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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.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 10127-10144
incipit: De eo quod mandastis de cohabitatione cum fratribus peccatoribus
f. 45v–
MS
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182
context: rubric: De causa qua viri mulieribus precellunt. Augustinus incl. Synodus II S. Patricii, Proverbia Grecorum, Synodus Hibernensis Collection of excerpts from the Bible, patristic literature, Isidore, Orosius, etc., mostly on the subject of marriage and adoption. Other excerpts incl.: on pp. 305-306, a second, abridged text of the Synodus Hibernensis, beg. Sanguinem episcopi (see the fuller text on p. 302); Synodus II S. Patricii; Proverbia Grecorum.
in section: p. 302–
Text
Text
ff. 42–51
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] [tr.] Bieler, Ludwig [ed.], and D. A. Binchy [appendix], The Irish penitentials, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae, 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1963.
184–197 Edition based on the version associated with the Collectio vetus Gallica.
[ed.] Breen, Aidan, “The date, provenance and authorship of the Pseudo-Patrician canonical materials”, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 81:1 (1995): 83–129.
112–116 (text); 116–121 (translation); 121–125 (other material common to both manuscripts); 125–129 (readings against other witnesses) Edition of the version in the two southern German manuscripts (BV recension).
Secondary sources (select)
Meeder, Sven, “Text and identities in the Synodus II S. Patricii”, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung 98 (2012): 19–45.
abstract:
The tract known as the Synodus II S. Patricii is one of the earliest surviving canon law texts from Ireland. It has special significance as an early and important source of the Romani faction of the Irish Church. The work survives in two versions, and, like many Irish canonical texts, it has come to us in continental manuscripts only. In the past, the younger recension was considered to be the result of a confused continental scribe, not recognising the references to Irish circumstances. By exploring the relationships between the two recensions, and focusing on the meaning of the alterations, this article argues that the last recension was in fact the work of an early eighth-century Irish scholar, deliberately revising this particular sample of Irish canonical scholarship to appeal to a new audience.
Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, “Synodus II Patricii and vernacular law”, Peritia 16 (2002): 335–343.
abstract:
This paper traces a legal sentence from Synodus II Patricii (where it bears primarily on Mt 19:19) through its subsequent development and expansion as contract law in Irish vernacular law texts. This development has serious implications for the expansion of the church’s claims to property and income from the faithful. The texts provide further evidence that there was a single legal culture, embracing the Latin and vernacular laws, in early medieval Ireland.
Hughes, Kathleen, “Synodus II S. Patricii”, in: John J. OʼMeara, and Bernd Naumann (eds), Latin script and letters A.D. 400–900: Festschrift presented to Ludwig Bieler on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1976. 141–147.
