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Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists

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Report No. a564

Wernhardus de Morspach

d. 1283

 

Alternative Names

Wernhard; Wernhardus de Marsbach; Werhnhard von Marsbach

 

Biography/Description

Studied and taught canon law at the University of Padua. He then taught canon law in Passau, where he was a canon by 1264 and dean from 1267. He was then elected bishop of Seckau (1268–1283).

 

Entry by: KP rev AL 2015

Literature

W. Stelzer, ‘Österreichische Kanonisten des 13. Jahrhunderts’, ÖAKR, 30 (1979) 77–78.