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Report No. a092 |
Clarus de Florentia |
fl. 1260–1270 |
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| Alternative Names |
Clarus of Florence; Clair of Florence; Chiaro da Firenze |
Biography/Description |
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Franciscan canonist and papal chaplain (fl. 1260–1270), to whom scholars have attributed four penitential writings, all of which assemble casus. They often address questions of a juridical nature. |
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Entry by: KP rev AL 2015 |
Text(s) |
| No. 1 | Casus Quaeritur utrum quilibet tenetur ad solutionem decimarum. |
| No. 2 | Casus Nota sex casus quod debet sacerdos mittere ad episcopum. |
| No. 3 | Casus Quaeritur utrum participans scienter et sponte. |
| No. 4 | Casus Furatus sum vel debeo usurario publico centum libras. |
Text(s) – Manuscripts |
| No. 1 |
Casus Quaeritur utrum quilibet tenetur ad solutionem decimarum. |
| Manuscript | Bruxelles/Brussel, Bibl. Royale II 2509 |
Oxford, Bodleian Libr. Canon. Misc. 269 |
| No. 2 |
Casus Nota sex casus quod debet sacerdos mittere ad episcopum. |
| Manuscript | Engelberg, Stiftsbibl. 259 |
Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. 88 |
London, BL Arundel 491 |
Paris, Bibl. Mazarine 1312 |
Pisa, Bibl. Seminario 87 |
Strasbourg, BN et Universitaire 53 |
Todi, BC 136 |
Toulouse, BM 208 |
| No. 3 |
Casus Quaeritur utrum participans scienter et sponte. |
| Manuscript | Oxford, Bodleian Libr. Canon. Misc. 269 |
| No. 4 |
Casus Furatus sum vel debeo usurario publico centum libras. |
| Manuscript | Pisa, Bibl. Seminario 87, fol. 46ra–66vb (fragmentary) |
Literature |
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C. Duggan, ‘Decretal Collections from Gratian’s Decretum to the Compilationes antiquae: The Making of the New Case Law’, in The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, 1140–1234: From Gratian to the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, W. Hartmann and K. Pennington, ed. (History of Medieval Canon Law 6; Washington DC 2008) 268–69. |
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M. Franceschini, ‘Chiaro da Firenze’, in DBI (1980) 24.594–95. |
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P. Michaud-Quantin, Sommes de casuistique et manuels de confession au moyen âge (XII – XVI siècles) (Louvain 1962) 52–53. |
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F. Henquinet, ‘Clair de Florence, canoniste et pénitencier pontifical vers le milieu du XIIIe siècle’, Archivum franciscanum historicum, 32 (1939) 3–48. |
