Sicardus Cremonensis

Biography

• Born in Cremona.
• Studied in Bologna.
• Stayed some time in Mainz (taught probably Canon Law there).
• 1183: ordained as subdeacon by Pope Lucius III. and priestly ordination by Olfredus of Cremona.
• 1185: elected as Bishop of Cremona.
• 1203: Journey to Armenia.
• 1204: Journey to Constantinople.
• Wrote the Chronicon and the Liber mitralis
• Death: 1215.

Activities as Canonist

• 1187: Legatus Apostolicus
• 1199: played a part in the canonization of Homobonus of Cremona
• Probably between 1179-1182: Wrote a Summa to the Decretum Gratiani (used the Summa of Paucapalea, Rufinus, John of Faenza and Simon): Probably the first attempt to write a Canonical coursebook in accordance with the Decretum.

Editions and Sources

• Excerpta ex Migne Patrologia Latina at Documenta Catholica Omnia.
• CREMENENSIS, Sacardus: Summa Decreti, St. Jacob in Liège, 13^th century.
• MIGNE, J.P. (ed.): Sicardi Cremonensis episcopi Mitrale sive de officiis ecclesiasticis summa: nunc primum in lucem prodit juxta apographum quod asservatur in Bibliotheca comitis de l'Escalopier, accedunt ejusdem Sicardi Chronicon ex editione muratorii ; Petri Sarnensis Historia Albigensium; volumen claudunt anonymi saeculi XII, Lutetiae, Parisiorum 1855.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• Entry at: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• Further information at: Deutsche Biographie Deutsche Biographie.
• Entry at geschichtsquellen.de
• KUTTNER, Stephan: Zur Biographie des Sicardus von Cremona, in: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte. Kanonistische Abteilung, Vol. 25 (1936), pp. 476-491 
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts. Von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, Vol. 1, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1875, pp.143-145.