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

[...]

XIV. De oleribus et carnibus.

Item placuit ut quicumque in clero cibo carnium non utuntur pro amputanda suspicione Priscillianae haeresis vel olera cocta cum carnibus tantum praegustare cogantur. Quod si contempserint, secundum quod de his talibus sancti patres antiquitatus statuerunt, necesse est eos pro suspicione haeresis huius officio excommunicatos omnimodis removeri.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 111-112)

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

[...]

XIV. On vegetables and meat

It pleased us that if anyone in the clergy does not eat meat he should be forced to taste vegetables cooked with meat to prove that he is not an adherent of the Priscillian heresy. If he does not do that, it is necessary to excommunicate him according to the ancient canons of the holy fathers and to remove him from his office.

(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:

Food/Clothes/Housing - Food and drink

Religious grouping (other than Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian) - Priscillianist

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Administration of justice - Demotion

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER307, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=307