Giovanni da Serravalle, also known as Giovanni de Bertoldi (c. 1350 – 1445), was a Sammarinese Franciscan and humanist, who became bishop of Fermo and bishop of Fano (1417–1445).[1] He is now best known for his commentary on Dante.[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 the Order of Friars Minor.[1]
In 1385 he was lector at the studium of St. Croce.[3] From 1387 to 1390 he taught moral philosophy at the University of Pavia.[4] He taught arts at the University of Perugia for a year from 1400.[5] He was appointed bishop of Fermo by Pope Gregory XII, around 1410. On 15 Dec 1417, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Martin V as Bishop 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-Consecrator Jean Heysterbach, Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg (1436).[1]
Works
editDuring the Council of Constance he translated the Divine Comedy into Latin.[7] He did this largely for the benefit of Nicholas Bubwith and Robert Hallam, English bishops attending the council;[8] he was encouraged by Amedeo 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 by Benvenuto da Imola and Stefano Talice da Ricaldone;[12] and Serravalle revised Benvenuto's glosses, to support the council's reforming programme.[13]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d e "Bishop Giovanni de Bertoldi, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016. [self-published]
- ^ "Franaut page". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- ^ 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 maestri Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback 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 the Commedia
- Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
- Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 4, 2019. (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]