Geoffrey of Trani explained

Geoffrey of Trani[1] (? in Trano, Apulia  - 1245) was an Italian jurist, known as a canon lawyer. He was a student at Bologna of Azo before becoming a professor at Naples, then at Bologna.[2] He was made a cardinal deacon by Pope Innocent IV. His Summa super titulis decretalium[3] and other writings on decretals became a basic resource for canon law.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Goffredo da Trani, Goffredo di Trani, Gottofredo da Trani, Goffredus de Trani, Goffredus Tranensis
  2. Web site: Ius Decretalium .
  3. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-14713 Online manuscript
  4. Reprint of a 1519 Lyon edition by Aalen 1968, 1992.

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