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Letter 14

The bishops of the province of Tarraconensis (Iberian Peninsula) ask Pope Hilarius to give permission for the transfer of Bishop Irenaeus to Barcelona, where the clergy and people ask for him.

2. ... omnis clerus et plebs eiusdem civitatis...

(ed. Thiel 1868: 157-158)

Letter 13

The bishops of the province of Tarraconensis (Iberian Peninsula) ask Pope Hilarius to give permission for the transfer of Bishop Irenaeus to Barcelona, where the clergy and people ask for him.

2. ... all the clergy and people of that city...

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

Hilarius declined the request in Letters 16 and 17, on the basis that bishops cannot change their sees.

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Tarragona
Barcelona

About the source:

Author: Hilarius
Title: Epistulae, Letters
Origin: Tarragona (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Hilarius was the bishop of Rome between AD 461 and 468.

Edition:

Thiel A. ed., Epistulae Romanorum pontificum genuinae et quae ad eos scriptae sunt a S. Hilario usque ad Pelagium II, 1, Braunsberg 1868, 127-170.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus

Ecclesiastical administration - Election of Church authorities

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Relation with - Townsman

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1875, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1875