Bartholomew of Brescia


Bartholomew of Brescia was an Italian canonist.

Life

He studied Roman and ecclesiastical law at Bologna, where he himself became a teacher. It is believed that he was murdered, when Ezzelino, the leader of the Ghibellines, captured Brescia.

Works

His literary work consisted almost entirely in the revision of the productions of other writers. His "Brocarda", or Canonical Rules, were a working-over of those of Damasus ; his "Casus decretorum" were a revision of the "Casus" of Benencasa ; the "Historiae super libro Decretorum" reproduced the work of an unknown author. Both his "Casus" and "Historiae" derive their importance from their incorporation into the Paris edition of Gratian's Decretum.
The "Ordo Judiciarius" of Tancred was also revised by Bartholomew.
More important than the preceding works was his "Glossa Ordinaria" to the "Decretum" of Gratian, a correction of the "Glossa", or "Apparatus", of Johannes Teutonicus Zemeke. His only certain independent work was the "Quaestiones dominicales et veneriales", lectures delivered on Sundays and Fridays.

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