Henricus de Segusia

(Hostiensis)

Biography

• born around 1200 in Susa (Turin).
• studied Roman Law in Bologna under Jacobus Balduini, Homobonus and Canon Law under Jacobus de Albenga.
• taught Canon Law in Paris.
• 1244: Legate of King Henry III at Innocent IV.
• Provost in Antibes and papal chaplain.
• 1244: Bishop of Sisteron.
• 1250: Bishop of Embrun.
• Canon in Vienne
• 4^th December 1261: Cardinal Bishop of Ostia and Velletri.
• 1270: Renounced his right to elect a pope at the conclave due to illness.
• 1271: Withdraws to Minorites in Horto.
• Death: 25^th October 1271.

Activities as Canonist

• Lectura in Decretales Gregorii IX.
• Summa super titulis decretalium (highly influential)
• Lectura in Decretales Innocentii IV.

Editions and Sources

• Lectura siue Apparatus domini Hostiensis super quinq[ue] libris Decretaliu[m], Vol.1, Schott, Argentini 1512.
• Lectura siue Apparatus domini Hostiensis super quinq[ue] libris Decretaliu[m], Vol.2, Schott, Argentini 1512.
• Henrici cardinalis Hostiensis summa aurea, Salamandra, Venetiis 1570.
• List of editions, manuscript and sources at: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• BRIESKORN, Norbert: Henricus de Segusio, päpstlicher Diplomat und Kanonist, Kardinal von Ostia (1262/kurz vor 1200-1271), in: Lexikon des Mittelalters, Vol.4, Sp. 2138-2139.
• see: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• PENINGTON, Kenneth: Henricus de Segusio (Hostiensis).
• See: Regesta Imperii.
• 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.123-129.