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[Capitulum secundum cod. A] IX. Qualiter clericus saecularia iuditia adeat et de causis episcoporum.

Clericis nisi ex permissu episcoporum suorum saecularia iudicia adire non liceat; sed si quis fortasse episcopi sui iudicium coeperit habere suspectum, aut ipsi de proprietate aliqua aduersus ipsum episcopum fuerit nata contentio, aliorum episcoporum audientiam non saecularium potestatem debebit ambire. Aliter a communione habeatur alienus.

(ed. Munier 1963: 153, 158)

[Title according to cod. A] IX. In what manner a cleric should go to secular courts, and on episcopal trials.

It is not permitted for clerics to go to secular courts without the permission of their bishops. If, however, someone doubted in the judgment of his bishop, or was himself involved in a dispute over property with his bishop, he should seek to be heard by other bishops and not the secular power. Otherwise he will be excluded from communion.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

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:

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Economic status and activity - Ownership or possession of land

Conflict

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Secular

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, ER853, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=853