Galvanus de Bettino
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Galvanus de Bettino (c. 1335 – c. 1394) was an Italian
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 theologian. He was the first to hold the chair in canon law
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 at Fünfkirchen (now Pécs
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) in Hungary
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 in 1371.

Galvanus received his doctorate in canon law at Padua
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 in 1361. He taught there at least for the years 1365-68. After his appointment at Pécs, he returned to lecture in Bologna
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in 1374. From 1379 to 1382 her returned to Padua, then finished his career in Bologna until his death, which occurred before 1395.

Works

  • Contrarietates glossarum iuris canonici
  • Casus qui iudicis arbitrio relinquitur
  • Tractatus de differentiis legum et canonum

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