Paolo Barbò da Soncino

Paolo Barbò da Soncino[1] (died 5 August 1494/5) was an Italian Dominican philosopher and theologian.

Divinum Epitoma quaestionum in IV libros senentiarum

Life

Barbò was born at Soncino, Lombardy, from where comes the name of Paulus Soncinas which appears at the head of his books. When still very young he entered the Dominican Order and made his philosophical and theological studies in its schools. He afterwards taught philosophy and theology at Milan, Ferrara, and Bologna.

Barbò died at Cremona on 5 August 1494[2] or 1495.[1]

Works

Barbò was esteemed by contemporary scholars, and notably by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Many of his writings were lost at an early date.

The following have been printed frequently:

  • "Quaestiones super divina sapientia Aristotelis" (principal edition, Lyons, 1579);
  • "Divinum Epitoma quaestionum in IV libros senentiarum a principe Thomistarum Joanne Capreolo Tolesano disputatarum" (principal edition, Pavia, 1522)
  • The place and date of "In libros praedicabilium et praedicamentorum expositio" are unknown.

References
  1. Efrem Jindráček (2022), "Soncino, Paolo Barbò", in Marco Sgarbi (ed.), Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy (Springer).
  2. Cesare Vasoli (1964). "Barbò, Paolo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 6: Baratteri–Bartolozzi (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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