Simon of Bisignano

Simon of Bisignano
Born
Bisignano, Calabria, Kingdom of Sicily
OccupationTeacher of canon law
Years active1170's
Known forComposing "Summa"

Simon of Bisignano was a teacher of canon law in Bologna in the 1170s. He composed a Summa on the Decretum Gratiani between March 1177 and March 1179.[1] Like Paucapalea, he, too, might have been a student of Gratian himself.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ S. Kuttner, Repertorium der Kanonistik (1140-1234): Prodromus corporis glossarum I, Vatican City, 1937, p. 149.
  2. ^ J.F. von Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des Canonischen Rechts von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, 3 vols, Stuttgart 1875-1880, I, p. 141.
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