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Canones Adomnani
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Adomnán
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Adomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.
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A collection of 20 canons concerning the regulation of food. It is attributed to Adomnán.
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Dicta Patricii
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Saint Patrick
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Saint Patrick
(fl. 5th century)
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In the Book of Armagh, a group of three, less probably four, sayings (dicta) attributed to Saint Patrick.
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Epistolae deperditae fragmenta (Gildas)
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Gildas
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Gildas
(fl. 5th–6th century)
Author of De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
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Fragments from letters attributed to Gildas, including one identified as being a response to Finniau concerning monastic matters. These fragments have been preserved as a florilegium (7 fragments) and as quotations attested throughout the Collectio canonum Hibernensis and elsewhere.
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Excarpsus Cummeani
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pseudo-Cummeanuspseudo-Cummeanus
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Cummíne Fota
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Cummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)
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Latin penitential handbook probably written at Corbie in the eighth century. It was previously held to be the work of a seventh-century Irish author, Cumméne Fota (abbot of Clonfert and Ardfert), until in 1902, Cumméne’s actual Paenitentiale was discovered and it was concluded that the latter was one of the sources to have been used in the composition of the Excarpsus.
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Excerpta de libris Romanorum et Francorum
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An early legal Latin collection of well over 60 chapters dealing with matters of criminal law in northwestern France. Its date and provenance are both uncertain, but Breton origins are often assumed, partly on the basis of Old Breton glosses in the earliest manuscript witnesses. It is considered to be a principal source for the relationship between Bretons (the Britons in Armorica) and Franks as it prevailed in the very early middle ages.
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Excerpta quaedam de libro Davidis
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Saint David
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Saint David
(fl. 6th century)
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British Latin text attributed to St David of Wales (referred to as David of Menevia) and perhaps datable to the 6th century. It deals with matters of sin and penance.
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Old Irish Table of Penitential Commutations
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Old IrishTexts associated with the Céli DéCéli Dé
Paenitentiale Columbani
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Columbanus
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Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.
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Paenitentiale Cummeani
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Cummíne Fota
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Cummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)
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Cummíne Fota
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Cummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)
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Seventh-century Irish penitential, written by Cumméne/Cumméne (Lat. Cummeanus) the Long, abbot of Clonfert, who died in 662 according to the Annals of Ulster. The text has a prologue, 202 canons and an epilogue.
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Paenitentiale Vinniani
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Penitential text written in the 6th century by Finnian, a British cleric in Ireland.
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Praefatio Gildae de paenitentia
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Gildas
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Gildas
(fl. 5th–6th century)
Author of De excidio et conquestu Britanniae
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A British Latin text concerning penitential practices for monastic and clerical sins, which is attributed to Gildas and thought to date back to the 6th century.
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Synodus Aquilonalis Britanniae
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Early Insular ecclesiastical text consisting of 5 canons.
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Synodus I S. Patricii
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A collecion of canons which are said to have been promulgated by Patrick and his suffragan bishops Auxilius and Iserninus. The text has been variously dated to Patrick's time, the 6th and 7th century.
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Synodus II S. Patricii
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A Hiberno-Latin tract of canon law, probably produced in Ireland though extant only in manuscripts of the continent.
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Synodus Luci Victoriae
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Insular text, perhaps of the 6th century, consisting of nine canons.
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