Gregory of St. Grisogono
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Gregory of St. Grisogono (Gregory, cardinal presbyter of San Crisogono, Gregorius de sancto Grisogono, Gregorio di San Crisogono) (died November 30, 1113 at Lucca) was a cardinal and author on canon law
. He is known for his work Polycarpus, i.e.. Canonum collectio "Polycarpus".
According to R. A. Fletcherhttp://libro.uca.edu/sjc/sjc5.htm
The work was dedicated to Diego Gelmírez
, whom Gregory had met as archdeacon of Lucca.
Canon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
. He is known for his work Polycarpus, i.e.. Canonum collectio "Polycarpus".
According to R. A. Fletcherhttp://libro.uca.edu/sjc/sjc5.htm
Up-to-date the Polycarpus certainly was. Gregory drew heavily upon the compilation of Anselm of LuccaAnselm of LuccaSaint Anselm of Lucca , called the Younger or Anselm II to distinguish him from his uncle, was an Italian bishop, a prominent figure in the Investiture Controversy and in the fighting in Central Italy between the forces of Countess Matilda of Tuscany, the papal champion, and those of Henry IV,...
and the Collection in 74 Titles, the two most authoritative collections of the recent past, and he included pronouncements of Gregory VIIPope Gregory VIIPope St. Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana , was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal...
, Urban II and Paschal II, and conciliar material from as late as Piacenza (1095). The scope of his book was comprehensive and its orderly arrangement made for ease of reference. While seven of the eight books into which the work was divided were generally conservative in tone — they owed much to the Decretum of Burchard of WormsBurchard of WormsBurchard of Worms was the Roman Catholic bishop of Worms in the Holy Roman Empire, and author of a Canon law collection in twenty books, the "Collectarium canonum" or "Decretum".-Life:...
— the first book, which was devoted to the primacy and special rights of the see of Rome, was strongly papalist.
The work was dedicated to Diego Gelmírez
Diego Gelmírez
Diego Gelmírez was the second bishop and first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. He is a prominent figure in the history of Galicia and an important historiographer of the Spain of his day...
, whom Gregory had met as archdeacon of Lucca.