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Flavio Torti

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Flavio Torti (died 1622) was a lawyer and writer, active in his native Pavia and also in Milan. He was prince of the Accademia di Affidati in Milan.

Biography

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Born in Pavia or Castelnuovo Scrivia[1] He belonged to a family with a number of lawyers.[2] The Senate of Milan awarded him the position of primary professor of Canon and Civil law at the University of Pavia, a position he held for 30 years. He worked as counselor and auditor of the Inquisition of Milan. He wrote a multivolume commentary on the works of medieval jurist Baldo degli Ubaldi (1327 – 1400) titled Annotationes, seu Lucubrationes ad statuta inclytae civitatis Papiae published in 1617.[3] [4]

References

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  1. ^ Dizionario corografico dell'Italia. page 714.
  2. ^ Historia d'Antonio Maria Spelta, Cittadino Pavese, by Antonio Maria Spelta (1602), page 1599.
  3. ^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 378.
  4. ^ Discorsi accademici, e famigliari by signor Francesco Maria Pirogalli (1627); In morte del ill. Prencipe degli Affidati l'eccelentissimo Dottore Flavio Torti, pages 86-101.