Richardus Anglicus

Biography

 

• Born 1162.
• Not to be confused with Richard the Poor, Bischop of Salisbury and Durham.
• Not to be confused with Richardus Anglicus, the physician.
• Studied and taught at Bologna (end of the 12^th century), probably Archdeacon and rector of the law school in Bologna.
• 1202-1242: Prior at Dunstable.
• Death: 09. April 1242.

Activities as Canonist

• After 1201: Ordo judiciarius.
• After 1208/1210: Distinctiones super Decretis (dependent from the Summa of Sicardus).
• Glossae super Compilatio prima.
• Probably before 1189, surely before 1213: Casus Decretalium.

Editions and Sources

• ANGLICUS, Richardus: Ordo judiciarius, ex codice Duacensi, olim Aquicinctino, nunc primum editus per Carolum Witte, Pfeffer, Halis 1853.
• WAHRMUND, Ludwig: Die summa de ordine iudiciario des Ricardus Anglicus, in: Quellen zur Geschichte des römisch-kanonischen Processes im Mittelalter, Wagner, Innsbruck 1915.

 

 

Introductory Secondary Literature

• Entry: BURTON, Edwin Hubert: Richardus Anglicus, in Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 13 (1913).
• GILLMANN, Franz: Richardus Anglikus als Golssator der Compilatio I., in: Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht, Vol. 107, Kirchheim, Mainz 1928.
• 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. 182-185.
• Probably the clearest summary of his life by: WEIGAND, Rudolf: Richardus Anglicus, in: KASPER, Walter (ed.): Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, Vol. 8, Pearson-Samuel, Herder 2009, p.1168.