomew Of Braganza”

Bartholomew of Braganca Born about 1200; died 1 July, 1271. He made his studies at Padua, receiving there the habit of the Dominican Order from the hands of St. Dominic. According to Leander, author of the oldest life of Bartholomew, he was made master of the sacred palace in 1235, during the pontificate of Gregory … Continue reading “Bartholomew of Braganca”

Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable Born at Verdela, near Lisbon, May, 1514; died at Viana, 16 July, 1590. Bartholomew Fernandez, later known as a Martyribus, out of veneration for the church in which he was baptized, came of humble parentage. He entered the Dominican Order, 11 November, 1527, and was professed 20 November, 1529. On the … Continue reading “Bartholomew of Braga, Venerable”