(fl. early 12th c.). The father of the science of canon law remains a shadowy figure. Most of the scanty evidence suggests that he was a monk, possibly affiliated with the monastery of SS.Felix and Nabor in Bologna. The role of Bologna as the nursery...

Flavius Gratianus Augustus (April 18/May 23, 359-August 25, 383), known as Gratian, was a Western Roman Emperor from 375 to 383. He favoured the Christian religion against paganism, refusing the traditional Pagan attributes of the emperors and removing...