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FRANCISCUS See also:GRATIANUS
, compiler of the See also:Concordia discordantium canonum or Decretum Gratiani, and founder of the See also:science of See also:canon See also:law, was See also:born about the end of the I1th See also:century at See also:Chiusi in See also:Tuscany or, according to another See also:account, at Carraria near See also:Orvieto
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In See also:early See also:life he appears to have been received into the Camaldulian monastery of Classe near See also:Ravenna, whence he afterwards removed to that of See also:San Felice in See also:Bologna, where he spent many years in the preparation of the Concordia
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precise date of this See also:work cannot be ascertained, but it contains references to the decisions of the Lateran See also:council of 1139, and there is See also:fair authority for believing that it was completed while See also:Pope See also: |
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