Canon 32 of the Council of Épaone (Gaul, AD 517) forbids widows of presbyters to remarry.
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Canon 32
Relicta presbyteri siue diaconi si cuicumque renupserit, eatinus ab ecclesia pellatur, donec a coniunctione inlicita separetur; marito quoque eius simili usque ad correctionem seueritate plectendo.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 32-33)
Canon 32
If the widow of a presbyter or a deacon remarries, she will be excluded from the Church as long as she will not end the illicit relationship; her husband will be punished with similar severity until correction.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Épaone
About the source:
Title: Council of Épaone 517, Concilium Epaonense anno 517 Origin: Épaone (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Just as the Council of Agde was held in 506 in the Visigothic kingdom and the First Council of Orléans in 511 in the Frankish realm, the Council of Épaone gathered bishops from the lands ruled by the Burgundians. The direct impulse for the council was the ascension to the throne of Sigismund in 516. The new king, unlike his Arian predecessors, followed the Catholic creed. Avitus, metropolitan of Vienne, and Viventiolus, metropolitan of Lyons, asked the bishops to convene on the day of 6th September 517 in Épaone, the exact location of which is unknown. It was most probably situated in the province of Vienne, possibly near present-day Anneyron or Saint-Maurice-l`Exil. The council gathered 24 bishops and one presbyter. It seems that also some other clerics and laymen attended the sessions.
Edition:
C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.
Translation:
J. Gaudemet, B. Basdevant, Les canons des conciles mérovingiens VIe-VIIe siècles, Sources chrétiennes 353, Paris 1989.
Categories:
Family life - Marriage
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Public law - Ecclesiastical
Relation with - Wife
Relation with - Woman
Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1161, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1161
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