Bartholomew of Grottaferrata ( it, San Bartolomeo il Giovane) (

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, c. 970 –

Grottaferrata Grottaferrata () is a small town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, situated on the lower slopes of the Alban Hills, south east of Rome. It has grown up around the Abbey of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata, founded in 1004. Nearby commu ...

, November 11, 1055) or Bartholomew the Younger was an Italo-Greek

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at the monastery at

. Like

Nilus the Younger Nilus the Younger, also called Neilos of Rossano ( it, Nilo di Rossano, gr, Όσιος Νείλος, ο εκ Καλαβρίας; 910 – 27 December 1005) was a monk, abbot, and founder of Italo-Byzantine monasticism in southern Italy. He is ven ...

, Bartholomew was of

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heritage. He was also a personal disciple of the founder of the abbey Nilus the Younger. He would in time be Nilus' third successor in the position of abbot. When he succeeded Nilus as abbot, he supervised the completion of the abbey, of which he is considered the second founder.San Bartolomeo il Giovane di Grottaferrata, Stand 6 April 2009
/ref> Under his administration, which continued for some forty years, the monastery established a firm basis which would allow it to continue to this day. Bartholomew the Younger was also a hymn-writer and noted calligrapher like his teacher. He is also described as having a very sympathetic nature, and being unable to see anyone suffer without giving that party comfort. He is regarded as a

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, with a

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of November 11.

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*Donald Attwater and Catherine Rachel John, "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints," 3rd edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1993, .
Santa Maria de Grottaferrata
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartholomew Of Grottaferrata 970 births 1055 deaths Italian abbots People from Rossano

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