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Bartolus de Saxoferrato

1313 - 1357

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Bartolus de Saxoferrato (Italian: Bartolo da Sassoferrato; 1313 – 13 July 1357) was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or postglossators. The admiration of later generations of civil lawyers is shown by the adage nemo bonus íurista nisi bartolista—"no one is a good lawyer unless he is a Bartolist" (i.e. a follower of Bartolus). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolus de Saxoferrato is the 397th most popular philosopher (up from 427th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,228th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Bartolus de Saxoferrato is most famous for being a prominent Italian jurist during the 13th century. He is credited with being the first to use the term “ius commune” to refer to the common law of Europe.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 397 out of 1,267. Before him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Haji Bektash Veli, Saadia Gaon, Archelaus, A. S. Neill, and J. L. Austin. After him are Anne Conway, Carl Gustav Hempel, Siger of Brabant, Plutarch of Athens, Karl Rahner, and Antoine Destutt de Tracy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1313, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Boccaccio, and Cola di Rienzo. After him are Emperor Kōgon, Ibn al-Khatib, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, and Constantine III, King of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1357, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 2. Before him is Afonso IV of Portugal. After him are Jani Beg, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Süleyman Pasha, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg, and Giottino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 1,134 out of 5,161. Before him are Paolo Gentiloni (1954), Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76), Renato Martino (1932), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), and Hiero I of Syracuse (-600). After him are Venantius Fortunatus (530), Alberto Sordi (1920), Frederick of Naples (1451), Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1524), Giacomo Matteotti (1885), and Luciano Spalletti (1959).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 30. Before him are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Giovanni Gentile (1875), Antonio Negri (1933), Aristoxenus (-360), and Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484). After him are Thomas Cajetan (1469), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Brunetto Latini (1220), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), and Dicaearchus (-350).

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