Laborans

Biography

• Born in Pontormo near Florence.
• Studies in France.
• 1173: Cardinalate.
• Death: 1190.

Activities as Canonist

• 1164-1182: Compilatio decretorum.

Editions and Sources

• LANDGRAF, Artur Michael: Laborantis Cardinalis Opuscula, Florilegium Patristcum 32, Hanstein, Bonn 1932.
• GIUNTA, Francesco: Bizantini e bizantinismo nella Scilia normanna. Nova edizione, Palumbo, Palermo 1974, p.104-123, includes: De vera libertate.
• Manuscript (Arch.Cap.S.Pietro C110) online at Vatican Library with further resources.

Introductory secondary Literature

• For further information see: Laborans, Cardinalis, entry in: Deutsche Biographie.
• ENZENSBERGER, Horst: Cultura guiridica e amministrazione nel regno normanno-svevo, in: BELLOM, Manlio (eds.): Scuole, diritto e società nel mezzogiorno medievale d’ Italia, Vol. 2. Tringale editore, Catania 1987, p. 169–188, especially p. 172–177.
• Literature in the Regesta Imperii.
• MARTIN, Norbert: Die “Compilatio Decretorum” des Kardinals Laborans, eine Umarbeitung des gratianischen Dekrets aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, 2. Vol., Diss., Heidelberg 1985, biographical details at: pp.7-17.
• PENNINGTON, Kenneth: Legal History: History of Medieval Canon Law, online.