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![Statuta noviter edicta per illustr[issimum] et revenderendissum in Christo patrem et domi[num domin]um Johannem de SaBaudia episcopum et principem gebennensem dignissimum.](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.sourcelibrary.org%2Farchived%2F69b630821c1c21a373802a59%2F2.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, Google Books, and Internet Archive) yielded no records of an English translation for this specific Latin text, 'Statuta noviter edicta' by Johannes de Sabaudia. Given the nature of the work—a specific set of episcopal statutes—it is highly likely that no English translation exists.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, ustc, google books, open library, internet archive · methodology
John of Savoy issued these 1515 statutes to clean up the corrupt and chaotic judicial system of Geneva. Readers will find a manual of bureaucratic discipline that pits the rule of law against systemic administrative abuse.