Albertanus of Brescia

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Albertanus von Brescia (* 1195 in Brescia ; † around 1251) was an Italian lawyer and scholar. He was judge of Brescia and representative of the city in the Lombard League and adviser to the Podestà of Genoa (1243). He was particularly active between 1226 and 1251. He was put on record because Frederick II had him arrested in 1238. In prison he wrote his spiritual treatise De amore Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma vitae ("On love for God and for neighbor and for other things and the way of life").

He was against all violence, as he had suffered from it even during disputes within his commune . For this reason, he suggested forms of community and organization, through which disputes between parties should be avoided and which should support particularly poor people, since poverty was often the origin of such disputes and acts of violence. He became a great sponsor of social aid organizations, aid associations and hospices.

His treatises are learned disputations . They refer to the ethical precepts of the Bible , but there are also influences from Latin authors - especially Seneca - and Franciscan thought. In Codex B II 6 of the Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia, which contains Seneca's Epistulae morales , marginal glosses and drawings by his hand have been identified. The books were translated into old Italian in 1268 by Andrea da Grosseto and by Soffredi del Grazia in 1278.

He is considered an early forerunner of Renaissance humanism .

Works

Tracts
  • De amore et dilectione Dei et proximi et aliarum rerum et de forma vitae. (About love for God and for fellow human beings and for other things and about the way of life) (1238) (Latin).
  • Ars loquendi et tacendi. (Art of speaking and remaining silent) (1245) (Latin).
  • Liber consolationis et consilii. (Book of comfort and advice) (1246) (Latin).
Sermons
  • Sermo Januensis (Sermon of Genoa) (1243) (Latin).
  • Sermones quattuor (Four Sermons) (1250) (Latin).

Reception in detective novels

  • Enrico Giustacchini: Il giudice Albertano e il caso della fanciulla che sembrava in croce. Liberedizioni, Brescia, Italy 2014. (Italian)
  • Enrico Giustacchini: Il giudice Albertano e il caso dell'uomo pugnalato fra le nuvole. Liberedizioni, Brescia 2015. (Italian)
  • Enrico Giustacchini: Il giudice Albertano e il caso dei colori assassini. Liberedizioni, Brescia 2016. (Italian)
  • Enrico Giustacchini: Il giudice Albertano e il caso della scala senza fine. Liberedizioni, Brescia 2017. (Italian)
  • Enrico Giustacchini: Il giudice Albertano e il caso del giardino invisibile. Liberedizioni, Brescia 2018. (Italian)

bibliography

  • Paolo Guerrini:  Albertano da Brescia. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1:  Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960, p. 669.
  • Gabriel Silagi: Albertanus v. Brescia . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , column 290 f.
  • James M. Powell : Albertanus of Brescia: The pursuit of happiness in the early thirteenth century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1992. ISBN 0-8122-3138-4
  • James M. Powell: Albertano Da Brescia. In: Dictionary of the Middle Ages 2004, Supplement 1.
  • Angus Graham: Albertanus of Brescia: A Preliminary Census of Vernacular Manuscripts. In: Studi Medieval 41, 2000: 891-924.
  • André Vauchez : Comparsa e affermazione di una Religosità laica (XII secolo - inizio XIV secolo). In: Storia dell'Italia religiosa. 1. G. De Rosa - T. Gregory - A. Vauchez. L'antichità e il Medioevo , Bari 1993, 415. (Italian)

Remarks

  1. ^ Silagi in LexMA

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personal data
SURNAME Albertanus of Brescia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albertanus Brixiensis; Albertanus causidicus; Albertano da Brescia; Albertanus Iudex
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian lawyer and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1195
PLACE OF BIRTH Brescia
DATE OF DEATH around 1251