John of Faenza, John of

(Faventinus, Joannes)

Biography

• Descendant of the Cavaleriis.
• Taught in Bologna (?)
• 1160: Bishop of Faenza
• 1179: present at the III. Lateran Council
• 1190: Died on a crusade.

Activities as Canonist

• Wrote Summae and worked as glossator
• Summa super (in) Decretum: Combination of the Summa of Rufinus und Stephen of Tournai.
• Glossae

Editions and Sources

• Prologue and Preface of the Summa decretorum, in: SCHULTE, Johann: Die Rechtshandschriften der Stiftsbibliotheken von Göttweig Ord. S. Bened., Heiligenkreuz Ord. Cisterc., Klosterneuburg Can. Regul. Lateran., Melk Ord. S. Ben., Schotten in Wien Ord. S. Ben., Sammlung von Kleineren kirchenrechtlichen Schriften, Vol. 3, Gerold, Wien 1868.
• Glossae; partly in: HÖHL, Norbert: Die Glossen des Johannes Faventinus zur Pars I des Decretum Gratiani: eine literaturgeschichtliche Untersuchung, Univ. Diss., Würzburg 1987.
• Further editions see: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.

Introductory secondary literature

• Detailed information with literature at: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• HÖHL, Norbert: Die Glossen des Johannes Faventinus zur Pars I des Decretum Gratiani: eine literaturgeschichtliche Untersuchung, Univ. Diss., Würzuburg 1987.