Gregory, Cardinal

GREGORIUS, CARDINALIS. - Canonist of the 11th-12th century, cardinal, died 21 Nov. 1113. Between 1104 and 1106 he composed a Collectio, called « Polycarpus », dedicated to Diego, bishop of Compostella.

Besides passages drawn from the Corpus iuris civilis, it contains many texts from Bureardo’s Decretum and from the other Italian Gregorian collections. Another recension of this collection was made in the years 1130-40, with the insertion of many forged documents. Partial editions of the collection in the form of extracts are found in A. Mai, Nova bibliotheca Patrum, VII, 3, Rome 1888, pp. 1-76; in PL 56,346; in F. Theiner, Disquisitiones critique in praecipuae canonum et decretalium collectiones, Rome 1836, p. 356 ff. (the rubrics of the collection are given).

BIBL.: H. Hüffer, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Vorgratianischen Kirchenrechtsquellen, II, Münster 1862, pp. 67-109; P. Fournier-G. Le Bras, Histoire des collections canoniques, II, Paris 1931, pp. 169-85; C. G. Mor, Il Digesto nell'età preineriana, in Per il XIV centenario delle Pandette e del Codice di Giustiniano, Pavia 1934, pp. 672-75, 693-94; A. Van Hove, Prolegomena, 2nd ed., Malines-Rome 1945, pp. 240, 247, 421. Cosimo Petino
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“GREGORIUS, CARDINALIS.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), p. 696. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/gregorius-cardinalis.