Aegidius de Fuscarariis (Egidius de Fuscarariis, Gilles de Foscararii)

Biography

• came from a noble family in Bologna.
• studied in Bologna.
• 1252: Magister Decretorum
• was a famous teacher and legal counsellor (arbiter).
• 1285-1287: Member of the Collegio de’Sapienti
• 1269: Magister et Doctor
• 1289: Death

Activities as Canonist

• first lay person who taught Canon Law in Bologna
• 1260: Ordo iudicarius
• Lectura in Decretales
• Quaestiones
• Consilia
• De officio tabellionis

Editions and Sources

• RAETZ, Carolus Ferdinandus (ed.): Aegidii de Fuscarariis, Garsiae Hyspani, quaestiones de jure canonico, Ricker, Gissae 1859.
• WAHRMUND, Ludwig (ed.): Der ordo iudiciarius des Aegidius de Fuscarariis, in: Quellen zur Geschichte des römisch-kanonischen Processes im Mittelalter, Wagner, Innsbruck 1916.

 Introductory Secondary Literature

• see: 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.139-143.