Johannes de Imola

Johannes de Imola (Italian: Giovanni Nicolétti,[1] English: John of Imola) (c. 1370 – 1436) was an Italian jurist, a student of Baldus de Ubaldis,[2] Francesco Ramponi and Johannes of Lignano.

[3] He taught at Pavia, Siena and Bologna,[4] and was one of the major commentators on the Decretals of Gregory IX[5] In the Western Schism, he supported the form of conciliarism that deemed the correct resolution of the schism would be for Pope Gregory XII to summon a general council.

[6] He was a strong defender of due process.

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Johannes de Imola, engraving by Theodor de Bry .
Page from commentary on Book II of the Decretals by Johannes de Imola, contemporary with the end of his life.