Franciscus Accursius

Born in Bologna, Franciscus was more distinguished for his tact than for his wisdom.

[2] He acted as King's Secretary in the late 1270s until returning to Bologna in 1282, practicing law there until his death.

[1] Dante (a contemporary) places Franciscus Accursius in Hell among the sodomites (Inferno XV, 110).

The tomb of his father and himself in Bologna bears the inscription: "Sepulchrum Accursii, glossatoris legum, et Francisci, ejus filii.

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