Johannes Galensis

(Walensis)

Biography

• came from Wales.
• Not to be confused with John of Wales, the Oxford Theologian (died 1285).

Activities as Canonist

• taught the Compilatio Prima and Secunda and made singular Glosses on them (before 1212).
• wrote and Apparatus on the Compilatio Tertia. (before 1216).
• it is not sure, if this work was made by the same Johannes Galensis, Ritter distinguishes between 1.) a canonist who died in 1194 and wrote the Compliationes decretalium and 2.) an English Canonist who wrote the Compilatio secunda (1210/12) and Glosses to the Compilatio Tertia.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• GILLMANN, Franz: Johannes Galensis als Glossator, insbesondere der Compilatio III, Archiv für Katholisches Kirchenrecht, Vol. 105 (1925), p.488–565.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts. Von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, Vol. 1, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1875, p. 189.
• RITTER, Johannes: Johannes Guallensis, in: KASPER, Walter (ed.): Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, Vol.5, Hermeneutik-Kirchengemeinschaft, Herder 2009, p.913-914.