Alberico de Rosate Jurist, date of birth unknown; died in 1354.
He was bom in the village of Rosate (Rosciate) in the district
of Bergamo, and was of humble parentage. He studied law at Padua
where he gained the degree of Doctor, without, however, becoming
a teacher. He passed his life at Bergamo where he was a lawyer
and took part in various public affairs. He was employed in
particular by Galeazzo Visconti of Milan, and after Galeazzo's
death by Lucchino Visconti and Lucchino's brother John, Bishop
of Novara. In 1340 he was commissioned by the bishop to go as
his envoy in important matters to Pope Benedict XII at Avignon.
In his later years Rosate devoted himself especially to
scientific literary labours. The last certain report concerning
his life belongs to the year 1350, when he went with his sons to
Rome to attend the jubilee. His writings won him a high
reputation, especially among practical jurists. Special mention
should be made of his commentaries on the "Digests" and the
"Codex", which were often p