Berengarius Fredoli



Biography

• descendant of the Fredoli family (Montpellier) 
• held several posts: Canon at Beziers, Succentor and pontificial chaplain, abbot of St. Aphrodisius in Beziers, Canon of Narbonne, Aix and Archdeacon. 
• taught probably in Bologna (under discussion).
• 1294: Bishop of Beziers. 
• 1305: Cardinal Priest (SS. Nerei et Achillei titulo Fasciolae, later: SS.Johannis et Pauli tit. Pammachii).
• 1309: Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum
• Death. 11th June 1323 in Avignon

Activities as Canonist 

• One of the Editors of the Liber Sextus.
• Oculus seu Elucidarius Summae Hostiensis. 
• Inventarium. 
• Tract. De excommunication, de interdicto.
• De absolution ad cautelam. 
• Summa de confessione

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see also: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich von: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des Canonischen Rechts. Von Papst Gregor IX. bis zum Concil von Trient, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1877, p.180-181.