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Gratian

Type Figure Region Italy Time c. 1100–1160 Also known as Compiler of the Decretum Gratiani

Gratian (c. 1100–c. 1160) was a 12th-century canon lawyer in Bologna, generally regarded as compiler of the Decretum Gratiani (c.…

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  1. c. 1100–1135Bologna · Emilia-RomagnaHe grew up amid the canon and Roman law studies flourishing at the University of Bologna, broadly collecting decretals, conciliar decisions and patristic texts to gather material for a unified Decretum.
  2. 1135–1150Bologna · Emilia-RomagnaAround 1140 he completed the main body of the Decretum Gratiani, arranging canon law material in a structure of 'conflict—reconciliation—decretal'; he continued teaching in Bologna in the 1150s, possibly adding and revising, establishing the framework of the canon law discipline.
  3. 1151–1160Bologna · Emilia-RomagnaAfter 1151 the Decretum spread widely at continental universities, and Gratian enjoyed renown as 'Master of the Canon Law'; he died around 1160, and his work thereafter became required reading in canon law until the codification reform of 1917.

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