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{{Short description|Roman Catholic historian}}
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'''Albert of Castile''' ({{circa}} 1460–1522) was a [[Roman Catholic]] historian. 

== Biography ==

He entered the [[Order of St. Dominic]] at an early age in the Convent of SSts. John and Paul at [[Venice]] and became skilled in nearly every department of contemporary learning. History, however, was his chief study. 

== Works ==
Albert's works include:
* {{lang|la|Catalogus Illustrium Ordinis Virorum}} (Venice, 1501)
* {{lang|la|Catalogus Sanctorum a [[Petrus de Natalibus|Petro de Natalibus]] Veneto eregione Costellana episcopo Equilino concinnatus}} (Venice, 1501)
* {{lang|la|Chronica brevis ab initio ordinis usque ad praesens tempus}} (Venice, 1504), an account of the Popes, the Dominican Generals, and the illustrious men of the order, beginning with its foundation, drawn up chiefly from the work of the Dominican [[Giacomo de Luzato]].

He is also the editor of the following works: 
* {{lang|la|Biblia Latina cum pleno apparatu tersissime et nitidissime impressa}} (Venice, 1506), which he re-edited fifteen years later with a concordance of the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s
* {{lang|la|Pontificale secundum ritum Romanae Ecclesiae emendatum primum a Jacobo de Lutiis episcopo Cafacensi et Joanne Buckardo}} (Venice, 1520)
* {{lang|la|Constitutiones ord. Praed., una cum adjectis ad singulos textus opportune declarationibus}} (Venice, 1507)
* {{lang|la|Liber de instructione officialium venerabilis Humberti magistri ordinis V}} (Venice, 1507)
* {{lang|la|Regula et privilegia Fratrum et Sororum de poenitentia impugnantes Fratres Praedicatores, quod non vivant secundum vitam apostolicam, a [[Jacobus de Voragine|Jacobo de Voragine]], O.P. archiepiscopo Januensi}} (Venice, 1504)

== Sources ==

{{Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Albert of Castile |volume=1 |first=Joseph |last=Schroeder}}

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