Dinus de Rossonis or Mugellanus was an Italian

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of the late 13th century. He studied civil law at

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up until 1278 before teaching law at

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(1279–1284) and Bologna (1284–96), where he taught

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and where he is recorded in 1289 as the first civil law teacher to draw a salary. In 1296, he appears to have joined the clergy and his wife a

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. In

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, he taught at the papal school. He may have helped prepare the Liber Sextus, Pope

Boniface VIII Pope Boniface VIII (; born Benedetto Caetani; – 11 October 1303) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 24 December 1294 until his death in 1303. The Caetani family was of baronial origin with connections to the p ...

's third volume of the Canon Code, which he later wrote a commentary on. He is last recorded in Bologna in 1298.

Works

* ''Super infortiato et digesto novo'', Bologna, 1971. * ''Commentarii in regulas juris'', Coloniae, 1617. * ''Consilia,..'', Lugduni, 1551. ** * ''Tractatus de interesse'', 1549. * ''Tractatus de glossis contrariis'', 1549. * ''Tractatus authenticus de successionibus ab intestato'', 1549. * ''De regulis juris,..'', Lugduni, 1533. * ''Preclarus & insignis tractatus allegabilis et quotidianus de regulis iuris ...'', 1527. * ''Rubrice totius juris canonici et civilis'', J. Petit, 1512. * ''Ordo judiciorum''

References

* 13th-century Italian jurists Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Academic staff of the University of Bologna {{Italy-law-bio-stub