Gabriel Barletta

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Gabriel Barletta OP (Gabriele de Brunis de Barletta; Italian Gabriele da Barletta ; † after 1480) from Barletta or Aquino was an Italian clergyman and preacher. In his day he was so famous that he became a proverb: "Nescit predicare qui nescit barlettare" ( Latin : He does not know how to preach, who does not know how to barlettare )

Life

Gabriele de Brunis de Barletta (also de Barulo ) lived in northern Italy in the 15th century . He was famous for preaching fluently in Latin and colloquial language, and for skillfully mixing both styles.

Gabriel was initially a deacon in Florence and studied at the universities of Perugia and Siena and received a degree from the Università di Parma in 1472 . He worked as a master of theology at the University of Parma, was prior of the Convento di Santo Spirito in Siena, and later in the Convento di san Cataldo in Rimini . Thomas Kaeppeli, the most important biographer of the Dominican Order , describes him as a "model preacher of the word of God".

It is believed that he died after 1480.

Works

Sermons have come down to us from his works, especially the Sermones quadragesimales et de sanctis ("Sermons on Lent and the Saints", 87 sermons), which were particularly popular in the 16th century. The city library "Sabino Loffredo" di Barletta owns one of the oldest prints, an incunabulum from 1497 from Brescia .

In its day, sermons were an event and an occasion for moral and religious edification. Gabriel used the sermons to spread ideas and form a code of civilization . For this purpose he took certain linguistic freedoms and gave the sermons a theatrical character. After a short introduction, the sermon headed for a joke (facecia, lit. "face"). Gabriel was also not afraid to use dialect , contrary to the prevailing austerity of his epoch . However, he did not exclude erudition from his sermons, which were often densely peppered with quotes from Latin authors, biblical sources and words of the church fathers and scholastics , but also writers of the lingua volgare .

In each homily a topic is first announced. After this exordium , the theme is developed according to the traditional scheme of ratio (rational interpretation), auctoritate (authority of the Holy Scriptures ) and exemplo (example from a history of the saints or everyday life). Gabriel's sermons offer a vivid picture of life in the second half of the 15th century.

With regard to the topics, the sermons offer many exhortations against the injustice of the rich towards the poor, to keep the divine commandments and reproaches against the loosening of morals, especially among churchmen.

Other works

  • Tabula super bibliam
  • Votum de libro De divina praeordinatione vitae et mortis humanae
  • Sermones fratris Gabrielis Barelete tam quadrigesimales, quam de sanctis noviter impressi. Brescia 1497 (1507).

literature

  • Antonio Alecci: Art. Barletta, Gabriele. In: Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 6, Rome, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana 1964.
  • Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Gabriel Barletta . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
  • Thomas Kaeppeli: Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum Medii Aevi. II, Rome 1975.
  • Lucia Lazzerini: «Per latinos grossos ...». Studio sui sermoni mescidati. In: Studi di filologia italiana. XXIX, 1971: 219-339.
  • Raymond Creytens: Les ècrivains dominicains dans la cronique d'Albert de Castello. In: Archivum fratrum praedicatorum. , 30, 1960: 227-313. [1]
  • Jean-Francois Dreux du Radier: Récréations historiques, critiques, morales et d'érudition; avec l'Histoire des fous en titre d'office. Pp. 203-204. [2]
  • Adrian Seville: Les mysteres du Jeu de l'Oie au Metropolitan Museum de New York. Journée d'étude Mardi 12 février 2013 à l'occasion de l'exposition "Art du jeu, jeu dans l'art. De Babylone à l'Occident médiéval. Musée de Cluny 2013. [3]
  • Claude Gaignebet: Bridoye et le Jeu de l'Oie. P. 22. In: Hasard & Providence. XIVe-XVIIe siècles. XLIX Colloque International d'Etudes Humanistes. (Résumées des interventions) July 3-9, 2006. [4]
  • François Rabelais: Tiers livre des faits et dits Héroïques du noble Pantagruel: composés par M. François Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine, et Calloier des Iles d'Hyeres. 1546.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vedi Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani .
  2. ↑ "insigne predicatore della parola di Dio"
  3. ^ Sito della Biblioteca Comunale Sabino Loffredo .
personal data
SURNAME Gabriel Barletta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gabriele de Brunis de Barletta; Gabriel Barelete; Gabriello Barulo; Gabriel de Barolo; Gabriel de Brunis; Gabriel de Regno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian clergyman and preacher
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1480