Albericus also studied under Ranieri di Forlì and had contact with Bartolus de Saxoferrato. In the 1310s he returned to Bergamo,[1] where he was a lawyer and took part in various public affairs. He was employed in particular by Galeazzo II Visconti of Milan, and after Galeazzo's death by Luchino Visconti and the latter's brother John, Bishop of Novara. In 1331 and 1333 he was involved in reforming Bergamo's civil statutes, and he was sent several times (in 1335, 1337–38 and 1340–41) as ambassador to Pope Benedict XII's court at Avignon.[1]
Later years
In his later years Albericus devoted himself especially to scientific literary labours. The last certain report concerning his life belongs to the year 1350, when he went with his sons to Rome to attend the jubilee.
His writings won him a high reputation, especially among practical jurists. Special mention should be made of his commentaries on the Digests and the Codex, which were often printed later, as at Lyon (1517, 1545–48); the "Opus Statutorum" (Como 1477; Milan, 1511); and the Dictionarium, a collection of maxims of law as well as a dictionary, which was often reprinted.
Editions
Quaestiones statutorum
Super statutis (in Latin). Milano: Tipografo del Barbazza, Consilia. 1493.
Commentaria
Super Codice (in Latin). Milano: Ulrich Scinzenzeler. 1492.
Super Codice (in Latin). Vol. 1. Lyon: Georges Regnault. 1545.
Super Codice (in Latin). Vol. 2. Lyon: Thomas Bertheau. 1545.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Alberico de Rosate". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. The original article is available here.