Paulus Castrensis was an Italian

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of the 14th century.

Life

He studied under

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, and was a fellow-pupil with Cardinal de Zabarella. He was admitted to the degree of doctor of civil law in the

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, but it is uncertain when he first undertook the duties of a professor. A tradition, which has been handed down by Panzirolus, represents him as having taught law for a period of fifty-seven years. He was professor at

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in 1390, at

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in 1394, and at

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in 1429; and, at different periods, at

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, at

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and at Perugia. He was for some time the vicar-general of Cardinal Zabarella at Florence, and his eminence as a teacher of

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may be inferred from the appraisal of one of his pupils, who styles him ''famosissirnus juris utriusque monarca''. His most complete treatise is his readings on the Digest, and it appears from a passage in his readings on the ''Digestum Vetus'' that he delivered them at a time when he had been actively engaged for forty-five years as a teacher of civil law. His death is generally assigned to 1436, but it appears from an entry in a manuscript of the ''Digestum Vetus'', which is extant at

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, made by the hand of one of his pupils who styles him ''præceptor meus'', that he died on 20 July 1441.

Works

Paolo di Castro – In Infortiatum, 1564 – BEIC 13865748

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References

Attribution: * * Canon law jurists University of Perugia alumni University of Avignon alumni Academic staff of the University of Siena Academic staff of the University of Padua Academic staff of the University of Florence Academic staff of the University of Bologna Academic staff of the University of Perugia 14th-century Italian jurists 15th-century Italian jurists 1441 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Italy-law-bio-stub