Paucapalea was a

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of the twelfth century. He produced the first commentary on the '' Decretum'' of

Gratian Gratian (; la, Gratianus; 18 April 359 – 25 August 383) was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers and w ...

, his teacher.{{Cite web, url=http://amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu/BioBibCanonists/Report_Biobib2.php?record_id=a366, title=BioBib Report

References

*J. F. v. Schulte (1890), ''Die Summa des Paucapalea über das Decretum Gratiani''

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