Bartolomeo Meduna

(reverendo padre maestro) was an Italian Franciscan of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, scholar, teacher and author.

[1][2][3] A descendant of the Pordenone branch of the noble Meduna family, he was born in the mid-sixteenth century in Motta di Livenza, in the Treviso area.

He was professor of theology and was elected Provincial Minister of his Order's Province of Sant'Antonio at the chapter held in Montagnana in 1636.

[8] He is most notable as the author of two operettas in Italian: On the life of the Blessed Virgin and the Humanity of Jesus Christ (1572)[9] and Lo Scolare (1588),[10] presented to Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, great-nephew of Pope Sixtus V. He also authored the short Dialogue concerning the Miraculous Victory obtained by the Army of the Holy Christian League, against the Turks (1572),[11] celebrating the Battle of Lepanto and dedicated to the Bishop of Treviso Giorgio Cornaro.

[12][13][5][14] He is mentioned as "reconstructor" of the castello di Meduna, coinciding with the construction of the palazzo Michiel-Loredan on the site of the original castle towards the end of the 16th century.