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Presbyter Hiculfus and Abbot Laubacharius, along with two bishops and two deacons, hear the confession of Bishop Saffaracus of Paris and then relate it to the Council of Paris (Gaul, AD 552).
Bishop Saffaracus of Paris confesses his crimes,
presentibus sanctis ac uenerabilibus uiris episcopis Medouecho, Leubeno uel Laubachario abbate, Hiculfo presbytero, Aeterno archidiacono necnon et Castricio diacono.
Afterwards, all of them relate what they have heard to the bishops convened at the council of Paris.
 
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 167, summarized by J. Szafranowski)
Bishop Saffaracus of Paris confesses his crimes,
in the presence of holy and venerable men: Bishops Medovechus and Leubenus, Abbot Laubacharius, Presbyter Hiculfus, Archdeacon Aeternus, and deacon Castricius.
Afterwards, all of them relate what they have heard to the bishops convened at the council of Paris.
 
(trans. and summarized by J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

It is possible that the title of an abbot is used here to describe Laubacharius as a presbyter, and not necessarily as a monastic superior. See discussion in [1380].

Place of event:

Region
  • Gaul
City
  • Eauze

About the source:

Title: The Council of Paris, Concilium Parisiense anno 552
Origin: Paris (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The council of Paris gathered under the auspices of king Childebertus I in September 552 to judge Bishop Saffaracus of Paris. Found guilty, he was demoted and forced to spend the rest of his life in a monastery. Six metropolitan bishops were present along with twenty-one other bishops.
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:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Described by a title - Abba
    Ecclesiastical administration - Participation in councils and ecclesiastical courts
    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, ER1447, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1447
    Record by: Jerzy Szafranowski
    last edited: 2017-05-29 14:01:50
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