Paulinus of St. Bartholomew

Paulinus of St. Bartholomew

Paulinus of St. Bartholomew [Paulinus a S. Bartholomaeo, Paolino da San Bartolomeo; known as Paulinus Paathiri; secular name Johann Philipp Wesdin.] (b. at Hoff in Lower Austria, 25 April1748; d. in Rome, 7 January1806) was an Austrian Carmelite missionary and Orientalist,

Life

Having entered the Carmelite Order, he was sent in 1774 as missionary to Malabar, India. There he was appointed vicar general of his order and Apostolic visitor.

Recalled in 1789 to Rome to give an account of the state of that mission, he was charged with the edition of books for the use of missionaries. On account of political troubles he stayed from 1798 to 1800 at Vienna. He returned to Rome as prefect of studies at the Propaganda.

Works

Paulinus wrote many learned books on the East, which were highly valued in their day, among them the first printed Sanskrit grammar. They include:

# "Systema brahmanicum liturgicum, mythologicum, civile, ex monumentis indicis musei Borgiani Velitris dissertationibus historico-criticis illustratum" (Rome, 1791), translated into German (Gotha, 1797);
# "Examen historico-criticum codicum indicorum bibliothecae S. C. de Propaganda" (Rome, 1792);
# "Musei Borgiani Velitris codices manuscripti avences, Peguani, Siamici, Malabarici, Indostani ... illustrati" (Rome, 1793);
# "Viaggio alle Indie orientali" (Rome, 1796), translated into German by Forster (Berlin, 1798);
# "Sidharubam, seu Grammatica sanscridamica, cui accedit dissert. hiss. crit. in linguam sanscridamicam vulgo Samscret dictam" (Rome, 1799), another edition of which appeared under the title "Vyacaranam" (Rome, 1804);
# "India orientalis christiana" (Rome, 1794), an important work for the history of missions in India. Other works bear on linguistics and church history.

References

*Giuseppe Barone, "Vita, precursori ed opere del P. Paolino da S. Bartolommeo (Filippo Werdin) : contributo alla storia degli studi orientali in Europa" (Napoli: A. Morano, 1888);
*Max von Heimbucher, "Die Orden und Kongregationen der katholischen Kirche", II (2nd ed., Paderborn: Schoningh, 1907), 568-69

Notes


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Paulinus of Nola — Saint Paulinus of Nola Bishop of Nola, Italy Born 354 AD Bordeaux, France Died …   Wikipedia

  • Johann Ernst Hanxleden — (1681 at Ostercappeln, near Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany 20 March 1732, at Palayur, in Trichur district, Kerala, India), known as Arnos Paathiri (or Arnos Padri ) was a German Jesuit priest, missionary in India and a Malayalam/Sanskrit… …   Wikipedia

  • John Chrysostom — This article is about the Christian saint. For other uses, see Chrysostomos (disambiguation). Saint John Chrysostom East: Great Hierarch and Ecumenical Teacher West: Bishop and Doctor of the Church Born …   Wikipedia

  • Saint Peter — For other uses, see St. Peter (disambiguation). Saint Peter the Apostle Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the saint as Pope (1611 1612). Prince of the Apostles, First Pope, Martyr, Preacher …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas the Apostle — Saint Thomas the Apostle The Incredulity of St Thomas by Caravaggio Apostle Born 1st century AD …   Wikipedia

  • Filioque — Christianity portal …   Wikipedia

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Nola — The Diocese of Nola is a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, with its seat in the ancient city Nola. The diocese is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Naples. The ancient Christian memories of Nola are connected with the neighboring Cimitile …   Wikipedia

  • Nola — • Diocese; suffragan of Naples Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nola     Nola     † Catholic …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Nathaniel Hitch — Nationality English Field Sculpture Training Was sent by Farmer and Brindley to evening classes at Borough Polytechnic before setting out as a journeyman sculptor …   Wikipedia

  • Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham — Location Ecclesiastical province York Archdeaconries Newark, Nottingham Statistics Parishes …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”