Identifier: Fragmenta Manuscripta 017

Date: 1200-1215

Conents: Decretals glossed

Language: Latin

Location: Italy

Gratian (d. before 1159) was an Italian monk and scholar known for his contributions to canon law. He became a Benedictine monk and was a lecturer at the Monastery of Saints Felix and Nabor in Bologna. During his time there, he compiled the Concordia discordantium canonum or the Decretum, a compendium that gathered together the sets of rules—or canons—for the church. [1] The Decretum was consulted by Church officials to ensure that they were telling members of their communities the appropriate courses of action for their transgressions.

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[1] Peter Landau, “Gratian and the Decretum Gratiani,” in The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140-1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, ed. by Wilfried Hartmann and Kenneth Pennington, 22-54 (Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2008); “Gratian: Italian Scholar,” Encyclopedia Britannica, last updated 2012, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gratian-Italian-scholar.