Gerardus monachus

Biography

• was probably called Gerardus.
• was probably Cistercian (Cisterciensis) de Rivo sancta Mariae.
• he took either the name Johannes (Schulte) or is confused with Johannes Monachus (Jean Lemoine).

Activities as Canonist

• Defensorium juris

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• see Deutsche Biographie.
• 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.314-316.