Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
Search Presbyter Records
Search Evidence Records
Print:
ID
ER 900
Canon 5 of the Council of Agde (Gaul, AD 506) orders clerics who have stolen something from the church to receive only a peregrine communion.
[Titulum secundum cod. A] V. De furibus clericis.
[Titulum secundum cod. R] V. Si clericus ecclesiae furtum fecerit.
[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] V. Si clericus furtum ecclesiae fecerit.
 
Si quis clericus furtum ecclesiae fecerit, peregrina ei communio tribuatur.
 
(ed. Munier 1963: 194, 220, 221, 223)
[Title according to cod. A] V. On thieving clerics.
[Title according to cod. R] V. If a cleric were to steal something from the church.
[Title according to the Hispana collection] V. If a cleric were to steal something from the church.
 
If a cleric stole something from the church, he would be granted [only] peregrine communion.
 
(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

On the "peregrine communion", see the records [252], [404], and [868].

Place of event:

Region
  • Gaul
City
  • Agde

About the source:

Title: Council of Agde, Concilium Agathense anno 506
Origin: Agde (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The Council of Agde was held in September of 506 under the auspices of Cesarius, bishop of Arles, and with the permission of the Visigothic King Alaric. The first 47 canons are considered genuine, since only those are present in the oldest codices. The rest, present in some manuscripts, must have been taken from the other council acts, especially those of the Council of Epaone in 517. This council was attended by 24 bishops, and 8 presbyters and 2 deacons, who represented their bishops. More on the council, see Klingshirn 1994, 97-104.
Edition:
Ch. Munier ed., Concilia Galliae a. 314-a. 506, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148, Turnhoult 1963.
Bibliography:
W.E. Klingshirn, Caesarius of Arles: the making of a Christian community in late antique Gaul, Cambridge 1994.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus
    Public law - Ecclesiastical
      Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical
        Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema
          Administration of justice - Suspension
            Livelihood/income
              Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER900, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=900
              Record by: Jerzy Szafranowski
              last edited: 2017-09-04 14:15:42
              Contact
              Privacy policy
              FAQ
              About the project
              Team