Collina, Bonifacio

Collina, Bonifacio an Italian scholar of the order of Camaldules, brother of Abondio, was born at Bologna in 1689. He taught philosophy at the university of his native city, and died in 1770. He published a large part of his writings under the title, Opere Diverse (Bologna, 1774) in which we find academical memoirs, tragedies; and scraps of prose upon religious. subjects. He also wrote several Lives of the Camaldule saints. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.