Antonio Agustín y Albanell facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Most Reverend Antonio Agustín y Albanell |
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| Archbishop of Tarragona | |
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Antonio Agustín y Albanell.
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| In Office | 1576–1586 |
| Predecessor | Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete |
| Successor | Joan Terès i Borrull |
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| Ordination | 18 Dec 1557 |
| Consecration | 21 Dec 1557 by Giovanni Giacomo Barba |
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| Born | 17 Feb 1517 Zaragoza, Spain |
| Died | 31 May 1586 (age 69) Rome, Italy |
Antonio Agustín y Albanell (1516–1586) was an important Spanish scholar. He was a historian, a jurist (someone who studies law), and a Roman Catholic archbishop. He is known for being one of the first to deeply research the history of canon law, which is the set of rules and laws of the Christian Church.
Life of Antonio Agustín
Antonio Agustín was born in Zaragoza, Spain. He was a very smart student. He studied law and old classical writings in several famous cities. These included Alcalá, Salamanca, Padua, and Bologna. One of his teachers was a well-known scholar named Andrea Alciati.
In 1544, Antonio Agustín began his career in the Church. He became an auditor for the Sacra Rota Romana. This was a very important court in the Catholic Church. Later, in 1554 and 1555, he worked as a papal nuncio. This means he was a special representative for the Pope in another country.
On December 21, 1557, he was made a bishop. This process is called being consecrated. Giovanni Giacomo Barba, who was the Bishop of Terni, performed the ceremony. In 1556, Antonio Agustín became the Bishop of Alife. Then, in 1561, he was named the Bishop of Lleida.
He also took part in the Council of Trent from 1561 to 1563. This was a very important meeting of Church leaders. After this, in 1576, he was chosen to be the Archbishop of Tarragona. This was a high position in the Church.
Antonio Agustín's Work
Antonio Agustín is mostly remembered today as the first historian of canon law. Canon law is the system of laws and rules made by the Church. Experts believe that the 1500s were a key time for the study of history. Antonio Agustín was one of the people who helped make this happen.
His first major book was called Emendationum et opinionum libri IV. In this book, he shared an important idea. He suggested that a specific old manuscript, the Littera Florentina, was the original source for all other copies of the Pandects. The Pandects were a huge collection of Roman laws. This idea changed how people understood ancient Roman law. It showed that the common Latin version of the Pandects, used for a long time, was not the original.
Antonio Agustín wrote other important history books too:
- Antiquae Collectionis Decretalium (1576): This book was about old Church laws.
- De Emendatione Gratiani dialogorum libri duo (1587): In this work, he carefully checked and corrected the text of the Gratian Decree. This was another important collection of Church laws.
- Epitome iuris pontificii veteris (1587/1611): This was a summary of Church law from before Pope Innocent III.
- De quibusdam veteris canonum ecclesiasticorum collectoribus iudicium ac censura (1611): This book was published after he died. It was a history of the sources of Church law from before the Gratian Decree.
See also
In Spanish: Antonio Agustín para niños
