Johannes de Imola explained

Johannes de Imola (Italian: Giovanni Nicolétti,^[1] English: John of Imola) (c. 1370 – 1436) was an Italian jurist, a student of Baldus de Ubaldis,^[2] Francesco Ramponi and Johannes of Lignano.^[3] He taught at Pavia, Siena and Bologna,^[4] and was one of the major commentators on the Decretals of Gregory IX

In the Western Schism, he supported the form of conciliarism that deemed the correct resolution of the schism would be for Pope Gregory XII to summon a general council.^[5]

He was a strong defender of due process.^[4]

External links

• WorldCat page
• CERL page
• British Library ISTC page

Notes and References

1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-nicoletti/ treccani.it
2. http://faculty.cua.edu/pennington/baldbio.html Biography of Baldus, Ken Pennington
3. http://faculty.cua.edu/pennington/1298a-z.htm Ken Pennington page
4. Kenneth Pennington, The Prince and the Law, 1200-1600: sovereignty and rights in the western legal tradition (1993), p. 226; Google Books.
5. R. N. Swanson, Universities, Academics and the Great Schism (2002), p. 161; Google Books.