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[Titulum secundum cod. A] XLIII [sic!]. De auguriatoribus uel sortiligis.

[Titulum secundum cod. R] XLI [sic!]. (Iterum) Vt clereci auguria non custodiant nec scripturas quas sortes sanctorum uocant in uisum etiam laicus habere praesumat.

[Titulum secundum coll. Hispanam] XLII. De sortilegis uel auguria obseruantibus ut ab ecclesia separentur.

[...]

[The repetition of the earlier canon 16 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) [861]]

(ed. Munier 1963: 210-211, 221, 223, 224)

[Title according to cod. A] XLIII [sic!]. On soothsayers and fortune tellers.

[Title according to cod. R] XLI [sic!]. (Once more) That clerics should not practise divination and also a layman should not dare to have writings which are called "lots of the saints".

[Title according to the Hispana collection] XLII. On those who practise divination and predict future, that they should be separated from the church.

[...]

[The repetition of the earlier canon 16 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) [861]]

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

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.

W.E. Klingshirn, "Defining the Sortes Sanctorum: Gibbon, du Cange, and Early Christian Lot Divination", Journal of Early Christian Studies 10 (2002), 77-130.

Categories:

Described by a title - Clericus

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Administration of justice - Demotion

Ritual activity - Divination

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