BRANDILEONE, Francesco. – Legal historian, born in Buonabitacolo (Salerno) on 25 January 1858; died in Naples on 10 April 1929. He taught History of Italian Law at the universities of Sassari (1886), Parma, Bologna, and Rome. The principal focus of his scholarly work was directed toward the study of Byzantine law, with particular attention to its development and application in Italy.
On this subject he wrote: *Il diritto romano nelle leggi romano-arabe del regno di Sicilia* (Turin 1884); *Il diritto bizantino nell'Italia meridionale dal sec. VIII al XII* (Bologna 1886); the edition of the *Prochiron Legum* (1895); and various studies on particular topics. To canon law, which he regarded as a predominant historical factor in the formation of Italian law, he devoted part of his subsequent research: *Sulla storia e la natura della donatio propter nuptias* (Bologna 1891; and Naples 1900); *Rapporti patrimoniali tra coniugi* (Modena 1901, offprint from *Archivio giuridico*, vol. 67); *Saggi sulla storia della celebrazione del matrimonio* (Milan 1906); *I legati per l'anima e la loro trasformazione* (Venice 1911, offprint from *Memorie dell'Istituto Veneto*, vol. 28); *Nota preliminare sull'origine della Stantia o Convenientia* (Rome 1923, offprint from *Rendiconti Accademia Lincei* [Classe scienze morali e storiche, 5th series, vol. 32]).