BARTOLOMEO DA CAPUA

BARTOLOMEO da CAPUA. — Neapolitan jurist (1248–1328). Professor of law in Naples. Logothete and protonotary at the court of the same city. He left a Glossa aurea on the constitutions of the kingdom, in whose drafting he had extensively collaborated. He played an active role in the canonization of St. Tommaso d'Aquino; his testimony concerning the saint’s life and writings is of great value.

BIBL.: F. Pelster, s. V. in LThK, II, col. 3; G. Ermini, s. V. ENOCH. Ital., VI, p. 253. Agatangelo da Langasco
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“BARTOLOMEO DA CAPUA.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), p. 549. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/bartolomeo-da-capua.