on December 17, 1701 - February 19, 1770), also known as Bernardine, was a Friar Minor Capuchin

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...

 and Scotist

Scotism

Scotism is the name given to the philosophical and theological system or school named after Blessed John Duns Scotus. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose Opus Oxoniense was one of the most important documents in medieval philosophy and Roman Catholic theology, defining what would...

 theologian and author.

Biography

In 1717 he entered the Capuchin Order and some years later filled successively the office of professor of moral and dogmatic theology. Several times he held positions of responsibility.

Works

Perhaps the best known of Bernard of Bologna's writings is the Bibliotheca Scriptorum O. Min. S. Francisci Cap., a work which resembles Wadding's well-known Scriptores Ord. Min. It was published at Venice in 1747, and an appendix appeared at Rome in 1852.

Besides this work, Bernard wrote an elementary treatise on philosophy according to Duns Scotus

Duns Scotus

Blessed John Duns Scotus, O.F.M. was one of the more important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. He was nicknamed Doctor Subtilis for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought....

, entitled Institutio Philosophica praemittenda theologiae (Venice, 1766).

Further he left a treatise on dogmatic theology, Institutio Theologica (Venice, 1746).

He is also the author of a Phrasarium S. Scripturae composed for the use of preachers and authors.