Bartolomeo Meduna (mid-16th century – 15 November 1618) , R.P.M. (reverendo padre maestro) was an Italian Franciscan of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, scholar, teacher and author.[1][2][3]
Biography
editA descendant of the Pordenone branch of the noble Meduna family, he was born in the mid-sixteenth century in Motta di Livenza, in the Treviso area.
He was the son of presbyter Giovanni Battista, son of Domenico Meduna, who was appointed by Bishop Michele della Torre and placed in possession of the church of San Giacomo in Brugnera, invested by the Bishop of Concordia Pietro Querini (on the orders of the Roman Curia) as parish priest and vicar of the church of San Pietro in Azzano, vicar of the cathedral of San Marco in Pordenone, and rector of the church of San Giovanni in San Quirino until 16 June 1605.[4]
His brothers were Francesco Meduna, a physician ("performs miraculous works in medical matters"),[5] and the younger Alessandro Meduna (possibly a nephew), who followed Bartolomeo's education and profession as Custos (since 1617) and as Guardian (since 1626) of the Convent of Udine. He was professor of theology and was elected Provincial Minister of his Order's Province of Sant'Antonio at the chapter held in Montagnana in 1636.[6] Alessandro died on 17 April 1644.[7]
Bartolomeo Meduna completed his religious education at the Conventual Franciscans with a Magisterium, served as Guardian of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Motta, twice as Custos of the Convents of Friuli (in 1594 and 1595) and as Guardian of the Convent of Udine (in 1604 and 1605).[6] His works suggest that he also lived in Padua and Venice.[8]
He is most notable as the author of two operettas in Italian: On the life of the Blessed Virgin and the Humanity of Jesus Christ (1572)[9] and Lo Scolare (1588),[10] presented to Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, great-nephew of Pope Sixtus V.
He also authored the short Dialogue concerning the Miraculous Victory obtained by the Army of the Holy Christian League, against the Turks (1572),[11] celebrating the Battle of Lepanto and dedicated to the Bishop of Treviso Giorgio Cornaro.[12][13][5][14]
He is mentioned as "reconstructor" of the castello di Meduna, coinciding with the construction of the palazzo Michiel-Loredan on the site of the original castle towards the end of the 16th century.[15][16]
Bartolomeo Meduna died on 15 November 1618.[7]
References
edit- ^ Not to be confused with the French Bartolomeo Meduna (Gallus Bartholomeus, Bartholomeus Italus, Gallus/Italus Mutilanensis), who translated in 1510 (1517/18) [sic!] from Italian into Latin Girolamo Savonarola’s "Expositio orationis dominicae and Sermo (Fratris Hieronymi de Ferraria) in vigilia Nativitatis Domini (cora[m] fratribus suis recitatus)"; see Renouard (1969), p. 473, and Dall'Aglio (2006), p. 170.
- ^ Renouard, Philippe (1969). Imprimeurs et Libraires Parisiens du XVIe Siècle (in French). Vol. II. Librairie Droz. p. 473. ISBN 978-2-600-04500-1.
- ^ Dall'Aglio, Stefano (2006). Savonarola in Francia: circolazione di un'eredità politico-religiosa nell'Europa del Cinquecento (in Italian). N. Aragno. ISBN 978-88-8419-291-2.
- ^ De Cicco, Rosa (2010). Pergamene Montereale – Mantica (1286-1624) (PDF) (in Italian). Archivio di Stato di Pordenone. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-10.
- ^ a b Camilli, Camillo (1586). Imprese illustri di diuersi (...). Parte Prima (in Italian). pp. 22–24.
- ^ a b Liruti, Gian Giuseppe (1780). Notizie delle Vite ed Opere Scritte da'Letterati del Friuli (in Italian). Vol. III. p. 331.
- ^ a b Sartori, Antonio (1988). Archivio Sartori: Evoluzione del Francescanesimo nelle tre Venezie. Monasteri, contrade, località, abitanti nella Padova medioevale (in Italian). Biblioteca Antoniana, Basilica del Santo. p. 1276.
- ^ Kirwan, Richard (2016). Scholarly Self-Fashioning and Community in the Early Modern University. Routledge. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-1-317-05920-2.
- ^ Meduna, Bartolomeo (1572). Vita della Gloriosa Vergine Maria Madre di Dio, Regina de i Cieli. Con l'Humanita' del Redentor del Mondo Giesu Christo, Nostro Signore (in Italian).
- ^ Meduna, Bartolomeo (1588). Lo Scolare (in Italian). presso Pietro Fachinetti.
- ^ Meduna, Bartolomeo (1572). Dialogo Sopra La Miracolosa Vittoria Ottenuta dall'Armata della Santissima Lega Christiana, contra la Turchesca (in Italian).
- ^ Rocco, Lepido; Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio (1897). Motta di Livenza e suoi dintorni : studio storico (in Italian). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Treviso : Litografia Sociale della "Gazzetta". pp. 21, 204, 348–349.
- ^ Pignatti, Franco (2009). "MEDUNA, Bartolomeo". Treccani: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ di Manzano, Francesco (1884). Cenni Biografici dei Letterati ed Artisti Friulani dal Secolo IV al XIX (in Italian). Tipografia G. B. Doretti e Soci. p. 129.
- ^ Gelli, Jacopo (1906). Divise-motti e imprese di famiglie e personaggi italiani. Getty Research Institute. Milano : Ulrico Hoepli. p. 547.
- ^ Fasan, Mauro (2014). I patrizi veneti Michiel. Storia dei Michiel "dalla Meduna" (in Italian). Rome: ARCANE editrice S.r.l. pp. 42–48. ISBN 978-88-548-7139-7.