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Laborans


Biography



  • Born in Pontormo near Florence.
  • Studies in France.
  • 1173: Cardinalate.
  • Death: 1190.



Activities as Canonist



  • 1164-1182: Compilatio decretorum.



Editions and Sources



  • LANDGRAF, Artur Michael: Laborantis Cardinalis Opuscula, Florilegium Patristcum 32, Hanstein, Bonn 1932.
  • GIUNTA, Francesco: Bizantini e bizantinismo nella Scilia normanna. Nova edizione, Palumbo, Palermo 1974, p.104-123, includes: De vera libertate.
  • Manuscript (Arch.Cap.S.Pietro C110) online at Vatican Library with further resources.



Introductory secondary Literature



  • For further information see: Laborans, Cardinalis, entry in: Deutsche Biographie.
  • ENZENSBERGER, Horst: Cultura guiridica e amministrazione nel regno normanno-svevo, in: BELLOM, Manlio (eds.): Scuole, diritto e società nel mezzogiorno medievale d’ Italia, Vol. 2. Tringale editore, Catania 1987, p. 169–188, especially p. 172–177.
  • Literature in the Regesta Imperii.
  • MARTIN, Norbert: Die “Compilatio Decretorum” des Kardinals Laborans, eine Umarbeitung des gratianischen Dekrets aus dem 12. Jahrhundert, 2. Vol., Diss., Heidelberg 1985, biographical details at: pp.7-17.
  • PENNINGTON, Kenneth: Legal History: History of Medieval Canon Law, online.