Francesco Albergotti (6 June 1304 – 3 December 1376) was an Italian jurist of the 14th century.
Life
Born in 1304 from the
Albergotti,
the biggest Guelph family in
Arezzo
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for the role they had in the political, religious and military life of the city.
He started his studies at the
University of Perugia, first in
philosophy
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, then in
law, student of the famous
Baldo degli Ubaldi
Baldus de Ubaldis (Italian: ''Baldo degli Ubaldi''; 1327 – 28 April 1400) was an Italian jurist, and a leading figure in Medieval Roman Law and the school of Postglossators.
Life
A member of the noble family of the Ubaldi (Baldeschi), ...
.
He started a career as a lawyer in Arezzo, and in 1349 he moved to
Florence, where he gained a considerable fame as a teacher, being named "''solidae veritatis doctor''" (doctor of solid thruths).
He wrote comments to the ''
Digest
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'' and some books of the ''
Codex Theodosianus
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'' (in various manuscripts), and other different ''consilia'' (published in 1563 in Venice).
He died in Florence in 1376.
Works
Manuscripts
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References
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1304 births
1376 deaths
Italian jurists
14th-century Italian jurists