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Canon 29

De viduis clericorum.

Si qua vidua episcopi vel presbyteri aut diaconi maritum acceperit, nullus clericus, nulla religiosa cum ea convivium sumat; numquam communicet; morienti tantum ei sacramenta subveniant.

(ed. Barlow 1950: 132)

Canon 29

On the widows of clerics

If a widow of bishop, presbyter, or deacon remarry, no cleric, and no nun will have a meal with her. She shall never receive communion. She may receive sacraments only while dying.

(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

Cf. canon 18 of the First Council of Toledo in AD 400 see [113].

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Braga

About the source:

Author: Martin of Braga
Title: Collectio orientalium canonum, seu Capitula Martini, Capitula Martini, Collection of the Eastern canons
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula), Neocaesarea (East)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

In the manuscript tradition the canons of the Second Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula) in 572 AD are followed by the Eastern canons collected and translated into Latin by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula). He was using a Greek collection, impossible to identify with any of the collections known today, which gathered the canons of the several Eastern councils. Martin quotes also the canons of the Frist Council of Toledo 400 AD. Martin dedicated his work to Bishop Nitigisius of Lugo (Iberian Peninsula). Those two bishops met on the Second Council, and possibly the collection was composed for this occasion (Barlowe 1950: 84-87).

Edition:

C. Barlow ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950.

Categories:

Family life - Marriage

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Described by a title - Clericus

Relation with - Wife

Relation with - Woman

Private law - Ecclesiastical

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1095, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1095