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Report No. a294 |
Johannes Fauentinus |
d. 1190 |
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| Alternative Names |
Johannes, Faventinus (LC); John of Faenza; Jean de Faenza; Giovanni de Faenza; Johannes Cavalerius; Magister Johannes |
Biography/Description |
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Born in Faenza, studied canon law in Bologna and became a professor around 1170. He immediately began his publishing career as a commentator and glossator of the Decretum, which continued undisturbed when he left Bologna, in 1174, to become a canon in Faenza. He probably has to be identified with the Bishop Johannes of Faenza (1177–90), who ruled over his diocese just about the time when Huguccio’s teachings began to gain predominance over his own. Unlike most of his colleagues, Johannes prepared the ground for his glossing activities by composing a Summa (ca. 1171). It consisted of little more than a compilation based on the two Summae of his predecessors, Rufinus and Stephan of Tournai. Modern scholars have often called him a plagiarist for that reason, despite the fact that Johannes fully acknowledged his indebtedness in the prologue. More importantly, the work was warmly welcomed by his audience, as is attested by the great number of surviving manuscripts, more twelfth century manuscripts even than for Huguccio. In addition, Johannes expressed his own doctrinal opinions in a vast amount of single glosses on all parts of Gratian’s work. They also enjoyed great success and circulated widely, in what made Johannes the most cited canonist prior to Huguccio. |
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Entry by: KP rev AL 2015 |
Text(s) |
| No. 1 | Summa decretorum, c.1171. |
| No. 2 | Glosses on the Decretum, post 1171. |
Text(s) – Manuscripts |
| No. 1 |
Summa decretorum, c.1171. |
| Manuscript | Angers, BM 370 |
Arras, BM 271, fol. 1–148 |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 37 |
Barcelona, Arch. Corona Aragón Ripoll 34 |
Besançon, BM 379 |
Bordeaux, BM 37, fol. 1–5, 174–75 (containing C.1 q.1 c.17 – C.2 q.3 p.c.7) |
Chartres, BM 173 (lost during WW II) |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C. III 7 |
Erlangen, Universitätsbibl. 344 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo I. II. 11 |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Aed. Flor. Eccl. 49 |
Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. 52 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 271, fol. 94–212 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 655 |
Laon, BM 371 |
London, BL Royal 9 E VII, fol. 1–160 |
London, BL Additional 18369 |
Madrid, BN 399 |
Madrid, BN 421 |
Madrid, BN C.37 |
München, BSB Clm 38713 (destroyed in World War I) |
München, BSB Clm 14403 (preceding the Summa of Stephanus, on De cons. Only) |
Münster, Üniversitäts- u. Landesbibl. 603 (lost in WW II) |
Oxford, Bodleian Libr. Canon. Misc. 429 |
Oxford, Bodleian Libr. Laud Misc. 112, fol. 426 (prologue) |
Oxford, Bodleian Libr. Tanner 8, p.301–586 |
Paris, BN lat. 3913 (after the Summa of Stephanus, on De cons. Only) |
Paris, BN lat. 14606, fol. 1–166 |
Paris, BN lat. 14607, fol. 1–144 |
Paris, BN lat. 14609, fol. 126–213 |
Paris, BN lat. 14997, fol. 187–196 (on De cons.) |
Paris, BN lat. 17528 |
Paris, Bibl. Mazarine 1317 (ends C.13 q.1 c.1) |
Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 1624 |
Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 1625 |
Reims, BM 684 |
Roma, Bibl. Casanatense 1105, fol. 1–196 |
Saint-Omer, BM 493 |
Salamanca, Bibl. Univ. 2077 |
Salamanca, Bibl. Univ. 2399 |
Siena, BC G V 24 |
Tarazona, Bibl. Catedral 41 |
Tarazona, Bibl. Catedral 77 |
Troyes, BM 192, fol. 1–4 (ends D.3 pr.) |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 4954 (flyleaves) |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Borgh. l at.71 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Borgh. 162 (contains D.47 – De cons. D.4 c.125) |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Reg. lat. 1061, fol. 49–64v (ends at D.35) |
Vercelli, Bibl. Agnes. 91 |
Wien, ÖNB 2118 |
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek Rh.42 |
| No. 2 |
Glosses on the Decretum, post 1171. |
| Manuscript | Arras, BM 592 (500) (See S. Kuttner, Repertorium 11; R. Weigand (1988) 73–75) |
Arras, BM 32 |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 13 |
Bernkastel-Kues, Bibl. St. Nikolaus Hospitals Hospital 223 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. Phill. 1742 |
Bratislava, Slovenský Národný Archív 14 |
Cambrai, BM 646 |
Cividale del Friuli, Mus. Archeologico V (32), Catalogue No. 96 |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.I.7 |
Douai, BM 586 |
Erlangen, Universitätsbibl. 342 |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Plut. 4 (olim S. Croce IV) sin.1 (The library currently identifies this manuscript with the Plutei designation, but the literature often refers to it with the S. Croce one.) |
Graz, Universitätsbibl. III 80 |
Gniezno, Arch. Kap. 28 |
Cambridge, Gonville & Caius Coll. 676 |
Hereford, Cath. Libr. P.VII.3 |
Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. El. fol. 56 |
Kraków, Bibl. Jagiellońska 357 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. Haenel 18 |
Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibl. 222 |
Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibl. 223 |
London, BL Stowe 378 |
Madrid, BN 251 |
München, BSB Clm 10244 |
München, BSB Clm 27337 |
München, BSB Clm 28175 |
Monte Cassino, Bibl. Abbazia 66 |
Napoli, BN XII.A.5 |
Napoli, BN XII.A.9 |
New York, N.Y., Morgan Libr. 446 |
Oxford, New Coll. 210 |
Paris, BN lat. 3888 |
Paris, BN lat. 3903 |
Paris, BN lat. 3905B |
Paris, BN lat. 14317 |
Praha, Univ. Knihovna I 19 |
Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 342 |
Paris, Bibl. Sainte-Geneviève 341 |
Perugia, Arch. S. Pietro C.M.4 |
Roma, Bibl. Angelica 1270 |
Reims, BM 676 |
Salzburg, Bibl. Erzabtei St. Peter a.XII.9 |
Trier, Stadtbibl. 906 |
Trier, Bibl. Bisminar 8 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 2494 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 2495 |
Paris, Bibl. Arsenal 677 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Archivio di San Pietro A.27 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Pal. lat. 622 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Pal. lat. 625 |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Ross. 595 |
Verona, Bibl. Cap. CLXXXIV (164) |
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibl. Helmst. 33 |
Zwettl, Stiftsbibl. 31 |
Innsbruck, Universitätsbibl. 90 |
Text(s) – Modern Editions |
| No. 1 |
Summa decretorum. |
| Modern Editions |
None. The prologue and the preface have been printed by J. von Schulte in ‘Die Rechtshandschriften der Stiftsbibliotheken’, SB Wien, 57 (1867) 580 (from MS Klosterneuburg, Stifstbibl. 655). |
| No. 2 |
Glosses on the Decretum. |
| Modern Editions |
(2) Those on part I (D.1–101) by N. Höhl in Die Glossen des Johannes Faventinus (1987). |
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Certain groups of J.’s surviving glosses have been edited: (1) Those referred to in part I of Huguccio’s Summa by R. Weigand in AKKR, 154 (1985) 490–520. |
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(3) Those on C.1 by R. Weigand in AKKR, 157 (1988) 73–107. |
Literature |
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R. Weigand, ‘The Development of the Glossa ordinaria to Gratian’s Decretum’, 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) 63–69, 74, 96. |
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K. Pennington, ‘The Decretists: The Italian School’, 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) 127, 136–39. |
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C. Rider, Magic and Impotence in the Middle Ages (Oxford 2006) 59. |
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C. Donahue, ‘Johannes Faventinus on Marriage (With an Appendix Revisiting the Question of the Dating of Alexander III’s Marriage Decretals)’, in Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: A Tribute to Kenneth Pennington, W. Müller and M. Sommar, ed. (Washington, DC 2006) 179–97. |
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J. Viejo-Ximénez, ‘Juan de Faenza’, in Juristas universales (2004) 1.340–3. |
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H. Kalb, ‘Rechtskraft und ihre Durchbrechungen im Spannungsfeld von kanonistischem und theologischem Diskurs: Rufin, Stephan von Tournai, Johannes Faventinus’, in Grundlagen des Rechts: Festschrift für Peter Landau zum 65. Geburtstag, R.H. Helmholz, ed. (Paderborn 2000) 405–19. |
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H. Kalb, ‘Die Autorität von Kirchenrechtsquellen im “theologischen” und “kanonistischen” Diskurs: Die Perspektive der frühen Dekretistik (Rufinus – Stephan von Tournai – Johannes Faventinus). Einige Anmerkungen’, ZRG Kan. Abt., 84 (1998) 307–29. |
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N. Höhl, ‘Wer war Johannes Faventinus? Neue Erkenntnisse zu Leben und Werk eines bedeutendsten Dekretisten des 12. Jahrhunderts’, in Proceedings San Diego, S. Chodorow, ed. (MIC C–9; Città del Vaticano 1992) 189–203. |
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N. Höhl, ‘Johannes de Deo’, in LMA (1990) 4.575. |
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R. Weigand, ‘Die Glossen des Johannes Faventinus zur Causa 1 des Dekrets und ihr Vorkommen in späteren Glossenapparaten’, AKKR, 157 (1988) 73–107. |
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N. Höhl, Die Glossen des Johannes Faventinus zur Pars I des Decretum Gratiani: Eine literargeschichtliche Untersuchung (Würzburg 1987). |
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T. Lenherr, Die Exkommunikations– und Depositionsgewalt der Häretiker bei Gratian und den Dekretisten bis zur Glossa ordinaria des Johannes Teutonicus (Münchener Theologische Studien 3, Kan. Abt. 42; München 1987) 202–203. |
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R. Weigand, ‘Huguccio und der Apparat “Ordinaturus Magister”’, AKKR, 154 (1985) 490–520. |
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S. Kuttner, ‘Retractationes VII’, in Gratian and the Schools of Canon Law (1140 –1234) (London 1983). |
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H. Müller, Der Anteil der Laien an der Bischofswahl: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Kanonistik von Gratian bis Gregor IX. (Kanonistische Studien und Texte 29; Amsterdam 1977) 48–50. |
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F. Liotta, La continenza dei chierici (Milano 1971) 93–99. |
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J. Brundage, Medieval Canon Law and the Crusader (Madison WI 1969) 50–51. |
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R. Benson, The Bishop–Elect: A Study in Medieval Ecclesiastical Office (Princeton 1968) 94. |
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J. Brundage, ‘The Votive Obligations of Crusaders: The Development of a Canonistic Doctrine’, Traditio, 24 (1968) 83–84. Reprinted in: idem, The Crusades, Holy War and Canon Law (Collected Studies CS 338; Aldershot 1991) no. VI. |
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R. Weigand, Die Naturrechtslehre der Legisten und Dekretisten von Irnerius bis Accursius und von Gratian bis Johannes Teutonicus (Münchener Theologische Studien 3. Kan. Abt. 26; München 1967) 152–53, 267, 288, 292, 301, 316, 337, 339, 350, 352, 363, 414–15, 428, 431. |
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J. Weitzel, Begriff und Erscheinungsformen der Simonie bei Gratian und den Dekretisten (Münchener Theologische Studien 3, Kan. Abt. 25; München 1967) 106–10. |
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J. Brundage, ‘The Crusader’s Wife: A Canonistic Quandary’, SG, 12 (1967) 433. Reprinted in: idem, The Crusades, Holy War and Canon Law (Collected Studies CS 338; Aldershot 1991) no. XV. |
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R. Weigand, Die bedingte Eheschliessung im kanonischen Recht (Münchener Theologische Studien 3, Kan. Abt. 16; München 1963) 1.154–60, 233–34. |
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G. Couvreur, Les pauvres ont-ils des droits? Recherches sur le vol en cas d’extrême nécessité depuis la Concordia de Gratien (1140) jusqu’à Guillaume d’Auxerre († 1321) (Analecta Gregoriana 111; Roma 1961) 75, 134. |
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N. Vilain, ‘Prescription et bonne foi du Décret de Gratien (1140) à Jean d’André († 1348)’, Traditio, 14 (1958) 147. |
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A. Stickler, ‘Jean de Faenza ou Joannes Faventinus’, in DDC (1957) 6.99–102. |
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S. Kuttner, ‘Bernardus Compostellanus Antiquus’, Traditio, 1 (1943). |
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S. Kuttner, |
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J. Argnani, ‘Joannes Faventinus glossator’, Apollinaris, 9 (1936) 418. |
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J. von Schulte, |
