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7. [...] Proposita sunt igitur capitula et relecta, quae continent haec:

[...]

VIII. De ordinatione alterius clerici.

Item placuit ut nullus episcopus clericum alterius ordinare praesumat, sicut et antiqui canones vetuerunt, nisi forte signata ipsius episcopi scripta susceperit.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 111-112)

7. [...] The chapters are proposed and read that contain the following:

[...]

VIII. On the ordination of a cleric of another bishop

It pleased us that no bishop decide to ordain a cleric of another bishop, just as the ancient canons forbid it, unless he gets a signed letter of this other bishop.

(trans. by M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Braga

About the source:

Title: First Council of Braga, Concilium Bracarense a. 561, Concilium Bracarense primum
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The First Council of Braga was summoned by bishop Lucretius of Braga under the auspices of the king of Galicia Ariamir for the 1st of May 561. It was the first council of the Galician Church after the conversion of the Suevi to Catholicism. Apart from Lucretius and Martin of Dumio, mentioned in the third place, we can identify the sees of only two other bishops, Andreas of Iria and Lucetius of Coimbra, because they were present at the Second Council of Braga in 572.

It has been suggested that Martin of Braga wrote the minutes of the both councils. There are no conclusive arguments, but some linguistic evidence in favour of Martin`s authorship was presented by the editor, C. Barlowe (1950: 83).

Edition:

Edition:

Concilium Bracarense primum, in C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950, 105-115

Categories:

Ecclesiastical transfer

Described by a title - Clericus

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Impediments or requisits for the office

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER305, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=305