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Canon 9

Ut per singulos annos a metropolitano episcopo Pascha pronuntietur.

Placuit ut postquam omnia in concilio sacerdotum fuerint ordinata illud omnimodis observetur, ut superventurum ipsius anni Pascha, quoto Kalendarum die vel quota luna debet suscipi, a metropolitano episcopo nuntietur; quod ceteri episcopi vel reliquus clerus breviculo subnotantes unusquisque in sua ecclesia, adveniente Natalis Domini die, adstanti populo post lectionem evangelicam nuntiet, ut introitum Quadragesimae nullus ignoret, in cuius principium convenientes in unum vicinae ecclesiae per triduum cum psalmis per sanctorum basilicas ambulantes celebrent letanias. Tertio autem die, celebratis hora nona sive decima missis, dimisso populo praecipiant Quadragesimae servare ieiunia, et mediante Quadragesima ex diebus viginti baptizandos infantes ad exorcismi purgationem offerre.

(ed. Barlowe 1950: 121-122)

Canon 9

That the date of Easter shall be announced every year by the metropolitan bishop.

It pleased us that after all that has been decreed at the council of bishops, this also should be observed that the metropolitan bishop shall announce the day of month on which Easter will be celebrated in the forthcoming year. Bishops or other clerics should note this and announce it before Christmas in the church in the presence of the people after the reading of the Gospel, to let everybody know the beginning of Lent when the litanies with psalms shall be celebrated by the people gathered together in the neighbouring church for three days with processions to the basilicas of saints. On the third day, having celebrated the mass at the ninth or tenth hour and after dismissing the people, everybody shall observe the fasting of Lent, and in the middle of Lent, on the twentieth day, they shall offer the children that will be baptised to the purgation of exorcism.

(trans. by M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region

Iberian Peninsula

City

Braga

About the source:

Title: Second Council of Braga 572, Concilium Bracarense a. 572, II Concilium Bracarense, Concilium Bracarense secundum
Origin: Braga (Iberian Peninsula)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Second Council of Braga was held in AD 572, eight years after the first. Presiding over the council was the metropolitan bishop of Braga, Martin, but also another metropolitan bishop was present - Nitigisius of Lugo. The province of Galicia had been divided in two regions (six dioceses in the each new province) some time before the second council. The Second Council was held under the auspices of the Suevic king, Miro (Barlowe 1950: 82-83).

It has been suggested that Martin of Braga wrote the minutes of both councils. There are no conclusive arguments, but some linguistic evidence in favour of Martin`s authorship was presented by the editor, C. Barlowe (1950: 83).

Edition:

Edition:

Concilium Bracarense secundum, in C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950

Bibliography:

C. Barlowe ed., Martini episcopi Bracarensis opera omnia, New Haven 1950

Categories:

Ritual activity - Baptism and instructing catechumens

Ritual activity - Eucharist

Ritual activity - Presiding at prayer

Ritual activity - Exorcism

Ritual activity - Procession

Ritual activity - Celebrating feasts

Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics

Devotion - Fasting

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER334, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=334