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canon lawyer
Canon law (from grc, κανών, , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members. It is t ...
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Albert Avogadro
Albert of Jerusalem (''Albertus Hierosolymitanus; Albertus Vercelensis,'' also ''Saint Albert'', ''Albert of Vercelli'' or ''Alberto Avogadro''; died 14 September 1214) was a canon lawyer and saint. He was Bishop of Bobbio and Bishop of Vercelli, ...
(1149–1214)
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Bernardus Compostellanus Antiquus (13th century)
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Bartholomew of Brescia
Bartholomew of Brescia (b. probably in the second half of the 12th century at Brescia; died 1258) 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 mur ...
(died 1258)
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Henry of Segusio (Hostiensis) (c. 1200–1271)
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William Durandus, the Younger (died 1328)
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Astesanus de Ast (died c. 1330)
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Novella d'Andrea
Novella d'Andrea, (b. 1312 in Bologna – d. 1333 (or around 1346 or 1366)), was an Italian legal scholar and professor in law at the university of Bologna.
As the daughter of Giovanni d'Andrea, a professor in Canon law at the University of Bol ...
(died 1333)
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Bartholomew of San Concordio
Bartholomew of San Concordio ( 1260 at San Concordia, near Pisa – 11 June 1347 at Pisa) was an Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters. He was the author of the ''Summa de casibus conscientiae'' (1338) and of the ''Ammaestramenti ...
(c. 1260–1347)
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Giovanni d'Andrea
Giovanni d'Andrea or Johannes Andreæ (1270 1275 – 1348) was an Italian expert in canon law, the most renowned and successful canonist of the later Middle Ages. His contemporaries referred to him as ''iuris canonici fons et ...
(c. 1270–1348)
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John Acton (died 1350)
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Bonifazio Vitalini (c. 1320–after 1388)
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John Alen (1476–1534)
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Franz Burkard of Ingolstadt (died 1539)
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Antoine de Mouchy Antoine de Mouchy (Antonius Monchiacenus Demochares) (1494 – 8 May 1574) was a French theologian and canonist, at Paris.
A traditional explanation of the French term ''mouchard'', meaning police spy or informer, is that it derived from his u ...
(1494–1574)
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Franz Burkard of Bonn (died 1584)
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Antonio Agustín y Albanell
Antonio Agustín y Albanell (1516–1586), also referred to as Augustinus, was a Spanish Humanist historian, jurist, and Roman Catholic archbishop of Tarragona, who pioneered the historical research of the sources of canon law.
Life
Born in Za ...
(1516–1586)
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Martín de Azpilcueta (1491–1586)
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Hendrik de Moy (+1610)
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Henry Swinburne (1551–1624)
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Agostinho Barbosa
Agostinho Barbosa (Agostino, Augustinus) (17 September 1589, at Aldão, Guimarães, Portugal – 22 March 1649, in Ugento, Italy) was a prolific Portuguese writer on canon law. His work included dictionary-type surveys of the legal elements. ...
(1589–1649)
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Ludwig Engel Hans Ludwig Engel (1630–22 April 1674) was a Roman Catholic canon lawyer, best known as the author of ''Collegium Universi Juris Canonici''.
Life
Hans Ludwig Engel was born at Castle Wagrain, Austria. He became a Benedictine
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(died 1694)
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Francesco Antonio Begnudelli-Basso Francesco Antonio Begnudelli-Basso (born at Trento; died at Freising, 9 October 1713) was an Austrian canon lawyer.
Life
From 1675 he was Vicar-General of the Diocese of Trent, his native place. In 1679, however, he held a canonry in Freising Cat ...
(died 1713)
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Giovanni Clericato
Giovanni ClericatoHe was of English descent, and the name is variously written Clericatus, Chericato, Chericati, and Chiericato, probably from Clark, the original family name. (1633, at Padua – 1717) was an Italian canon lawyer.
Life
The patro ...
(1633–1717)
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Jean-Pierre Gibert
Jean-Pierre Gibert (1660–1736) was a French canon lawyer.
Biography
Gibert was born at Aix-en-Provence. He became a cleric at an early age, receiving the tonsure only; he studied in Aix, and became doctor of theology and canon law. He taugh ...
(1660–1736)
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Vitus Pichler
Vitus Pichler (born at Großberghofen, 24 May 1670; died at Munich, 15 February 1736) was an Austrian Jesuit canonist and controversial writer.
He studied for the secular priesthood, but after ordination entered the Society of Jesus, 28 Septembe ...
(1670–1736)
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Placidus Böcken (1690–1752)
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Carbo Sebastiano Berardi Carlo Sebastiano Berardi (b. at Oneglia, Italy, 26 August 1719; d. 3 August 1768) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer.
Life
Having studied theology at Savona under the Piarists, he was promoted to the priesthood and then began ...
(1719–1768)
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Pietro Ballerini Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini were Italian Catholic theologians and canonists of the 18th century, brothers, who published joint works.
They were the sons of a surgeon of Verona.
Girolamo Ballerini
Girolamo was born at Verona 29 January 1701, ...
(1698–1769)
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Johann Caspar Barthel
Johann Caspar Barthel (10 June 1697 – 8 April 1771) was a German canon lawyer.
Biography
He was born at Kitzingen, Bavaria, the son of a fisherman, attended school in Kitzingen, and from 1709 to 1715 studied at the Jesuit College at Würzbu ...
(1697–1771)
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Girolamo Ballerini Girolamo and Pietro Ballerini were Italian Catholic theologians and canonists of the 18th century, brothers, who published joint works.
They were the sons of a surgeon of Verona.
Girolamo Ballerini
Girolamo was born at Verona 29 January 1701, ...
(1701–1781)
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Maurus von Schenkl
Maurus von Schenkl (Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, 4 January 1749 - Amberg, Bavaria, 14 June 1816) was a German Benedictine theologian and canonist.
Life
After studying the humanities at the Jesuit college in Amberg (1760–1765), he entered ...
(1749–1816)
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Marie Dominique Bouix (1808–1870)
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Camillus Tarquini (1810–1874)
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Ferdinand Walter (1794–1879)
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Wilhelm Molitor (1819–1880)
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Friedrich Heinrich Vering (1833–1896)
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Felice Cavagnis (1841–1906)
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