Daniello Bartoli

Daniello Bartoli (1608 - 1685), Italian Jesuit priest, was born at Ferrara and entered the Society of Jesus in 1623.

Debarred from the foreign mission field, he attained high distinction as a preacher and as a teacher of rhetoric in Genoa, Florence and Rome.

He wrote (in Italian) a book called The Learned Man as a counterblast to the widespread reading of romances, and also a history of his order in 6 vols (Rome, 1650 1673), which is particularly informing with regard to the early work of the society in Asia. He died at Rome.

A collected edition of his works, in 12 vols, was published by Manetti at Turin, 1825-1856; another in 50 vols at Florence in 1826.