NICOLETTI, GIOVANNI (Johannes ab Imola). - Canonist and civilist, b. at Imola (and not at Bologna as was once believed) between 1367 and 1376, d. at Bologna on 13 March 1436.

He studied at Bologna and there received his doctorate in canon and civil law in 1397; in 1399 he obtained in the same city the chair of canon law; in 1402 he moved to teach at Ferrara and later at Padua, finally returning to Bologna, where he remained until his death.

He was a most prolific writer, in both Roman and canon law, and enjoyed great fame among his contemporaries, so much so that he was called the monarch of both laws. His principal works are the Commentaria in Clementinas (1st ed., Venice 1485) and In tres libros Decretalium (1st ed., ibid. 1498); as well as those In primam et secundam Infortiati Digestique novi partes (Bologna 1580), besides many Consilia, Repetitiones, Tractatus, some of which are still unpublished.

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BIBL.: J. F. Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Litteratur des canonischen Rechts, II, Stuttgart 1877, p. 297 ff.; D. Staffa, De Iohannis ab Imola vita et operibus, in Apollinaris, 10 (1937), p. 76 ff., (with ample indications on the works and the editions); A. van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Malines-Rome 1945, p. 407.

Francesco Ercolani

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