Odofredus
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thumb|right|200px|Odofredus' grave at San Francesco church, Bologna, Italy. Odofredus (died 3 December 1265) was an Italian jurist. He was born in Ostia and moved to Bologna, studying law under Jacobus Balduinus and Franciscus Accursius. After working as an advocate in Italy and France, he became a law professor in Bologna in 1228. The commentaries on Roman law attributed to him are valuable as showing the growth of the study of law in Italy, and for their biographical details of the jurists of the 12th and 13th centuries. Odofredus died at Bologna in 1265.
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- Died
- 1265
- Works
- 4
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Bologna
- Place of death
- Bologna
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- University of Bologna
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Field of work
- law
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- Sarcofago dell'Arca di Odofredo.jpg
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- Odofredus
- date of death
- 1265-01-01
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1200-00-00
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thumb|right|200px|Odofredus' grave at San Francesco church, Bologna, Italy. Odofredus (died 3 December 1265) was an Italian jurist. He was born in Ostia and moved to Bologna, studying law under Jacobus Balduinus and Franciscus Accursius. After working as an advocate in Italy and France, he became a law professor in Bologna in 1228. The commentaries on Roman law attributed to him are valuable as showing the growth of the study of law in Italy, and for their biographical details of the jurists of the 12th and 13th centuries. Odofredus died at Bologna in 1265.
Odofredus is famous for the personal remarks with which he sprinkled his teaching, often introduced by Or signori, "Listen, gentlemen". Perhaps his most famous saying is: "Everybody wants to know, but nobody wants to know the price of knowledge."
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