Education
He studied in Bologna, under Tancred, where later he accepted the chair of canon law.
He studied in Bologna, under Tancred, where later he accepted the chair of canon law.
He is generally called Bern(h)ardus Parmensis or Bernard of Parma, from his birthplace Parma. Here Durantis was his disciple. According to the inscription on his tombstone he was Chancellor of the University of Bologna.
Bernard obtained a canonry in the Cathedral of Bologna, and was also named chaplain to Pope Innocent IV and Pope Alexander IV, by whom he was employed in solving questions of weight.
The Glossa Ordinaria was given to the press in Mainz in 1472, 1473, and in Rome in 1474. In this Roman edition there are additions, especially from the Novella Commentaria of Giovanni Andrea (d 1348).
Bernard"s "Casus Longi" on separate chapters of the same Gregorian Decretals was frequently edited: Paris, 1475. Venice, 1477; Bologna, 1487.
Strasburg, 1488, 1493.
Lyons, 1500.