Twelve anonymous representatives of their bishops, most of them probably presbyters, attend and sign the acts of the Third Council of Lyon (Gaul, AD 583).
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
Preceding are the signatures of eight bishops.
Et missi episcoporum, qui hos canones subscripserunt, duodecim.
(ed. de Clercq 1963: 232)
Preceding are the signatures of eight bishops.
And twelve representatives of their bishops who have signed these canons.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Place of event:
Region
Gaul
City
Lyon
About the source:
Title: Third Council of Lyon, Concilium Lugdunense III anno 583 Origin: Lyon (Gaul) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Third Council of Lyon was presided over by Bishop Priscus, metropolitan of Lyon, and gathered four bishops from his ecclesiastical province and the neighbouring ones: three from the province of Vienne, and one from Sens. The acts also state that twelve bishops have sent their representatives, however, they were not named, nor were their ecclesiastical ranks given.
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
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, ER1545, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1545
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