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

[...]

XIII. Ubi omnes communicant.

Item placuit ut intra sanctuarium altaris ingredi ad communicandum non liceat laicis, viris vel mulieribus, nisi tantum clericis, sicut et in antquis canonibus statutum est.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 111-112)

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

[...]

XIII. Where everyone shall receive communion

It pleased us that it should not be allowed for lay people, either women or men, to enter the chancel (sanctuarium altaris) to receive communion, but only clerics shall receive communion there, as was decided by the ancient canons .

(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:

Described by a title - Clericus

Ritual activity - Eucharist

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER306, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=306