Carlo Sebastiano Berardi (b. at
Oneglia, Italy, 26 August 1719; d. 3 August 1768) was an Italian
Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer.
Life
Having studied theology at
Savona
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Savona used to be one of the chie ...
under the
Piarists, he was promoted to the priesthood and then began the study of law at
Turin, paying particular attention to canonical jurisprudence. In 1749 he was appointed prefect of the law-faculty of the
University of Turin, while from 1754 till his death he was professor of canon law in the same institution.
Works
Berardi's works are:
*(1) "Gratiani canones genuini ab apocryphis discreti, corrupti ad emendatiorum codicum fidem exacti, difficiliores commodâ interpretatione illustrati" (4 vols. quarto, Turin, 1752–57; Venice, 1777, 1783).
This is an esteemed critical exposition of
Gratian's ''
Decretum'', sometimes ranked second only to
Antonio Agustín y Albanell
Antonio Agustín y Albanell (1516–1586), also referred to as Augustinus, was a Spanish Humanist historian, jurist, and Roman Catholic archbishop of Tarragona, who pioneered the historical research of the sources of canon law.
Life
Born in Zara ...
's work. It sets forth the original authorities of the ''Decretum'', though clumsy at distinguishing genuine sources from those that are spurious. A compendium of this work by an unknown writer, published at Venice, 1778, is entitled, "Compendium Commentariorum Caroli Sebastiani Berardi in Canones Gratiani."
*(2) "De Variis Sacrorum Canonum Collectionibus ante Gratianum", published together with his first work.
*(3) "Commentaria in Jus Ecclesiasticum Universum", four vols. quarto, Turin, 1766; two vols. octavo, Venice, 1778, 1789; 1847).
*(4) "Institutiones Juris Ecclesiastici" (2 vols. Turin, 1769).
References
;Attribution
* The entry cites:
**
Weurnz, Jus Decretalium (Rome, 1898), I, n. 315, 396, 397;
**SCHULTE, Die Geschichte d. Quellen, III, par. 1, 524;
**VALLAURI, Storia delle Università degli Studi del Piemonte, III, 219.
** Francesco Margiotta Brogli
Carlo Sebastiano Berardiin
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 8 (1966)
1719 births
1768 deaths
Italian jurists
18th-century Italian jurists
Canon law jurists
18th-century jurists
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