Bartolus de Saxoferrato

Bartolus de Saxoferrato
Bartolo de Sassoferrato
Born1313
Venatura, Marche, Italy
Died13 July 1357
Perugia, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materUniversity of Perugia University of Bologna
OccupationLaw professor

Bartolus de Saxoferrato (Italian: Bartolo da Sassoferrato; 1313 – 13 July 1357) was an Italian law professor and one of the most prominent continental jurists of Medieval Roman Law. He belonged to the school known as the commentators or postglossators. The admiration of later generations of civil lawyers is shown by the adage nemo bonus íurista nisi bartolista — no one is a good lawyer unless he is a Bartolist (i.e. a follower of Bartolus).