Antonius de Butrio

Antonius de Butrio (1338–1408), also called Antonio da Butrio (or simply Don Antonius),^[1] was an Italian jurist and a teacher of law at Bologna.

Biography

Antonius de Butrio was venerated in his lifetime both for his qualities as a professor and for the example of his religious and moral virtues. His university career was essentially at Bologna, where he attracted numerous pupils, among them future great representatives of 15th-century canonical science, like Johannes de Imola, Francesco Zabarella or Domenico di San Giminiano.

He composed numerous commentaries to the Decretals of Gregory IX and the Liber Sextus, which provide a comprehensive impression of the contemporary practice of canon and civil law. In 1408, he also negotiated on behalf of Gregory XII about the end of the Western Schism.

Works

• Consilia (in Latin). Rome: Adam Rot. 1472.
• Consilia seu responsa D. Antonii de Butr. Bonon ... . Nunc denuo à multis erroribus repurgata. Atque pereximijs Gasparis Caballini iurisc. scolijs illustrata. Accessit Hieron. de Tortis pro Repub. F (in Latin). Venice: Cristoforo Zanetti. 1575.
• Super primo Decretalium (in Latin). Rome: Ulrich Han & Simone Cardella. 1473.
• Super quarto Decretalium (in Latin). Johann Reinhard & Paul Leenen. 1474.
• Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 1. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578. Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 2. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 3. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 4. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 5. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 6. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 7. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.; Super Decretales (in Latin). Vol. 8. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta. 1578.