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Canon 1

Hoc regulariter definitum est, ut nullus clericorum uestimenta purpurea induat, quia ad iactantiam pertinet mundialem, non ad religiosorum dignitatem, ut sicut est deuotio in mente, ita et ostendatur in corpore; quia pur<pur>a maxime laicorum potestate preditis debetur, non religiosis. Quo quisque non obseruauerit, ut transgressorem legis choercendum.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 254)

Canon 1

It has been decreed in accord with the rules (regulariter), that no cleric can wear purple vestments, because they are associated with wordly ostentation, not with ecclesiastic (religiosorum) dignity. For spiritual devotion should also be displayed in the flesh. Moreover, purple should above all be attributed to laymen wielding power, not to the clergy (religiosis). Everybody who does not observe this should be punished as a transgressor of the law.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Narbonne

About the source:

Title: First Council of Narbonne, Concilium Narbonense I anno 589
Origin: Narbonne (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The First Council of Narbonne was called by Migetius, metropolitan bishop of Narbonne, and gathered six other bishops from his province. This synod was held on the 1st of November as the Third Council of Toledo (convened in May of the same year) has suggested that the provincial councils of the Visigothic kingdom should gather on that date. Migetius was indeed present at Toledo along with King Reccared who had recently converted to Catholicism.

Edition:

C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.

Categories:

Food/Clothes/Housing - Clothes

Described by a title - Clericus

Attributes of clerical status

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Economic status and activity - Indication of wealth

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1553, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1553