Antonius de Butrio (1338–1408), also called ''Antonio da Butrio'' (or simply ''Don Antonius'')Alphonso de Castro, O.F.M., ''De justa haereticorum punitione, libri III'' (Lugduni .e., Lyon apud Sebastianum Barptolomai Honorati, 1555), lib. 2, c. 1, p. 233A., was an Italian

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

and a teacher of law at

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Biography

Antonius de Butrio was venerated in his lifetime both for his qualities as a professor and for the example of his religious and moral virtues. His university career was essentially at Bologna, where he attracted numerous pupils, among them future great representatives of 15th-century canonical science, like

Johannes de Imola Johannes de Imola (, ) (c. 1370 – 1436) was an Italian jurist, a student of Baldus de Ubaldis, Francesco Ramponi and Johannes of Lignano. He taught at Pavia, Siena and Bologna,Kenneth Pennington, ''The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600: sovereignty ...

Francesco Zabarella Francesco Zabarella (10 August 1360 – 26 September 1417) was an Italian Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and canonist. Appointment as bishop Born in Padua, he studied jurisprudence at Bologna and at Florence, where he graduated in 1385. He tau ...

or Domenico di San Giminiano. He composed numerous commentaries to the

Decretals of Gregory IX The Decretals of Gregory IX (), also collectively called the , are a source of medieval Catholic canon law. In 1230, Pope Gregory IX ordered his chaplain and confessor, Raymond of Penyafort, a Dominican, to form a new canonical collection de ...

and the

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, which provide a comprehensive impression of the contemporary practice of canon and civil law. In 1408, he also negotiated on behalf of

Gregory XII Pope Gregory XII (; ; – 18 October 1417), born Angelo Corraro, Corario," or Correr, was head of the Catholic Church from 30 November 1406 to 4 July 1415. Reigning during the Western Schism, he was opposed by the Avignon claimant Benedi ...

about the end of the

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