Guilielmus de Mandagoto

(William Mandagout) 

Biography

• came from Mandagout (close to Lodeve).
• 1270: Student in Bologna and Canonicus in Nimes, was taught by Berengarius Fredoli (dedicated his Summa Electionum to him).
• 1275: Doctor Decretorum in Bologna.
• 1285: Takes part in negotiations in Imola as Archdeacon of Nimes (further: papal chaplain, Archdeacon of Uticensis and provost of Toulouse).
• 1295: Archbishop of Embrun.
• 1305: Archbishop of Aix.
• 1312: Cardinal Bishop of Praeneste.
• Papabile
• 1321: Death in Avignon.

Activities as Canonist

• Libellus super electione
• Summa super decretalibus

Editions and Sources

• De iure elcetionis novorum Praelatorum, Colonia Ubiorum, 1602.
• Tractatus de Electione, cum additionibus Nic. Boerii, Lugdunum 1509.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see Alcuin.
• see entry at 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.183-185.
• See Wikipedia entry (with literature list).