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LII. Non liceat presbytero, praesente episcopo, chrismare.

Presbyter, praesente episcopo, non signet infantes, nisi forte ab episcopo fuerit illi praeceptum.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 137)

LII. The presbyter is not allowed to anoint with chrism in the presence of the bishop.

Presbyter in the presence of the bishop shall not anoint children with chrism unless it is ordered to him by the bishop.

(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

Cf. canons 20 of the First Council of Toledo (AD 400), see [117].

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)Toledo (Iberian Peninsula),
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

In the manuscript tradition the canons of the Second Council of Braga (Iberian Peninsula) in AD 572 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 First Council of Toledo AD 400. Martin dedicated his work to Bishop Nitigisius of Lugo (Iberian Peninsula). Those two bishops met on the Second Council of Braga, and possibly the collection was composed for this occasion (Barlowe 1950: 84-87).

Edition:

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

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Usurping episcopal power

Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens

Ritual activity - Anointment with chrism

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1121, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1121