Cardinal BESSARIONE (1403-1472); basiliano monk; first commendatario Abbot of the abbey of Grottaferrata. The most illustrious Greek man of letters of the 5th century; supporter of the union of the Latin church with that orthodox one to I conciliate of Ferrara-Florence. Memory of IX the centenarian of the Greek Abbey of Grottaferrata (Rome); founded in 1004 and still lived from basiliani monks. Stab postcard. Menotti & C.; Milan 1904.