Jacques de Révigny

Jacques de Révigny or Jacobus de Ravanis (1230s-1296) was a French jurist. The Italian jurist and poet Cino da Pistoia said of Jacques de Révigny that there was no cleverer debater in the world.^[1]

Life

Born some time between 1230 and 1240, Jacque de Révigny studied law under Jean de Monchy, Guichard de Langres and Simon de Paris at the University of Orléans. He became archdeacon of Toul, and in 1289 became Bishop of Verdun. He died in 1296.^[1]

References

1. Kees Bezemer (1997). What Jacques Saw: Thirteenth Century France Through the Eyes of Jacques de Revigny, Professor of Law at Orleans. Vittorio Klostermann. p. 141. ISBN 978-3-465-02946-5.