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Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro OESA (Roberti of Roberti, Dennis) (''c.'' 1300 – 31 March 1342) was an Augustinian monk who was at one time Petrarch's confessor, and who taught Boccaccio at the beginning of his education in the humanities. He was Bishop of Monopoli in Apulia. He was surnamed, not uncommonly for the trecento, for the town in which he was born, now Sansepolcro in Tuscany. His family name was de' Roberti, which no longer exists. Dionigi is the Italian form of Dennis, Latin Dionysius.〔(Biographical Dictionary of Italian - Volume 40 (1991) )〕 ==Life== Dionigi joined the Order of Hermits at the Augustinian monastery in Borgo San Sepolcro at an early age.〔 The convent had been founded in 1281 and was located in the valley of Spoleto.〔 He was sent to study theology at the Sorbonne in Paris and graduated ''baccalaureus sententiarius'' during the academic year 1317-18. About 1324 he obtained a doctorate in theology and was a professor at Borgo San Sorbonne through 1328.〔 While in Paris, he practised astrology, and predicted the unexpected death of Castruccio Castracani. Giovanni Villani wrote him with the latest news from Italy, deeply concerned about what Castracani and Emperor Louis the Bavarian were about to do; Dionigi wrote back, saying that none of those things would happen, because Castracani was about to die — and he did.〔'' Cronica of Giovanni Villani '', lib. X, ch. 86〕 He acquired the ranks of ''diffinitor'' and ''magister sacrae paginae'', although these are rarely attested because he may have left the University of Paris.〔 He travelled widely: in 1329 he went on an unspecified diplomatic mission for Cardinal Napoleone Orsini, in 1332 he was in Venice, in 1333 he spent much time in Avignon where he met Petrarch. There he taught at the College which the Augustinians ran, and in 1335 he was in Grasse. In 1337 he went to Florence; in October 1338 he went to Naples, and he remained in that kingdom the rest of his life.〔''DBI'', p.195, col. 1〕 At Naples, he lived in the Augustinian convent, and was witness to a deed gift of land made by the Neapolitan nobleman Walter to build a church in honor of S. Giovanni Battista, executed 11 October 1339.〔Branca, p.36; ''DBI, p. 196, col. 1,〕 Other intellectuals in Naples at the time include Andalò del Negro, Paolo Minorita, Niccolò Acciaioli, Paolo dell'Abbaco, Paolo da Perugia, Graziolo de' Bambaglioli, and Cino da Pistoia.〔 He won the favor of King Robert of Naples for his astrology and his classical Latin; as early as the winter of 1338, King Robert appointed him to settle a quarrel among the factions of the citizenry of l'Aquila.〔''DBI'', p.195, col. 2; quoting the mention in the ''Cronica Aquilana'' of Buccio di Ranallo of "frate Dionisio che lo re abe mandato/ per fare questa pace il ebbe commendato"〕 On 17 March 1340, he was consecrated bishop of Monopoli, at the King's request.〔 A dispensation for a marriage from him survives dated 5 June 1340 among the correspondence of Pope Benedict XII.〔Benoit XII, Lettres communes by SM Vidal, II, Paris 1903, p. 234, No 7641〕 He died on 31 March 1342 and was buried in the local church yard of Agostino alla Zecca.〔 Petrarch wrote his epitaph.〔''DBI'', p.196, col. 1; Branca implies that Dionigi died the previous year, since he dates Boccaccio's letter about his death August 28, 1341. Epitaph: ''Flere Libet, sed fairs Vetor ...'', Epistolae Metricae, I, 13〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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