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[Capitulum secundum cod. A] V. De uagis clericis.

Clericis sine commendaticiis epistolis episcopi sui licentia non pateat euagandi, et in omni loco ad quem sine epistolis episcopi sui, ut dictum est, uenerint, a communione habeantur alieni.

(ed. Munier 1963: 152, 158)

[Title according to cod. A] V. On vagabond clerics.

It is not allowed for clerics to wander off without the permission of their bishops' letters of commendation, and in every place to which they would come without the letters of bishops, as was just said, they should be banned from communion.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

Compare the term commendaticium used in the title of this canon with the term apostholium/apostolium used, for example, in canons 1 and 6 of the Council of Nîmes (AD 394/396): [367] and [371]. See also canons from the First Council of Tours (AD 361): [838] and [839].

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Vannes

About the source:

Title: Council of Vannes, Concilium Veneticum anno 461/491
Origin: Vannes (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

This council took place in Vannes in Brittany sometime between 461 and 491. The acts of this synod are known from the letter which the synodal fathers – six bishops, with the Bishop Perpetuus of Tours mentioned in first place – have sent to the absent Bishops Victor and Thalasius. The main cause for the episcopal gathering was the ordination of Paternus to the bishopric of Vannes.

Edition:

Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.

Categories:

Travel and change of residence

Functions within the Church - Wandering presbyter/Without office

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER845, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=845