Giovanni da Serravalle
| 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 February 1445 Fano, Italy |
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]
Life
Giovanni 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
During 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]
Digital Editions:
- de Serravalle, Iohannes (28 April 2026). Translatio et commentum totius libri Dantis Aldighierii. Verba. Ex Officina Elsa. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- de Serravalle, Iohannes (28 April 2026). Translatio et commentum totius libri Dantis Aldighierii. Italiano et Latine. Ex Officina Elsa. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- de Serravalle, Iohannes (3 May 2026). Translatio et commentum totius libri Dantis Aldighierii. La Commedia Colorata. Ex Officina Elsa. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
- de Serravalle, Iohannes (3 May 2026). Translatio et commentum totius libri Dantis Aldighierii. Italiano et Lagine. La Commedia Colorata. Ex Officina Elsa. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
External links and additional sources
- 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]
References
- Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Back to citation occurrence 1.2 Back to citation occurrence 1.3 Back to citation occurrence 1.4 "Bishop Giovanni de Bertoldi, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016. [self-published]
- Back to citation "Franaut page". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
- Back to citation p. 131 note 50; Google Books.
- Back to citation 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.
- Back to citation (in Italian) Lista dei maestri Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Back to citation (in Italian) treccani.it biography
- Back to citation Walter Ullmann, Medieval Foundations of Renaissance Humanism (1977), pp. 114–5.
- Back to citation Wendy Scase, David Lawton, Rita Copeland (editors), New Medieval Literatures (2000), p. 13; Google Books.
- Back to citation Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, Volume 1 (1819), p. v; Google Books.
- Back to citation Miranda entry for Saluzzo
- Back to citation 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.
- Back to citation Steven Botterill, Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia (2005), pp. 137–8; Google Books.
- Back to citation Richard Lansing (editor), The Dante Encyclopedia (2000), p. 208.