Bernard of Botone

Biography

• Born: Beginning of the 13^th century in Parma.
• studied canon law in Bologna.

Activities as Canonist

• Gloss commentary on the Decretals of Gregory IX.
• Summa super tittilis Decretalium
• Casus Longi
• Consilium magistri Bernardi doctoris Decretalium (unsure if authored by him)

Sources and Editions

• Bernardus of Botone (Parmensis): Decretales, with a Gloss of Bernardus Parmensis, Bernardinus Stagninus, Venice 1482.
• Bernardus of Botone (Parmensis): Decretales, with a Gloss of Bernardus Parmensis, Andreas Torresanus, Venice 1498.
• Bernardus of Botone (Parmensis): Decretales, with a Gloss of Bernardus Parmensis, Andreas Calabrensis, Venice 1492.
• Bernardus of Botone (Parmensis): Decretales, with a Gloss of Bernardus Parmensis, Peter Drach der Mittlere, Speyer 1492.
• Bernardus of Botone (Parmensis): Decretales, with a Gloss of Bernardus Parmensis, Michael Wenssler, Basel 1486.
• Bernardus of Botone: Casus longi Bernardi super decretales, Georg Husner, 1484.
• Bernardus of Botone: Casus longi Bernardi super decretales, Georg Husner, 1505.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• For further information see: Bernardus, Bottonius, Index entry in: Deutsche Biographie.
• KUTTNER, S./SMALLEY B.: The Glossa ordinaria to the Gregorian Decretals: HER 60 (1945(, pp.97-105.
• KUTTNER, Stefan: Decretalistica: ZSRG.K 26 (1937).
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich von: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, Vol.2 Enke, Stuttgart 1877, pp.114-117.
• WEIGAND, Rudolf: Bernardus de Botone, in: Kasper, Walter (ed.): Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, Vol.2, Barclay-Damodos, Herder 2009, p.267.