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Report No. r106 |
Berengarus Fredoli |
c. 1250–1323 |
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| Alternative Names |
Frédo; Bérenger(LC); Bérenger de Frédol; Berengario Fredoli; Berengarius de Fredola; Berengarius de Frasolis; Berengarius Biterensis; Berengarius Cardinalis; Berengar von Béziers |
Biography/Description |
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Berengarus was born at Lavérune (Hérault). Since Guilelmus de Mandagoto mentions him as his teacher, he must have spent some of his earlier years as a teacher of canon law at Bologna. His most important student was Guielmus de Mandagato. Berengarus also seems to have taught at Paris. He received the bishopric of Beziers in 1294. From there he embarked on an ecclesiastical career and soon became an important curial official. Another indication of an earlier legal training, Berengarus was one of the editors of the Liber sextus (1298). He was later elevated to the cardinalate by Clement V in 1305 and promoted Cardinal bishop of Tusculum in 1309. During the pontificate of Clement V, Berengarus was deeply involved in the proceedings against the Templars. He died at Avignon in 1323. |
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Entry by: KP rev BP 2015 |
Text(s) |
| No. 1 | De excommunicatione et interdicto. |
| No. 2 | Tractatus de absolutione ad cautelam. |
| No. 3 | Oculus seu elucidarius Summae Hostiensis. Also known as the Oculus copiose, this work is an alphabetical guide to the Summa of Hostiensis. |
| No. 4 | Inventarium speculi iudicialis. A register to the Speculum of Guilelmus Durantis. |
| No. 5 | Inventarium iuris canonici. An inventory concerning the Decretum, Liber extra and the Liber sextus. |
| No. 6 | Dicta dominii Berengarii episcopi Tusculani in Cum inter nonnullos, 1323. This work is misattributed in Vat lat. 3740, fol. 2r. The author of the text is Bertrand de la Tour. See P. Nold, 2003. |
| No. 7 | Summula in foro poenitentiali. The authorship of this work is uncertain. |
Text(s) – Manuscripts |
| No. 1 |
De excommunicatione et interdicto. |
| Manuscript | Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. q. 190, fol. 66v–86r |
Basel, Universitätsbibl. C.V.35 |
Paris, BN lat. 3968, fol. 177r–182r |
Paris, BN lat. 12467 |
Paris, BN lat.15415 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 1295 |
Wien, ÖNB 349, fol. 62–72 |
Wrocław, Bibl. Univ. II F. 116 |
Würzburg, Universitätsbibl. Mp. th. f. 55 |
| No. 2 |
Tractatus de absolutione ad cautelam. |
| Manuscript | Paris, BN lat. 15415 |
| No. 3 |
Oculus seu elucidarius Summae Hostiensis. |
| Manuscript | Arras, BM 474 |
Chartres, BM 317 |
Laon, BM 386 |
Praha, Metropolitní Kapitula C. 43 |
Troyes, BM 877 |
Wrocław, Bibl. Univ. II F. 98 |
| No. 4 |
Inventarium speculi iudicialis. |
| Manuscript | Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. Barth. 13, fol. 1r–64v |
| No. 7 |
Summula in foro poenitentiali. |
| Manuscript | Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 234 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 1295 |
Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. 13 |
Montpellier, BM H.20 |
Paris, BN lat. 4469 |
Paris, BN lat.12460 |
Paris, BN lat. 15415 |
Paris, BN lat. 15417 |
Toulouse, Bibl. Univ. A.4 |
Troyes, BM 604 |
Troyes, BM 680 |
Troyes, BM 681 |
Wrocław, Bibl. Univ. II. F.110 (Listed (distiguishing two recensions) by P. Michaud-Quantin, SG 11 (1967) 166–67) |
Text(s) – Early Printed Editions |
| No. 6 |
Dicta dominii Berengarii episcopi Tusculani in Cum inter nonnullos, 1323. |
| Early Printed Editions |
Roma, 1474 (Hain 6509). |
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Milano, 1478 (Hain 6510). |
Text(s) – Modern Editions |
| No. 1 |
De excommunicatione et interdicto. |
| Modern Editions |
Le Liber de excommunicacione du cardinal Bérenger Frédol: Précéde d’une introduction historique sur l’excommunication et l’interdit en droit canonique de Gratien à la fin du XIIIe siècle par Eugène Vernay, ed. E. Vernay (Paris 1912) 24–58. |
| No. 2 |
Tractatus de absolutione ad cautelam. |
| Modern Editions |
Le ‘Liber de excommunicacione’ du Cardinal Bérenger Frédol, ed. E. Vernay (Paris 1912) 1–18. |
| No. 6 |
Dicta dominii Berengarii episcopi Tusculani in Cum inter nonnullos. |
| Modern Editions |
Edited by F. Tocco in La questione della povertà nel secolo XIV secondo nuovi documenti (Nuova biblioteca di letteratura, storia ed arte [5]; Napoli 1910) 143–152. |
Literature |
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P. Nold, Pope John XXII and His Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand de la Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy (Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford 2003) 121–25. |
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H. Van de Wouw, ‘Frédol, Berengar’, in LMA (1988) 4.885. |
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P. Michaud-Quantin, ‘La “Summula in foro poenitentiali” attribuée à Berenger Fredol’, SG, 11 (1967) 145–67. |
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G. Mollat, ‘Frédol (Bérenger)’, in DDC (1953) 5.906–07. |
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P. Viollet, ‘Bérenger Frédol, Canoniste’, in HLF (1915) 34.62–178. |
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E. Vernay, Le “Liber de excommunicacione” du cardinal Bérenger Frédol: Précéde d’une introduction historique sur l’excommunication et l’interdit en droit canonique de Gratien à la fin du XIIIe siècle (Paris 1912). |
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