Bernardine a Piconio (Henri Bernardine de Picquigny) (1633 – 8 December 1709) was a French Capuchin theologian and exegete.

Biography

Bernardine a Piconio was born and educated at Picquigny,

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, and joined the Capuchins in 1649. As professor of theology he shed great lustre upon his order; his best-known work is his ''Triplex expositio epistolarum sancti Pauli'' (Paris, 1703 rench 1706 nglish, tr. Prichard London, 1888), popular among Scriptural scholars. Piconio also wrote ''Triplex expositio in sacrosancta D. N. Jesu Christi Evangelia'' (Paris, 1726), and a book of moral instructions. A complete edition of his works, ''Opera omnia Bernardini a Piconio'', was published at Paris (1870–1872). He died in Paris.

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;Attribution * Cites as a source: ** Hugo von Hurter, ''Nomenclator literarius'', II, 788 {{DEFAULTSORT:Piconio 1633 births 1709 deaths Capuchins Roman Catholic biblical scholars 17th-century French Catholic theologians 17th-century French Roman Catholic priests