Bartholomew the Younger

Saint Bartholomew the Younger, O.S.B.M.
Monk
Born	981 Rossano, Theme of Calabria, Byzantine Empire
Died	1055 Grottaferrata, County of Tusculum, Papal States
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches
Major shrine	Abbey of Grottaferrata, Rome, Italy
Feast	November 11

Bartholomew (the Younger), O.S.B.M., (981 in Rossano – 1055 in Grottaferrata) was an Italo-Greek abbot.

Life

Batholomew was a disciple of Abbot Nilus the Younger, who founded the Basilian Abbey of Santa Maria in Grottaferrata in 1004. When he succeeded Nilus as abbot, he supervised the completion of the abbey, of which he is considered the second founder.