BARTOLI

bartoli, daniello (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 marietti at turin, 1825-1856; another in 50 vols. at florence in 1826.