Vincentius

(Hispanus)

Biography

 

• Born in Spain.
• Studied roman law in Bologna under Accursius.
• Was teacher of Bernardus Parmensis.
• 1226: Bishop of Idanha-Guarda (Portugal)
• Died in 1248.

Activities as Canonist

• Apparatus ad Compilationem primam
• Glosses to the Compilatio secunda.
• Apparatus ad Compilaionem tertiam
• Apparatus to the Decretals of Gregory IX.
• Participation at the Council of Lyon 1245.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see entry at: Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• GILLMANN, Franz: Der Kommentar des Vincentius Hispanus zu den Kanones des vierten Laterankonzils (1215), in: Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht, Vol. 109, 1929, pp. 223-274.
• 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. 191-193.