| ORIGINAL | ENGLISH | COMMENT | CITATION |
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| Barbera [IT-PI] | Barbera | A grape type (name of wine) typical of the Monferrato region around Don Bosco's home town of Castelnuovo. | |
| barrarotta [IT] | barrarotta | A game played in Italy in DB's day and long thereafter! 'From one side they looked to the glory of beating Don Bosco; from the other they rejoiced because they were sure of victory/!' all in reference to DB playing barrarotta with them in the courtyard. Interesting to note that Don Bosco had once vowed (when he took on the clerical habit) to give up playing barrarotta, among other pursuits. From a comment in MB III, 216-7 it is obvious he did not hold to that once at The Oratory! May be spelled as ''barra rotta'' | DBmagone: ..destrezza corporale formava la sua delizia. Il giuoco che noi diciamo barrarotta era a lui.. |
| Bartolomeo Garelli [IT] | Bartholomew Garelli | A Salesian traditional story not recounted before the writing of the ''Memoirs of the Oratory'' in the mid 1870's but first recounted in Bonetti's serialized version in the /Salesian Bulletin/ 1879. The story lends belief to the symbolic date of December 8th for the beginning of Don Bosco's work. In the original draft for MO Don Bosco had begun to write an 'N', not a 'G' for the surname. Did this mean ''Nome'', or was it another surname? For the purposes of the story it doesn't matter. | MO: Mi chiamo Bartolomeo Garelli |
| Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice [IT] | Basilica of Mary Help of Christians | In a dream, Don Bosco saw a Church on which was written the Latin phrase: ''Haec est domus mea, inde gloria mea''. This is my house, from whence glory will shine forth. When he built the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, at Valdocco, this inscription was written on the facade. Often in Salesian contexts reference is simply to the Basilica of/at Valdocco. It was consecrated on 9th June 1868. In 2004 the Rector Major made an appeal to the Salesian Family for a major restoration of the Basilica. | Vecchi ACG363: Il 28 settembre scorso nella Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice ho consegnato il crocifisso a 33 nuovi missionari. |
| beatificazione [IT] | beatification | As a term, it was introduced in 15th Century. From 18th Century it became obligatory before canonisation. A curious fact - the new legislation of 1983 (Paul VI) does not once mention beatification! It would seem that there are not two processes, one for beatification and one for canonisation - instead only for the latter. A Blessed cannot be the titular of a church nor can an altar be dedicated to a Blessed without permission from the Holy See. cf also Servo di Dio,Servant of God | Costituzioni: Le cause di beatificazione e di canonizzazione promosse dalla Congregazione |
| Beatitudini [IT] | The Beatitudes | The term is almost always found in the plural both in Italian and English with obvious reference to the Beatitudes in the NT account. Then there is the more recent 'youthful beatitudes' referred to in contemporary Salesian literature. The term has special resonance for Salesians of the 20th and 21st centuries because of the 'Hill of Youthful Beatitudes' proclaimed as such by Pope JP II at Colle on the occasion of the beatification of Laura Vicuña. The reference to this 'Hill' should not be regarded as a singular Salesian privilege, however. In 1981 the same Pope, in Nagasaki Japan, proclaimed Nishizaka hill, overlooking the city, as the 'Hill of Beatitudes' after St Paul Miki and his 25 companions, and many other Christians subsequently, were martyred there. | SGC: Le beatitudini: la risposta di Gesù ai nostri interrogativi |
| beato [IT] | Blessed | Note that 'Blesseds' (pl) does not sound well in English, since 'Blessed' is normally considered to be an adjective. 'Blesseds' is in use, however, if one looks at websites of Religious Congregations and the Vatican website. | |
| benefattori [IT] | benefactors | Almost a technical term for Don Bosco, since he regarded his Benefactors as working partners, not just money-suppliers. | Viganò ACG304: Don Bosco indicava i 'congregati' erano quelli di: operatori, cooperatori, collaboratori, benefattori.. |
| Benemerita Signora [IT] | 'Dear Madam' | A phase found often in Don Bosco's letters as an opening salutation. | |
| Biblioteca Centrale Salesiana [IT] | Salesian Central Library | Situated in the General House, it is identified with the preservation and making available of books and publications regarding Salesianity to the Salesian and non-Salesian world. | EG12-Comunicazione fra segretaria ispettoriale e segretaria generale: Si fa presente anche di inviare sempre alla Segreteria generale (per la Biblioteca centrale) copie di... |
| Biblioteca degli Scrittori Latini [IT] | Library of Latin Authors | Published by DB in 1866 | |
| Biblioteca della gioventù italiana [IT] | Library of Italian Youth | Published by Don Bosco in 1869 | |
| Biglione [IT] | Cf. Cascina Biglione | Mr Hyacinth Biglione was the owner of a farmhouse at The Becchi where Francis Bosco worked as a tenant share farmer. | |
| bilancio consuntivo [IT] | final balance | Accounting terminology | |
| bilancio preventivo [IT] | budget | Accounting terminology | |
| biricchino [IT] | lively, cheeky youngster | Synonyms in Italian might ''monello, discolo'', or at least the term as used by DOn Bosco may appear in association with these. | DBdomsav: ..biricchino! me l'hai fatta. Ma vedi, diceva l'altro, |
| BIS [EN] | Bosco Information Services | An acronym. Founded in 2003 and along similar lines as AustraLasia, Boscolink and Rualink, except that BIS has been formally set up now within the information structure of the Indian Provincial Conference | |
| Bolletino Salesiano | Salesian Bulletin | Sometimes the Italian is spelt ''Bollettino''. Founded in 1877 by Don Bosco | |
| bontà [IT] | goodness, kindness | Fr. Rinaldi referred to ''paternità'' when he intended ''bontà''. He had been a superior for 48 years, so saw Don Bosco's ''bontà'' very much through the eyes of fatherliness. | esperienza perfezionata dalla bontà del cuore. |
| borgata [IT] | hamlet | E.g. Borgata di Castelnuovo. The word is found in Salesian reference usually in its meaning of a group of houses, even less than a village. | |
| Borgo Dora [IT] | Dora District | Industrial area and very poor, overcrowded housing, next to Valdocco, Turin | MO: Il Curato di Borgo Dora D. Agostino Cattino... |
| Bosco [IT] | Bosco [literally, 'wood'] | Piedmontese Bòsch.Surname of Don Bosco, obviously! Don Bosco would play with the word sometimes: 'I call myself ''Bosco di Sales'' (which meant Bosco of a soft and pliable kind of wood, in contrast to ''Bosco Nespola'', which was hard wood). | MO: Famiglia Bosco, detta volgarmente Boschetti. |
| Boscolink [EN] | Boscolink | An email newslink in North America which also extends to other parts of the Interamerica region, produced in English from San Francisco. Has not been active in recent times. | |
| BOSCOM-India [IT] | BOSCOM-India | Association of Provincial Delegates for Social Communication, India | |
| Bosconian [EN] | Bosconian | Especially in the Philippines and missions associated with the two provinces, to designate one who is attending a Salesian institution (school, but not only) or a past pupil thereof. | |
| breviario [IT] | breviary (Prayer of the Church, The Office, Liturgy of the Hours) | Since Vatican II we call the breviary the Prayer of the Church, or even the Liturgy of the Hours, but it is essentially the same thing | DBmagone: Vado soltanto a recitare una parte di breviario e poi sarà di nuovo accanto a te. |
| buon andamento della casa [IT] | smooth running of the house | | Vviganò ACG324:...Egli definisce la Comunione eucaristica come il cardine del buon andamento della casa |
| buoni cristiani e onesti cittadini [IT] | good Christians and honest citizens | A classic statement of DB summing up his approach to education of the young. Worth noting that DB much more often spoke simply of 'Good Christians'.Just occasionally he employed the entire phrase. Some of our texts (one shown here) repeat the formula in the singular. There are not so many examples of Don Bosco employing the full phrase in the singular. Has several variant forms owed to the same DB, and as he gained a wider vision of the world (after the first missionary expedition, for example), he altered the saying to reflect this wider viewpoint. | MO:...ad una vita onorata, dimenticavano il passato, divenivano buoni cristiani ed onesti cittadini. |
| buona notte [IT] | (the/a) Good Night | A few words said towards evening, arising from a tradition begun by DB's mother at the Oratory and continued by Don Bosco. May appear in Italian as one word or two. May also be transcribed as Good Morning or similar in a modern context. | |
| Bona Mors [LA] (Buona morte [IT]) | Exercise for a Happy Death | Cf. comments on Esercizio della buona morte | DBCircolari: Esercizio della buona morte. - Non andare ai bagni. - Ubbidienza ai Superiori. - Non si.. |
| Buon Pastore [IT] | Good Shepherd | An image at the heart of the Salesian spirit and especially the spirit of ''bontà'' and ''fatevi amare''. The image appears in Don Bosco's dream at age 9, so in this sense is a foundational image. The Salesian contemplates the mystery of Christ through this image. Also an image developed in the Salesian magisterium by Fr Viganò (e.g.AGC 334). Art. 11, 15 of the Constitutions. The perpetually professed Salesian receives a medallion depicting the Good Shepherd on one side and 'Make yourself loved' on the other. | DBValentino: ..discorrendo ascoltò la relazione delle angustie e dei mali di Mari. In fine il buon pastore | (:nl:) |
