Bartholomew of Grottaferrata ( it, San Bartolomeo il Giovane) (
Rossano, 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
abbot
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at the monastery at
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 ...
.
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
Greek
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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 saint
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, with a feast day
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of November 11.
See also
*Abbazia del Patire
The Abbazia di Santa Maria del Patire (in English, ''St Mary of Patir Abbey'') is a church and monastery in Rossano, a ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano, Calabria, southern Italy. It was founded in 1095 by Bartholomew of Simeri. It was dedica ...
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