Rufinus (decretist)

Rufinus was an Italian canon lawyer, described as the most influential canonist at the University of Bologna in the mid 12th century.^[1] He composed an influential Summa on Gratian's Decretum before 1159.^[2] Stephen of Tournai, his pupil, quoted from his Summa several times.^[3]

Further Reading

• Wilfried Hartmann and Kenneth Pennington, The history of medieval canon law in the classical period, 1140-1234, Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2008.

Notes

1. ^ Hartmann and Pennington, pp. 135-136.
2. ^ Rufinus, Die “Summa Decretorum” des Magister Rufinus, ed. H. Singer, Paderborn 1902, p. LXVII, n. 9
3. ^ J.F. von Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des Canonischen Rechts von Gratian bis auf die Gegenwart, 3 vols, Stuttgart 1875-1880, I, p. 123 and n. 6, and p. 134.