Agostinho Barbosa

Agostinho Barbosa in a 1622 engraving.

Agostinho Barbosa (Agostino, Augustinus) (17 September 1589, at Aldão, Guimarães, Portugal 22 March 1649, in Ugento, Italy) was a prolific Portuguese writer on canon law. His work included dictionary-type surveys of the legal elements.[1][2]

Life

Having studied canon law in Portugal, he went to Rome. Being without books, he memorized books in libraries. About 1632 he went to Madrid, where he applied himself to writing and fulfilled various duties confided to him till 1648. consecrated Bishop of Ugento in Rome, on 22 March 1649.

Works

His works fill at least 30 volumes.[3] They show intimate acquaintance with authors, sources, and controversial questions such as the following:

All the canonical works of Barbosa were published at Lyons, 1657–75, in 19 vols. In quinto, 16 vols. in folio, and again, 1698–1716, 20 vols. in quinto, 18 vols. in folio.

References

Notes

  1. António Manuel Hespanha, Form and content in early modern legal books: Bridging material bibliography with history of legal thought (PDF, p. 20), = Portuguese Journal of Social Science, Volume 6, Issue 1, August 2007, pp. 33-59.
  2. Constant van de Wiel, History of Canon Law (1991), p. 160.
  3. Codex Iuris Canonici

External links

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

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