PHILOSOPHER

Bartolus de Saxoferrato

1313 - 1357

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Bartolus de Saxoferrato (Italian: Bartolo da Sassoferrato; 1313 – 13 July 1357) was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or postglossators. The admiration of later generations of civil lawyers is shown by the adage nemo bonus íurista nisi bartolista — no one is a good jurist unless he is a Bartolist (i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolus de Saxoferrato has received more than 104,866 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolus de Saxoferrato is the 427th most popular philosopher (down from 383rd in 2019), the 1,228th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Philosopher.

Bartolus de Saxoferrato is most famous for being a prominent Italian jurist during the 13th century. He is credited with being the first to use the term “ius commune” to refer to the common law of Europe.

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Over the past year Bartolus de Saxoferrato has had the most page views in the with 13,633 views, followed by Italian (9,910), and Spanish (9,271). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (96.73%), Swedish (49.29%), and Latin (31.14%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 427 out of 1,267. Before him are Olympiodorus the Younger, Dhul-Nun al-Misri, Adam Ferguson, Ge Hong, Adolf von Harnack, and Pierre d'Ailly. After him are Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, H. L. A. Hart, Henry Suso, Abul A'la Maududi, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1313, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Boccaccio, and Cola di Rienzo. After him are Emperor Kōgon, Ibn al-Khatib, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, and Constantine III, King of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1357, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 2. Before him is Afonso IV of Portugal. After him are Jani Beg, Süleyman Pasha, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Charles I, Lord of Monaco, John II, Burgrave of Nuremberg, and Giottino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 1,228 out of 5,161. Before him are Peter of Verona (1206), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Felice Beato (1832), Alessandro Costacurta (1966), Gianna Nannini (1954), and Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470). After him are Mario Capecchi (1937), Marisa Pavan (1932), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Gino Severini (1883), Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (1822), and Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (1318).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Bartolus de Saxoferrato ranks 32. Before him are Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Aristoxenus (-360), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), and Brunetto Latini (1220). After him are Giles of Rome (1243), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), and Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667).

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