Antonius de Rosellis

(Aretinus, de Aretio, de Rosellis de Aretio, Roxellis)

Biography

• born into an old family in Arezzo.
• 1407: probably Doctorate in Bologna.
• 1406-1407: taught Civil Law in Bologna.
• Lectured in Siena.
• was called by Martin V. to Rome.
• was granted knighthood.
• was apparently offered the cardinalate, but the Pope decided ultimately against it since he was already married twice. Antonius de Rosellis then left Rome out of anger.
• 1438: Professor in Padua.
• 16^th December 1466: Death.

Activities as Canonist

• Tractatus de legitimatione
• De ieiuniis
• Monarchia s. de potestate imperatoris et pape
• Tractatus de usuris
• Super decretalibus
• Repetitiones
• De successionibus ab intestato
• Recollectio super lib. II Digestorum

Editions and Sources

• Antonius de Rosellis et alii – BSB Clm 3628.
• Tractatus de ieiuniis, Hermann Bungart, Köln 1497.
• Tractatus de usuris, Eucharius Silber, Rom 1483/92.
• Incipit tractatus legitimationum, ca.1505.
• Tractatus de potestate imperatoris ac pape. Et an apud papa[m]…

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, pp. 303-304.