Bartholomew of Grottaferrata ( it, San Bartolomeo il Giovane) (
Rossano
Rossano is a town and ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. The city is situated on an eminence from the Gulf of Taranto. The town is known for its marble and alabaster quarries.
The town is t ...
, c. 970 –
Grottaferrata, November 11, 1055) or Bartholomew the Younger was an Italo-Greek
abbot at the monastery at
Grottaferrata.
Like
Nilus the Younger, Bartholomew was of
Greek 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 saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
, with a feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context d ...
of November 11.
See also
* Abbazia del Patire
References
Bibliography
*Donald Attwater and Catherine Rachel John, "The Penguin Dictionary of Saints," 3rd edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1993, .
Santa Maria de Grottaferrata
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970 births
1055 deaths
Italian abbots
People from Rossano