In 1385 he was lector at the studium of St. Croce.[3] From 1387 to 1390 he taught moral philosophy at the University of Pavia.[4] He taught arts at the University of Perugia for a year from 1400.[5] He was appointed bishop of Fermo by Pope Gregory XII, around 1410. On 15 Dec 1417, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Martin V as Bishop of Fano.[1] He served as Bishop of Fano until he died there on 15 Feb 1445.[1][6]
During the Council of Constance he translated the Divine Comedy into Latin.[7] He did this largely for the benefit of Nicholas Bubwith and Robert Hallam, English bishops attending the council;[8] he was encouraged by Amedeo Saluzzo attending the council, who was a cardinal of the Avignon obedience. Serraville was also a source for stories concerning the young Dante's visits to Paris and Oxford.[9][10] He lectured at Constance on Dante too, producing later a written commentary.[11] It was strongly influenced by Benvenuto da Imola and Stefano Talice da Ricaldone;[12] and Serravalle revised Benvenuto's glosses, to support the council's reforming programme.[13]
^Luca Carlo Rossi, Le strade di Ercole: itinerari umanistici e altri percorsi : Seminario internazionale per i centenari di Coluccio Salutati e Lorenzo Valla : Bergamo, 25-26 ottobre 2007 (2010), p. 75; Google Books.
^Werner Paul Friederich, Dante's Fame Abroad, 1350-1850: the influence of Dante Alighieri on the poets and scholars of Spain, France, England, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States (1950), p. 342; Google Books.
^Steven Botterill, Dante and the Mystical Tradition: Bernard of Clairvaux in the Commedia (2005), pp. 137–8; Google Books.
^Richard Lansing (editor), The Dante Encyclopedia (2000), p. 208.