Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Canon & civil law Jurists

John of Burgh (Johannes de Burgo)

GIOVANNI DI BURGH (JOHANNES DE BURGO)

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JOHN OF BURGH (Johannes de Burgo). - Theologian of the 14th century. In 1384 he was appointed rector of the University of Cambridge; and the following year he wrote a manual of canon law in the form of a catechism, Papilla oculi (Paris 1510 and 1518, Strasbourg 1514), which was widely known as a practical guide to law for priests. He died in 1386 at Collingham in Nottinghamshire, where he was rector.

Together with Lyndwood (d. 1446), J. is a witness to the wholly papal character of canon law in England. His manual was printed in 1510 and 1515 in Paris, and in Strasbourg in 1514.

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. Pitts, De illustribus Angliae scriptoribus, Paris 1610, p. 548 f.: F. W. Maitland, Roman canon law in the Church of England, London 1898, pp. 40-41: T. B. Scannell, Doctrine, in Cath. Enc., V, p. 78: R. S. Nolan, Seal. ibid., XIII, p. 651: Enrico G. Rope

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), coll. 529–530.

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Rope, Enrico. “Giovanni di Burgh (Johannes de Burgo).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 529–530. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-burgh-johannes-de-burgo.

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Rope, Enrico. “Giovanni di Burgh (Johannes de Burgo).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 529–530. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giovanni-di-burgh-johannes-de-burgo.

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  author    = {Rope, Enrico},
  title     = {Giovanni di Burgh (Johannes de Burgo)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {529--530},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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