Petrus de Natalibus

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Petrus de Natalibus , it. Pietro de 'Natali , ven. Pietro Nadal (* around 1330 in Venice ; † before March 8, 1406 ) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and writer.

Life

Petrus came from a well-respected but not wealthy Venetian family. He had to contribute to the family's livelihood early on with secretarial and administrative duties. He embarked on a spiritual career and from 1348 held various spiritual offices in Venetian churches. In 1367 he tried in vain for the episcopate of Torcello , in 1368 for the Archdiocese of Candia . In 1370 he was appointed Bishop of Equilio .

In 1382, the Patriarch of Grado accused the Senate of Venice of having let himself be smuggled into a Venetian convent in a chest, and he was impeached. Peter defended himself in Rome and kept his office. He probably died not long before March 8, 1406, the day his successor Angelo Scardoni was elected.

Literary work

Peter played a part in the early humanist atmosphere in Venice, which the Doge Andrea Dandolo significantly promoted. Some poems by Peter in the Italian vernacular have come down to us, which show the example of Dante . His main work, however, is the Latin hagiography Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum eorum ("Catalog of the saints and their deeds"), which he wrote from 1369 to 1372.

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