Geoffrey of Trani

Geoffrey of Trani^[1] (? in Trano, Apulia– 1245) was an Italian jurist, known as a canon lawyer. He was a student at Bologna of Azo before becoming a professor at Naples, then at Bologna.^[2] He was made a cardinal deacon by Pope Innocent IV. His Summa super titulis decretalium^[3] and other writings on decretals became a basic resource for canon law.^[4]