Gratian was a twelfth century canon lawyer, traditionally described as a monk and teacher at a monastery in Bologna, who worked in ecclesiastical centers including Tuscany, Bologna, Rome and Chiusi, where he served as bishop before his death around 1150. He compiled the Concordia discordantium canonum, known as the Decretum Gratiani, finalized in a vulgate version soon after the Second Council of the Lateran in 1139, which attempted to reconcile centuries of seemingly contradictory church canons into one coherent, systematically organized body of law. The Decretum served as the primary source for canon lawyers until Pope Gregory the Ninth's own Decretals gained official status in 1234, and Gratian's pioneering of systematic canonical jurisprudence earned him the title Pater Juris Canonici, the Father of Canon Law.
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The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian was raised to the rank of Augustus as a child and inherited the West after his father's death in 375.
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Gratian was a twelfth century canon lawyer, traditionally described as a monk and teacher at a monastery in Bologna, who worked in ecclesiastical centers including Tuscany, Bologna, Rome and Chiusi, where he served as bishop before his death around 1150.
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Wikidata Q189108, occupation/position claims
occupation/position claim resolves to: Politician
Wikidata Q189108, P27 country of citizenship claim
P27 (country of citizenship): Ancient Rome
Wikidata Q189108, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 359
Wikidata Q189108, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 0359-04-19
Wikidata Q189108, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 383
Wikidata Q189108, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 0383-08-26
Wikidata Q189108, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Sirmium
Wikidata Q189108, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Lugdunum
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