Sinibaldus Fliscus (de Flisco, ital. Fiesco)

(Innocent IV)

Biography

• as son of Hugo de Lavania and N. Grilla, Sinibaldus Fliscus (de Flisco, ital. Fiesco) studied the septem artes liberales under the patronage of his uncle Opizio, bishop of Parma.
• studied law in Bologna under Laurentius, Vicentius, Johannes Teutonicus, Johannes de Albenga. Roman law under Azo, Jacobus Balduini and Accursius.
• taught in Bologna.
• Canonicus in Parma.
• 1226: Auditor contradictarum litterarum
• Legate together with Cardinal Hugolino of Ostia (Gregory IX.)
• made Bishop of Genua and Pisa under Honorius III.
• 23^th September 1227: Cardinalate by Gregory IX.
• 25^th June 1243: elected as Pope Innocent IV.
• died on the 07^th December 1254.

Activities as Canonist

• teacher in Bologna and several other canonical offices.
• Apparatus (Commentaria) in quinque libros decretalium
• De exceptionibus (procedural law)
• Apologeticus
• Poenitentiale: Summa casuum (probably not written by him according to Schulte)

Sources and Editions

• INNOCENT IV: Jncipit Apparatus quinq[ue] libroru[m] decretaliu[m] d[omi]ni jnnoce[n]cij pape quarti, co[m]posit[us] et publicat[us] in ciuitate ludunen[si], in inclita argentin[ensi] ciuitate, Heinrich Eggstein 1478.
• INNOCENT IV: De exceptionibus, in: Galvanus de Bononia/ Petrus Jacobi (eds.): Modus legendi abbreviaturas in utroque iure, Anton Koberger, Nürnberg 1494.
• RODENBERG, Karl (ed.): Ex Innocentii IV registro, in: Epistolae saeculi XIII e regestis pontificum Romanorum selectae, Vol.2, Weidmann, Berlin 1887, see: Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
• RODENBERG, Karl (ed.): Epistolae saeculi XIII e regestis pontificum Romanorum selectae, Weidmann, Berlin 1894, see: Monumenta Germaniae Historica.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see entry at: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• entry at Regesta Imperii.
• 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.91-94.