Roffredus Beneventanus

(Hispanus, Epiphanius)

Biography

• ca. 1170: Born in Benevent.
• studied and taught in Bologna.
• 1215: Magister in Arezzo.
• 1219: Appears to be in Pistoia.
• 1220-1227: In service of Frederick II.
• 1224: Taught at the University of Naples.
• after the death of his wife: ordination and clericus cameria in service of Gregory IX.
• Death: 1243.

Activities as Canonist

• 1235/36: Libelli de jure canonico as a Summa juris canonici and work for civilians with little training in canon law. Influential for the procedural practices of the Curia using sources such as Huguccio, John of Faenza, Bazanius, John Gualensis, John Teutonicus, Alanus, Laurentius, Vincentius, Damasus, Tancredus.

Editions and Sources

• ROFFREDUS, Beneventanus: Libellus super jure Canonico, 1300.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• BAUMGÄRTNER; Ingrid: Was muss ein Legist vom Kirchenrecht wissen? Roffredus Beneventanus und seine Libelli de iure canonico, in: Monumenta Iuris Canonici, series C, Vol.8, Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Medieval Canon Law Cambridge 23-27 July 1984, edited by Peter Linehan, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican 1988, pp.223-245. 
• for further works, editions and sources: see entry at : Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists
• 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.75-78.