Bernadine a Piconio


Bernadine a Piconio was a French Capuchin theologian and exegete.
He was born and educated at Picquigny, Picardy, and joined the Capuchins in 1649. As professor of theology he shed great lustre upon his order; his best-known work is his "Triplex expositio epistolarum sancti Pauli", popular among Scriptural scholars. Piconio also wrote "Triplex expositio in sacrosancta D. N. Jesu Christi Evangelia", and a book of moral instructions. A complete edition of his works, "Opera omnia Bernardini a Piconio", was published at Paris. He died in Paris.