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Canonist. He was educated at the University of Bologna, taught at Padua and Pisa, and became professor of canon law at Bologna. Works: “Glossary of the Six Books of decretals”; “Glossary of the Clementine books; Treatise, or Commentary on the decretal letters of Gregory IX”; “Mercuriales, or commentary on the six rules; Book of the praises of Saint Jerome; Addenda to the Speculum of Durandus.”

Born

• c.1275 at Rifredo, Italy

Died

• 1348 in Bologna, Italy of natural causes

MLA Citation

• “Giovanni d’Andrea”. New Catholic Dictionary. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 November 2019. Web. 3 March 2021. <>