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Canon 14

De oraturia, que per uillas fiunt. Nonnulli ex fratribus et coepiscopis nostris resedentibus nobis in sancta sinodo in queremonia detulerunt, quod oraturia per uillas potentum iam longum constructa tempore et facultatis ibidem collatas ipsi, quorum uillae sunt, episcopis contradicant et iam nec ipsus clericus, qui ad ipsa oraturia deseruiunt, ab archidiacono cohercere permittant. Quod conuenit emendare, ita dumtaxat ut in potestate sit episcopi et de ordinatione clericorum et de facultatem ibidem collata, qualiter ad ipsa oraturia et officium diuinum possit inplere et sacra libamina consecrare. Quod qui contradixerit, iuxta priscus canones a communione priuetur.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 306)

Canon 14

Concerning oratories which are [located] on estates. Some of our brothers and co-bishops who preside with us on the holy synod brought to us a complaint that, as the oratories on the estates of noblemen were already constructed a long time ago and resources have been assigned to them, those who hold these estates contest with bishops and do not permit an archdeacon to punish clerics who serve in those oratories. This should be corrected because it should belong to the episcopal authority to ordain clerics and [decide over] the resources assigned to the oratories, [and] how can the divine office be performed and holy Eucharist (libamina) consecrated. If someone opposes [this decree], he should be deprived of communion in accord with the ancient canons.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Chalon

About the source:

Title: Council of Chalon, Concilium Cabilonense anno 647/653
Origin: Chalon (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Council of Chalon was convoked by Aega, mayor of the palace of King Clovis II, on the 24th of October. The termini post quem (647) and ante quem (653) of the council are derived from the episcopal signatures (in 647 Vulfoleudus became the metropolitan bishop of Bourges and in 654 new bishops were appointed in Lyon and Vienne). The synod was attended by six metropolitan bishops (from Lyon, Vienne, Rouen, Sens, Bourges, and Besançon), thirty-three other bishops, and one archdeacon and five abbots representing their absent bishops. Attached to the council acts is also the letter sent by the synodal fathers to Theudorius, metropolitan bishop of Arles, in which they deprive him in his episcopal rank.

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 - Clericus

Ritual activity - Eucharist

Ritual activity - Divine office/Liturgy of the hours

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Economic status and activity - Ownership or possession of land

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Relation with - Noble

Livelihood/income

Reasons for ordination - Patronage

Functions within the Church - Presbyter in a lay foundation

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