VIDAL, PEDRO. - Jesuit, canonist, b. at Igualada (diocese of Barcelona) on 20 July 1867, d. at Rome on 24 Oct. 1938.
Having entered the Order in 1884, he was sent, after completing his studies, to Rome to study canon law under the guidance of Fr. Fr. S. Wernz. After a brilliant doctorate, he returned to Tortosa to teach dogmatic theology, remaining there until 1906, when Fr. Wernz, elected general of the Order, wanted him as his successor in Rome at the Gregorian University. There he remained for 32 years until the end of his life. His work as a member of the Commission for the codification of canon law (1908) and then of that for the authentic interpretation of the CIC (1918); the numerous consultations of 6 Roman congregations of which he was consultor (for the Holy Office alone he disposed of 300 cases) and furthermore the many other private consultations left him little time for the writing of particular works; he agreed, however, to bring up to date in accordance with the CIC, the new decrees and the progress of studies the monumental work left by Fr. Wernz: Ius decretalium.
BibliographyNecrologio, in Memorabilia Soc. Jesu, 6 (1939), pp. 734-35.
BIBL.:Necrologio, in Memorabilia Soc. Jesu, 6 (1939), pp. 734-35.
Testore, Celestino. “Vidal, pedro.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, col. 1389. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954. https://azioneromana.com/article/vidal-pedro.
MLA
Testore, Celestino. “Vidal, pedro.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1954, col. 1389. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/vidal-pedro.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec12_vidal_pedro,
author = {Testore, Celestino},
title = {Vidal, pedro},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XII},
pages = {1389},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1954},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/vidal-pedro}
}
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