Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
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ER 28
Twenty-four Spanish presbyters are present at the Council in Elvira, according to the preface to the canons of the council in Elvira, probably held ca AD 300/310. Collection of canons associated with the council of Elvira (Iberian Peninsula), ca AD 300/600.
Concilium Eliberritanum XVIII episcoporum Constantini temporibus gestum eodem tempore quo et Nicaena synodus habita est.
[...]
Cum consedissent sancti et religiosi episcopi in ecclesia Eliberritana, hoc est [...]
 
Here follow the names of the bishops.
 
Item presbyteri:
Restutus presbyter de Epora,
Natalis presbyter Vrsona
Maurus presbyter Illiturgi,
Lamponianus de Carula,
Barbatus de Aduingi,
Felicissimus de Ateua,
Leo Acinippe,
Liberalis de Eliocroca,
Ianuarius Alauro,
Ianuarianus Barbe,
Victorinus Egabro,
Titus Aiune,
Euacrius Municipio,
Siluanus Segalbinia,
Victor Vlia,
Ianuarius Vrci,
Leo Gemella,
Turrinus Castelona,
Luxurius de Drona,
Emeritus Baria,
Cumancius Solia,
Clementianus Ossigi,
Eutices Cartaginensis,
Iulianus Cordoba,
die Iduum Maiarum aput Eliberri,
[...]
 
(ed. J. Vives 1963: 1)
The Council of Elvira was held by nineteen bishops in the time of Constantine, at the same time as the Council of Nicaea [...] when the saint and religious bishops were present in the Church of Elvira, that is: [...]
 
Here follow the names of the bishops.
 
Presbyters:
Restutus presbyter of Epora,
Natalis, presbyter of Osuna,
Maurus, presbyter of Mengibar,
Lamponianus of Carbula,
Barbatus of Ecija,
Felicissimus of Teba,
Leo of Acinipo,
Liberalis of Lorca,
Januarius of Lauro,
Januarianus of Barba,
Victorinus of Cabra,
Titus of Arjona,
Eucarius of the city [Elvira?],
Silvanus of Segalvinia,
Victor of Montemayor,
Januarius of Pechina,
Leo of Tucci,
Turrinus of Castulo,
Luxurius of Drona,
Emeritus of Villaricos,
Cumantius of Solia,
Clementianus of Ossigi,
Eutices of Carthage,
Julian of Cordoba
 
on the day of Ides of May in Elvira [...].
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region
  • Iberian Peninsula
City
  • Elvira

About the source:

Title: Council of Elvira, Concilium Eliberritanum
Origin: Elvira (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The exact date of the council and the nature of the Elvira canons continues to be debated. The list of names of the presbyters is transmitted only in two manuscripts (one from Gerona, the other from Urgel) representing the so-called Vulgata recension (dated AD 694/701) of the canonical collection Hispana (Sánchez 2008: 524; Villela 2014: 212, n. 9).
 
Edition:
Concilium Eliberritanum, in: Vives, José. Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos. Barcelona, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1963.
G. Martínez Díez, F. Rodríguez, eds., La colección canónica Hispana, v. 4 Concilios Galos. Concilios Hispanos: primera parte, Madrid 1984.
Bibliography:
M.J.L. Sánchez, "L’état actuel de la recherche sur le concile d’Elvire", Revue des sciences religieuses 82 (2008), 517-546.
J. Vilella, "The Pseudo-Iliberritan Canon Texts", Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity 18 (2014), 210-259
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER28, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=28