Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio

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Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio[1] (born Milan; died Rome 1509) was an Italian canon lawyer and Cardinal[2]. He has been called one of the ‘last two great commentators on feudal law’[3].

He was bishop of Alessandria from 1478; he was referred to as the Cardinal of Alessandria[4]. He was bishop of Parma in 1500[5].

His De appellationibus was an early printed book (1474[6], Como, Ambrogio d'Orco and Dionigi Paravicino).

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  1. ^ Giovanni da San Giorgio, Giantonio da Sangiorgio, Johannes Antonius de Sancto Georgio. Gregorio for Georgio appears to be an error from an early book.
  2. ^ From 1493; he was bishop of Frascati in 1503, bishop of Palestrina in 1507, bishop of Sabina in 1508.
  3. ^ http://faculty.cua.edu/Pennington/Law508/FeudalLaw.htm
  4. ^ Cardinalis Alexandrinus, Alejandrino.
  5. ^ [1], Italian.
  6. ^ Marginalia - Milano, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Triv. Inc. A125

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