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[Secundum codicem K:]

Preceding are the signatures of nineteen bishops.

Campanus presbyter directus a domno meo Iniurioso episcopo subscripsi.

Venantius presbyter directus a domno meo Gregorio episcopo subscripsi.

Aduolus presbyter directus a domno meo Agricula episcopo subscripsi.

Optardimus presbyter directus a domno meo Gallo episcopo subscripsi.

Marcellianus presbyter directus a domno meo Eumeno episcopo subscripsi.

Vincentius presbyter directus a domno meo Sustratio episcopo subscripsi.

Baudastes presbyter directus a domno meo Perpetuo episcopo subscripsi.

[Secundum codicem K:]

Preceding are the signatures of nineteen bishops.

Auolus presbyter directus a domino meo Agroecola Cabillonensis eclesiae episcopo consensi.

Optardinus presbyter directus a domino meo Gallo episcopo eclesiae Aruernae consensi.

Martilianus presbyter directus a domino meo Eumeno episcopo eclesiae Nametice consensi.

Baudastes presbyter directus a domino meo Perpetuo ecle siae Abrincatine episcopo consensi.

Vincentius presbyter directus a domino meo Sustratio ecclesiae Cadurcinae episcopo consensi.

Cyprianus presbyter directus a domino meo Iniurioso ecclesiae Toronice episcopo consensi.

Euantius presbyter directus a domino meo Gregorio eclesiae Lingonicae episcopo consensi.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 127-130)

[According to the codex K:]

Preceding are the signatures of nineteen bishops.

I, Presbyter Campanius, sent by my Lord Bishop Iniuriosus, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Venantius, sent by my Lord Bishop Gregorius, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Advolus, sent by my Lord Bishop Agricula, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Optardimus, sent by my Lord Bishop Gallus, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Marcellianus, sent by my Lord Bishop Eumenus, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Vincentius, sent by my Lord Bishop Sustratius, subscribed.

I, Presbyter Baudastes, sent by my Lord Bishop Perpetuus, subscribed.

[According to the codex T:]

Preceding are the signatures of nineteen bishops.

I, Presbyter Avolus, sent by my Lord Bishop Agricola from the Church of Chalon, consented.

I, Presbyter Optardinus, sent by my Lord Bishop Gallus from the Church of Clermont, consented.

I, Presbyter Martilianus, sent by my Lord Bishop Eumerius from the Church of Nantes, consented.

I, Presbyter Baudastes, sent by my Lord Bishop Perpetuus from the Church of Avranches, consented.

I, Presbyter Vincentius, sent by my Lord Bishop Sustracius from the Church of Cahors, consented.

I, Presbyter Cyprianus, sent by my Lord Bishop Iniuriosus from the Church of Tours, consented.

I, Presbyter Evantius, sent by my Lord Bishop Gregorius from the Church of Langres, consented.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Presbyter Baudastes from Avranches also subscribed (as Baudardes) the acts of the Fourth Council of Orléans (AD 541) [1380].

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Orléans
Chalon
Clermont
Nantes
Avranches
Tours
Cahors
Langres

About the source:

Title: The Third Council of Orléans, Concilium Aurelianense anno 538
Origin: Orléans (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

This council convened on 7 May 538 in Orléans gathered five metropolitans, fourteen other bishops, and seven presbyters representing their bishops. They all came from the kingdoms of Childebert I or Theuderic I. No bishop from the kingdom of Clothar I participated. Apart from the council of Agde (AD 506), this is the only one from this period that gathered a metropolitan bishop from every region represented in the synod by a bishop or a presbyter. The council was presided by metropolitan bishop of Lyon, all of whose suffragans were present. Similarly, all the bishops from the metropolitan province of Rouen attended the synod.

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:

Travel and change of residence

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts

Relation with - Another presbyter

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1331, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1331