Albericus de Rosate

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Albericus or Alberico de Rosate (or Rosciate) (c. 1290, near Bergamo, Italy – 1354 or 1360, Bergamo) was an Italian jurist.

[edit] Early life and education

He was born in the village of Rosate (Rosciate) in the district of Bergamo, and was of humble parentage. He studied law at the University of Padua where he gained the degree of Doctor, without, however, becoming a teacher.

de Rosate passed his life at Bergamo where he was a lawyer and took part in various public affairs. He was employed in particular by Galeazzo Visconti of Milan, and after Galeazzo's death by Lucchino Visconti and Lucchino's brother John, Bishop of Novara. In 1340 he was commissioned by the bishop to go as his envoy in important matters to Pope Benedict XII at Avignon.

[edit] Later years

In his later years Rosate devoted himself especially to scientific literary labours. The last certain report concerning his life belongs to the year 1350, when he went with his sons to Rome to attend the jubilee.

[edit] Works

His writings won him a high reputation, especially among practical jurists. Special mention should be made of his commentaries on the "Digests" and the "Codex", which were often printed later, as at Lyons (1517, 1545-48); the "Opus Statutorum" (Como 1477; Milan, 1511); and the "Dictionarium", a collection of maxims of law as well as a dictionary, which was often reprinted.

This article incorporates text from the entry Alberico de Rosate in the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. The original article is available here.