Bernard of Botone

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Bernard of Botone (date of birth unknown; d. 1263, or, according to Hurter, 24 March 1266) was a noted Italian

Bernard found ample scope for his literary activity in his chosen branch, canon law. From glosses, summaries, and similar works, which had appeared on the Decretals of Gregory IX and other collections, he completed, just before his death, a work on the Gregorian Decretals. This, owing to his exact knowledge of former collections and thorough grasp of his subject, won for him the admiration of his contemporaries; so that he was styled "Glossator", and his work, commonly known as Glossa Ordinaria, became the fruitful source of later glosses, which were printed with Gregory's collection.

Bernard was careful to note what he had taken from others, while his own comments were signed "Bern."

Another work, entitled "Summa super Titulis Decretalium", was based on similar writings of his master, Tancred, of Bernard of Pavia and others. It is a clear, concise treatise, found in the works of

Editions

Giovanni Andrea

(d. 1348).

Bernard's "Casus Longi" on separate chapters of the same Gregorian Decretals was frequently edited: Paris, 1475; Venice, 1477; Bologna, 1487; Strasburg, 1488, 1493; Lyons, 1500.

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  Casus longi super quinque libros Decretalium, Paris 1475

References

• Hugo von Hurter
  , Nomenclator, IV, coll. 290, 291
• Franz Laurin, Introductio in Corpus Juris Canonici (Freiburg, 1889), 149, 150
• Johann Friedrich von Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des kanonischen Rechts (Stuttgart, 1875–80), II, 114–117
• Roberto Abbondanza: Bernardo da Parmo, in: Dizioniario Biografico degli Italiani 9 (1969) [1]

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Meehan, Andrew B. (1907). "Bernard of Botone". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company.