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ER 840
Canon 13 of the First Council of Tours (Gaul, AD 461) forbids clerics who engage in business activity from lending money at interest.
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ER 2120
Funerary inscription of the Presbyter Romanus. Rome, AD 461 or 482.
ID
ER 841
Presbyter Iucundinus signs the acts of the First Council of Tours (Gaul, AD 461) on the order of his bishop Venerandus.
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ER 2121
Funerary inscription of an anonymous presbyter. Nola (Southern Italy), AD 461 or 482.
ID
ER 845
Canon 5 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) excommunicates all clerics who travel without their bishops` permission.
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ER 853
Canon 9 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) excommunicates clerics who go to secular courts.
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ER 854
Canon 10 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) forbids bishops to ordain for higher ecclesiastical positions clerics who were previously ordained for someone else.
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ER 855
Canon 11 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) forbids presbyters to attend wedding feasts.
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ER 856
Canon 12 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) forbids presbyters to feast with Jews.
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ER 858
Canon 13 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) deals with drunken clerics.
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ER 859
Canon 14 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) obliges clerics to attend lauds in their home cities.
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ER 861
Canon 16 of the Council of Vannes (Gaul, AD 461/491) forbids clerics to practise divination.
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ER 863
DRAFT: Presbyter Lucidus, admonished by Faustus, bishop of Riez, retracts his views on predestination at the council gathered in his case in Arles (Gaul), ca 470 AD. Account in the letters of Faustus of Riez, writing in Riez (Gaul), ca 470 AD.
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ER 1855
Pope Hilarius says that irregularly ordained clerics, or those behaving badly, should be deposed by the council of bishops. Hilarius, Letter 8, to the bishops of Gaul, "Quamquam notitiam", Rome, AD 462.
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ER 1868
Bishops of the province of Tarraconensis (Spain) complain to Pope Hilarius about bishop of Cagliari, Silvanus, who illicitly ordained a presbyter as a bishop. Letter 13 in the epistolary of Pope Hilarius, "Etiamsi nulla", Tarragona, AD 463/464.
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ER 1875
The bishops of the province of Tarraconensis (Iberian Peninsula) ask Pope Hilarius to give permission for the transfer of Bishop Irenaeus to Barcelona, where the clergy and people ask for him. Letter 14 in the epistolary of Pope Hilarius, "Quam curam", Tarragona, AD 464/465.
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ER 1869
The Council of Rome, AD 465, in which presbyters participate, reaffirms that those who take non-virgins as wives or take second wives cannot be ordained. Letter 15 in the epistolary of Pope Hilarius, Rome, AD 465.
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ER 1173
Canon 2 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the relations between bishop and his presbyters.
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ER 1174
Canon 7 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) orders a bishop to delegate the care of widows, orphans, and pilgrims to an archpresbyter or an archdeacon.
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ER 1177
Canon 10 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a bishop should seek the counsel of his copresbyters before ordaining a cleric.
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ER 1178
Canon 11 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to move to more prestigious churches out of ambition. If they are to be transferred to another diocese, their bishop must give his permission beforehand.
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ER 1179
Canon 12 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that if a bishop is seated he should also allow his presbyter to sit.
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ER 1180
Canon 13 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a certain age is to be required from the candidates to priesthood.
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ER 1181
Canon 14 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that the bishop should hear cases and pass judgements only in the presence of his clerics.
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ER 1182
Canon 17 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids accepting false accusers (back into?) to the clergy.
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ER 1183
Canon 18 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that priests should impose the same penance on people who have sinned in the same way.
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ER 1184
Canon 20 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the correct order of proceeding for a priest when someone ill and asking for penance loses his mind or the ability to speak.
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ER 1185
Canon 25 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to grow long hair or shave beards.
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ER 1186
Canon 26 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a cleric should show his profession also in his dress and walk, and should avoid elegant clothes and shoes.
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ER 1187
Canon 27 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to live with non-related women.
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ER 1188
Canon 28 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to walk through public squares and passages.
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ER 1189
Canon 29 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should provide for their nourishment and clothing by craft or agriculture. This work, however, should not threaten the dignity of their office.
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ER 1190
Canon 31 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids leaving the church when a priest is delivering a sermon.
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ER 1191
Canon 34 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to visit fairs and markets with no intention to buy anything.
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ER 1192
Canon 35 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should be present at vigils.
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ER 1193
Canon 38 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids laymen to teach unless they have been approved by the clerics.
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ER 1194
Canon 42 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids the promotion of clerics jealous of the successes of others.
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ER 1195
Canon 43 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) demotes clerics guilty of idle flattery or treachery.
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ER 1196
Canon 44 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to make slanderous allegations, especially against priests.
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ER 1197
Canon 45 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should learn also practical skills, useful to everyday work, not only letters.
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ER 1198
Canon 48 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that quarrelling clerics should be reproached by their bishop; those who are unwilling to reach an accord will be damned by the synod.
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ER 1199
Canon 50 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids bishops to make transactions concerning ecclesiastical property without the consent of clerics.
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ER 1200
Canon 55 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids the ordination to the clergy of those who riot, practise usury, or avenge harms done to them.
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ER 1201
Canon 56 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants presbyters visiting the churches of another diocese the right to be received according to their rank, to deliver a sermon, and to celebrate the Eucharist.
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ER 1202
Canon 57 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) reminds deacons that they are obliged to serve both presbyters and bishops.
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ER 1203
Canon 58 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants deacons the right to distribute Eucharist in the presence of presbyters if there is a necessity and they are acting on presbyters` orders.
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ER 1204
Canon 59 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) permits deacons to sit in any place only with the presbyter`s approval.
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ER 1205
Canon 61 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that deacons should ask for permission to speak in the presence of presbyters.
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ER 1206
Canon 65 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that at the time of fast priests should lay hands on penitents.
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ER 1207
Canon 68 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) considers it a fault of the bishop or presbyter in charge of the parish if widows or nuns have illicit contacts with clerics because their livelihood was sufficiently provided for.
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ER 1208
Canon 69 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) obliges priests to refuse offerings from those who oppress the poor.
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ER 1209
Canon 71 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics who successfully resist temptations should be promoted to higher ranks.
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ER 1210
Canon 72 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics who neglect their duties should be demoted.
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ER 1211
Canon 73 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that bawdy clerics should be demoted.
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ER 1212
Canon 74 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics swearing by creatures, if they persist in doing it despite reproaches, should be excommunicated.
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ER 1213
Canon 75 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) excommunicates clerics who sing during feasts.
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ER 1214
Canon 76 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) demotes clerics who do not keep a fast without a good reason.
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ER 1215
Canon 79 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that clerics should provide for their nourishment by means of a craft.
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ER 1216
Canon 80 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids clerics to feast and fraternise with heretics and schismatics.
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ER 1217
Canon 84 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids penitents to be ordained to the clergy.
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ER 1218
Canon 85 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) forbids ordaining to the clergy someone who married a widow or wife rejected by her husband or took a wife for the second time.
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ER 1219
Canon 87 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the procedure to be followed by presbyters asking for chrism.
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ER 1220
Canon 88 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a cleric who does not agree with the sentence passed on him by his bishop should appeal to the synod.
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ER 1221
Canon 89 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) decrees that a bishop who drove a cleric to a crime should be examined by the synod.
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ER 1222
Canon 91 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes the correct ordination of the presbyter.
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ER 1223
Canon 101 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) describes a blessing of marriage by a priest.
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ER 1224
Canon 98 of the collection known as Statuta Ecclesiae Antiqua (compiled in Gaul, ca AD 475) grants presbyters the right to pass upon someone the office of a cantor without the knowledge of the bishop.
ID
ER 199
Law 335 on the Code of Euric (ca 466-484, Gaul) regulates inheritance law for clerics, monks, and nuns.
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ER 201
Law 306 in the Code of Euric (ca 466-484 AD, Gaul) forbids bishops and presbyters to dispose the property of the church without the consent of the whole clergy, and regulates issues concerning the possession of church lands by the sons of clerics.
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ER 7
Germanus, presbyter from Arabia travels to Galicia (Iberian Peninsula), meets with bishop Hydatius, most probably in Chaves (Aquae Flaviae, Iberian Peninsula), and relates to him contemporary events in Jerusalem. Account of Hydatius, writing in Chaves, ca AD 468-469.
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ER 378
Ajax, Arian cleric probably from Gaul is sent as a missionary to the Suevi in Galicia (Iberian Peninsula), ca AD 465-466. Account of Hydatius, writing in Chaves (Iberian Peninsula), ca AD 468-469.
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ER 1011
The churches and clergy are seriously affected by the sack of Braga by the Visigoths in AD 456. Account of Hydatius, writing in Chaves (Iberian Peninsula), ca AD 468–69.
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ER 2416
Faustus of Riez writes a letter to the presbyter Lucidus urging him to reject his views on predestination. Faustus of Riez, Letter 1, written in Riez (Gaul), around AD 470.
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ER 2426
Sidonius Apollinaris gives a scathing portrait of Seronatus, a senior official in Auvergne, alleging among other things that he put some clerics in prison. Letter 2.1 in the collection of letters of Sidonius Apollinaris, written in Clermont in AD 470.
ID
ER 2208
Funerary inscription of the presbyter Anastasius from Salona (Dalmatia), datable 471/530 AD.
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ER 2281
DRAFT Flavius Valila also named Theodorus in the charter issued for the church the estate massa Cornutiana near Tivoli (Italy) provides donations for the houses and gardens of the clergy. The so-called Charta Cornutiana, AD 471.
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ER 1297
The Roman clergy takes an active role in the schism between Ursinus and Damasus in AD 366-367. Account of the schism between Liberius and Felix, written in the late 5th or 6th century and included in the Collectio Avellana, compiled in the second half of the 6th c.
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ER 849
Biton and Vicentius, presbyters of Rome, are representing the bishop of Rome at the Council of Nicaea, AD 325. Account of the Pseudo-Gelasius of Cyzicus, Ecclesiastical History, after AD 476.
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ER 1877
Pope Simplicius writes about the misappropriation of Church funds by Gaudentius, the bishop of Aufinum in Samnium (Italy), and about the proper distribution of the money of the Church. He orders the Presbyter Bonager to heal the situation created by Gaudentius. Simplicius, Letter 1, to Bishops Florentius, Equitius, and Severus, Rome, AD 475.
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ER 888
Biton (Bitus) and Vincentius, presbyters from Rome, are representing the bishop of Rome at the Council of Nicaea (Asia Minor, AD 325). Account of ps.-Gelasius of Cyzicus, Ecclesiastical History, ca AD 475.
ID
ER 1145
Canon 66 the collection of canons of the Eastern councils composed by Martin of Braga (Iberian Peninsula, AD 572/580) forbids clerics to wear long hair.
ID
ER 1953
Pope Simplicius writes about information he received from the presbyters and monks from the East. Simplicius, Letter 2, to Bishop Acacius of Constantinople, Rome, AD 476.
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ER 1954
Presbyter Nilus is among the envoys of Bishop Timotheus Salophakiolos to Pope Simplicius. Simplicius, Letter 11, to Bishop Acacius of Constantinople, Rome, AD 478.
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ER 1957
Pope Simplicius writes against ordaining the clergy against their will; he gives an example of an involuntary ordination of a presbyter in Ravenna between AD 458 and 477. Simplicius, Letter 14, to Bishop John of Ravenna, Rome, AD 482.
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ER 2315
DRAFT: Anduit, Arian presbyter in North Africa is actively violent against Catholic laity and clergy, AD 455/477. Account of Victor of Vita.
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ER 2428
Many bishops and priests are condemned to death and tortured into giving up the wealth of the churches during the Vandal invasion of Africa in 429. An account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecutions in Africa, written in Africa, probably in Carthage, written between 484 and 488/89.
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ER 2429
Geiseric, king of the Vandals, orders Bishop Quodvultdeus along with other clerics from Carthage to be placed on dangerous ships, AD 439. They reach Naples in Italy. Account by Victor of Vita, History of History of the Vandal Persecutions in Africa, written in Africa, probably in Carthage, written between 484 and 488.
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ER 2430
Nicene priests in Vandal Africa are banished for making anti-royal allusions in their sermons. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecutions in Africa, written in Africa, probably in Carthage, written between 484 and 488/89.
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ER 2432
The monks and former slaves, Martinianus and his brothers, persecuted and tortured by the Vandals, are exiled to the territories controlled by the pagan Berbers. They preach among them and manage to convert them to Christianity. They ask a bishop of an unnamed place to send presbyters and junior clergy to the Berbers so that they can be baptised; ca AD 460. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa, written probably in Carthage around 484/488.
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ER 2433
King Geiseric sends one Proculus to the province of Zeugitana to force Nicene priests to hand over liturgical objects and books; ca 460. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa, written probably in Carthage around 484/488.
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ER 2434
A Nicene community in Regia (Latin North Africa) opens a church closed by the Homoian authorities to celebrate the Easter. During the celebration, the community is attacked by the Homoian band led by the presbyter Anduit. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa, written probably in Carthage around 484/488.
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ER 2435
King Geiseric orders that all officials at his court and of his sons should be Homoian (Arian). One court official, a Nicene named Armogas, declines to convert and is tortured. The Homoian presbyter Jucundus advises against killing him lest he be venerated as a martyr. Armogas is sent to dig ditches in Byzacena, later to be a cowherd near Carthage, ca 460. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa, written probably in Carthage around 484/488.
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ER 2436
King Geiseric orders the Nicene church in Carthage to be closed. The clergy is sent to exile and there is no Nicene bishop. Only after the intervention of the emperor Zeno the church is open and the clergy returns. 457-474. Account by Victor of Vita, History of the Vandal Persecution in Africa, written probably in Carthage around 484/488.
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ER 660
DRAFT: 76 presbyters are present at the council of Rome on 13 March 487. Acts of the council preserved as Letter 13 of Pope Felix II, AD 488.
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ER 1996
The bishops, presbyters, and deacons, who were among the rebaptized by the Vandals in Africa should be admitted to the lay communion at the point of their death. Acts of the Council of Rome, AD 487, preserved as Letter 13 of Pope Felix III, AD 488.
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ER 1565
Presbyter Renatus of Rome dies on the island of Delos on the way to the Second Council of Ephesus in AD 449, where he was supposed to represent Pope Leo the Great. Account of the Gesta de nomine Acacii written in AD 489 (= no. 99 in the Collectio Avellana compiled in the second half of the sixth century).
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ER 1581
Presbyter Isidore and the Deacon Peter from Alexandria carry to Rome a synodal letter of John Talaia, bishop of Alexandria ordained after the death of Bishop Timothy III Salophakiolos in AD 481. Account of Gesta de nomine Acacii written in AD 489 (no. 99 in the Collectio Avellana compiled in the second half of the sixth century).
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ER 86
Funerary inscription of Satyrius, presbyter probably in Mértola (Iberian Peninsula) died in AD 489.
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ER 2138
Funerary inscription of the Presbyter John of the titular church of St Cecilia in Rome, probably 6th/7th c.
ID
ER 618
Vincentius, a presbyter in the monastery on the island of Lérins in the first half of the 5th century, writes a treatise against the heretics. Account of Gennadius of Marseille "Lives of Illustrious Men", Marseille (Gaul), ca AD 490.