Rolandino of Padova (1200–1276) was an Italian medieval jurist and writer. He studied at the

University of Bologna The University of Bologna ( it, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, UNIBO) is a public research university in Bologna, Italy. Founded in 1088 by an organised guild of students (''studiorum''), it is the oldest university in continu ...

, where he was a pupil of Boncompagno da Signa. Later he was a professor of grammar and rhetoric at the

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from ...

and a notary for the city's commune. A supporter of the communal freedom, he wrote the ''Cronica in factis et circa facta Marchie Trivixane'' ("Chronicle of the Facts of the March of Treviso"), in which he details the Paduan struggle against

Ezzelino III da Romano Ezzelino III da Romano (25 April 1194, Tombolo7 October 1259) was an Italian feudal lord, a member of the Ezzelino family, in the March of Treviso (in modern Veneto). He was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II ( r. 1220–1250), and ruled ...

. He is also a major source for the

War of the Castle of Love The War of the Castle of Love was a conflict in 1215–1216 between Padua and Treviso on one side and Venice on the other. It began with an exchange of insults at a festival, escalated to raiding and finally to open warfare. The decisive engagement ...

between Padua and Venice in 1215.In G. G. Coulton (trans.)
''A Medieval Garner: Human Documents from the Four Centuries preceding the Reformation''
(London: Archibald Constable, 1910), pp. 268–270. His ''Cronica'' was used as a source by the 14th-century Paduan historian

Guglielmo Cortusi Guglielmo Cortusi (fl. 1305–1361) was a Paduan judge, diplomat and chronicler whose ''Chronica de novitatibus Padue et Lombardie'' is the principal primary source for Paduan history in the early years of Carraresi rule. Life Guglielmo bel ...

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* 1200 births 1276 deaths Academic staff of the University of Padua Italian male writers 13th-century Italian jurists {{Italy-law-bio-stub