Franciscus de Accoltis (de Aretio or Artinus)

Biography

• Born in Arezzo in 1418
• Studied Civil Law under Antonius Mincuccius (de Pratovetere).
• 1440-1445: Professor in Bologna
• 1448-1454: Professor in Siena
• 1457-1461: Professor in Ferrara
• 1461-1466: Lived in Milan working for Franz Sforza.
• 1466-1479: Professor again in Siena.
• 1479-1484: Professor in Pisa.
• Died between November 1485 and March 1486.

Activities as Canonist

• Known as talented teacher of Law, but also Poet.
• Lectura super decretalibus
• Consilia seu respona iuris

Editions and Sources

• see Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke.
• Castigatissima iuris responsa alias consilia domini Francisci de Accoltis de Aretio iuris vtriusque monarce: [mit Repertorium von Guido de Octavianis], Venice 1499.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• see Deutsche Biographie.
• see Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
• 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.333-334.