Letter 13
2. [...] A certain bishop of Calahorra, Silvanus, from the outskirts of our province, usurped the right to perform illicit ordinations. He tried our humility to the point that we see in your see the only remedy for his most vain superstition. More than seven or eight years ago by now, he ordained a bishop for the people, who did not ask for it, putting aside the rules of the fathers and disregarding your instructions. We thought that a remedy could be found for this hasty action in a fraternal and pacific admonition, but the result was even worse.
Then, against the old canons, against the decisions of the councils, inflamed by a stubborn spirit, in that place he made a bishop another of our brother presbyters who was already appointed for another city, and included in our company. He imposed the hands on him against his will and despite his protests. Therefore our brother bishop of Saragossa informed us about the miserable rashness of Silvanus [...].
(trans. S. Adamiak)
