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[[File:Benedetto_da_Bari.PNG|thumb|Benedict (old and young in one) presenting his book to Abbot Balsamo.]]
'''Benedict of Bari''' (c. 1150 – 1220?), Italian '''Benedetto da Bari''', Latin '''Benedictus Barensis''', was a [[Benedictine monk]] of [[La Trinità della Cava|Santissima Trinità della Cava dei Tirreni]] who wrote the Christian theological treatise ''De septem sigillis'' (On the Seven Seals).<ref name=RJ>Rosario Jurlaro, [https://ift.tt/2vLWVxq "Benedetto da Bari"], ''[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]]'', Vol. 8 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1966).</ref>
Benedict was a native of [[Bari]]. He identifies himself as ''Barensis dictus'', "called the Bariot". He was probably born early in the second half of the 12th century.<ref>Jurarlo 1966 writes that he was "''nato probabilmente a Bari nella seconda metà del sec. XII''" and places "''sua nascita intorno alla metà dei sec. XII''".</ref> He wrote ''De septem sigillis'' between 1208 and 1232.<ref name=RJ/> According to a later note discovered by [[Jean Mabillon]], it was completed around 1227. A 19th-century abbot, however, reported an entry for Benedict in the abbey's [[necrology]] for 1220.<ref name=JBS>[[:fr:Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre|J. B. Silvestre]] with [[Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac|J. J. Champollion-Figeac]] and A. Champollion, trans. by F. Madden, ''Universal Bibliography, or Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods'', Vol. 2 (London: H. G. Bohn, 1850), pp. [https://ift.tt/2WIg8Lu 405–407].</ref>
''De septem sigillis'' survives in a single [[illustrated manuscript]] in [[Beneventan script]] kept at La Cava (Cavensis 18). It may be Benedict's [[Autograph (manuscript)|autograph]]. It contains a miniature, perhaps also by Benedict himself, depicting the author handing a copy of his work to his abbot, who is depicted mitred and seated on a chair. The author is depicted advanced in age with a younger man's head imposed above him. This single double-headed figure is probably intended to represent the author when he began and when he finished. ''De septem sigillis'' is the product of a lifetime.<ref name=RJ/> The caption identifies the abbot as Balsamo.<ref name=JBS/>
''De septem sigillis'' is divided into six books<ref name=RJ/> subdivided into 361 chapters.<ref name=JBS/> The six books are:<ref name=RJ/>
*''De incarnatione Verbi'' (On the Incarnation of the Word)
*''De circumcisione et baptismo'' (On Circumcision and Baptism)
*''De passione et morte'' (On Suffering and Death)
*''De resurrectione Christi'' (On the Resurrection of Christ)
*''De ascensione et adventu Spiritus'' (On the Ascension and the Advent of the Spirit)
*''De misterio resurrectionis et forma iudicii'' (On the Mystery of the Resurrection and Judicial Forms)
Benedict is not systematic in his approach. His work covers the [[Bible]], theology, morality and [[asceticism]]. His writing is elegant, his [[Latinity]] good and he incorporates several songs. He may have been influenced by [[Joachim of Fiore]]. His handling of the ''[[Book of Revelation]]'' is notable for its clarity.<ref name=RJ/>
==Editions==
*Giuseppe Micunco (ed.), ''I setti sigilli'', Per la Storia della Chiesa di Bari-Bitonto, Vol. 32 (Edipuglia, 2018).
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/39gZC7R Video presentation of Cavensis 18]
[[Category:1150s births]]
[[Category:1220 deaths]]
[[Category:13th-century Latin writers]]
[[Category:Italian Benedictines]]
[[Category:Benedictine writers]]
[[Category:Benedictine theologians]]
'''Benedict of Bari''' (c. 1150 – 1220?), Italian '''Benedetto da Bari''', Latin '''Benedictus Barensis''', was a [[Benedictine monk]] of [[La Trinità della Cava|Santissima Trinità della Cava dei Tirreni]] who wrote the Christian theological treatise ''De septem sigillis'' (On the Seven Seals).<ref name=RJ>Rosario Jurlaro, [https://ift.tt/2vLWVxq "Benedetto da Bari"], ''[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]]'', Vol. 8 (Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1966).</ref>
Benedict was a native of [[Bari]]. He identifies himself as ''Barensis dictus'', "called the Bariot". He was probably born early in the second half of the 12th century.<ref>Jurarlo 1966 writes that he was "''nato probabilmente a Bari nella seconda metà del sec. XII''" and places "''sua nascita intorno alla metà dei sec. XII''".</ref> He wrote ''De septem sigillis'' between 1208 and 1232.<ref name=RJ/> According to a later note discovered by [[Jean Mabillon]], it was completed around 1227. A 19th-century abbot, however, reported an entry for Benedict in the abbey's [[necrology]] for 1220.<ref name=JBS>[[:fr:Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre|J. B. Silvestre]] with [[Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac|J. J. Champollion-Figeac]] and A. Champollion, trans. by F. Madden, ''Universal Bibliography, or Fac-similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods'', Vol. 2 (London: H. G. Bohn, 1850), pp. [https://ift.tt/2WIg8Lu 405–407].</ref>
''De septem sigillis'' survives in a single [[illustrated manuscript]] in [[Beneventan script]] kept at La Cava (Cavensis 18). It may be Benedict's [[Autograph (manuscript)|autograph]]. It contains a miniature, perhaps also by Benedict himself, depicting the author handing a copy of his work to his abbot, who is depicted mitred and seated on a chair. The author is depicted advanced in age with a younger man's head imposed above him. This single double-headed figure is probably intended to represent the author when he began and when he finished. ''De septem sigillis'' is the product of a lifetime.<ref name=RJ/> The caption identifies the abbot as Balsamo.<ref name=JBS/>
''De septem sigillis'' is divided into six books<ref name=RJ/> subdivided into 361 chapters.<ref name=JBS/> The six books are:<ref name=RJ/>
*''De incarnatione Verbi'' (On the Incarnation of the Word)
*''De circumcisione et baptismo'' (On Circumcision and Baptism)
*''De passione et morte'' (On Suffering and Death)
*''De resurrectione Christi'' (On the Resurrection of Christ)
*''De ascensione et adventu Spiritus'' (On the Ascension and the Advent of the Spirit)
*''De misterio resurrectionis et forma iudicii'' (On the Mystery of the Resurrection and Judicial Forms)
Benedict is not systematic in his approach. His work covers the [[Bible]], theology, morality and [[asceticism]]. His writing is elegant, his [[Latinity]] good and he incorporates several songs. He may have been influenced by [[Joachim of Fiore]]. His handling of the ''[[Book of Revelation]]'' is notable for its clarity.<ref name=RJ/>
==Editions==
*Giuseppe Micunco (ed.), ''I setti sigilli'', Per la Storia della Chiesa di Bari-Bitonto, Vol. 32 (Edipuglia, 2018).
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/39gZC7R Video presentation of Cavensis 18]
[[Category:1150s births]]
[[Category:1220 deaths]]
[[Category:13th-century Latin writers]]
[[Category:Italian Benedictines]]
[[Category:Benedictine writers]]
[[Category:Benedictine theologians]]
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