E01385: Canon 9 of the Second Council of Braga (north-west Spain), issued in Latin in 572, mentions processions to the basilicas of saints that should mark the beginning of the Lent.
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posted on 2016-05-19, 00:00 authored by CSLA AdminSecond Council of Braga, AD 572, 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 a diebus viginti baptizandos infantes ad exorcismi purgationem offerre.
'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 the month on which Easter will be celebrated in the forthcoming year. Bishops or other clerics should note this and announce it before Christmas in church in the presence of the people after the reading of the Gospel, in order to let everybody know the beginning of Lent when the neighbouring churches, gathering together, celebrate for three days the litanies, going with psalms in procession to the basilicas of the saints. On the third day, the mass is celebrated on the ninth 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 to the purgation of exorcism the children who are to be baptised .'
Text: Barlow 1950, 121-122. Translation: M. Szada.
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 a diebus viginti baptizandos infantes ad exorcismi purgationem offerre.
'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 the month on which Easter will be celebrated in the forthcoming year. Bishops or other clerics should note this and announce it before Christmas in church in the presence of the people after the reading of the Gospel, in order to let everybody know the beginning of Lent when the neighbouring churches, gathering together, celebrate for three days the litanies, going with psalms in procession to the basilicas of the saints. On the third day, the mass is celebrated on the ninth 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 to the purgation of exorcism the children who are to be baptised .'
Text: Barlow 1950, 121-122. Translation: M. Szada.
History
Evidence ID
E01385Language
- Latin
Evidence not before
572Evidence not after
572Activity not before
550Activity not after
600Place of Evidence - Region
Iberian PeninsulaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
BragaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Braga Osset Osset Osen (castrum) Osser castrumCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Procession
