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The Sixteenth Council of Toledo (central Hispania) in 693 is held in the basilica of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008), according to the Latin acts of the council.

Evidence ID

E07486

Type of Evidence

Canonical and legal texts

Acts of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo in 693

Dum anno sexto incliti et orthodoxi domini et principis nostri Egicanis sub die VI nonas Maias era DCCXXXI unanimitatis nostrae conuentus in praetoriensi basilica, sanctorum uidelicet Petri et Pauli, aggregatus consisteret atque unusquisque nostrorum ex more secundum ordinationis suae tempus in locis debitis resideret ...

'When in the sixth year of our great and orthodox lord and ruler Egica on the sixth day before the Nones of May in the year 731 of the era, the assembly of our unanimity gathered in the praetorian basilica, that is that of saints Peter and Paul, and everyone of us sat down in their proper places according to the time of their ordination, as is the custom ... '

Text: Vives 1963: 495.
Translation: M. Szada.

Cult Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Activities accompanying Cult

Meetings and gatherings of the clergy

Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - bishops
Monarchs and their family

Source

The Sixteenth Council of Toledo gathered on 25 April 693 during the reign of King Egica and was presided over by Bishop Felix of Toledo. The assembly gathered in the aftermath of the rebellion against Egica led by the former bishop of Toledo, Sisebert. Sisebert was brought in front of the council and sentenced to demotion and excommunication. Several canons of the council refer to the crime of rebellion and impose various punishments on the rebels. See Thompson 1969: 244.

The council gathered in the church of the Apostles, called the pretorian church, just as the Eighth Council in 653 (E03136), the Twelfth in 681(E07462), the Thirteenth in 683 (E07482), and the Fifteenth in 688 (E07485).

Bibliography

Edition:
J. Vives, Concilios visigóticos e hispano-romanos, Barcelona 1963.

Further reading:
E. A. Thompson, The Goths in Spain, Oxford 1969.

Record Created By

Marta Szada

Date of Entry

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00008	Paul, the Apostle	Paulus	Certain
S00036	Peter, the Apostle	Petrus	Certain

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The Sixteenth Council of Toledo (central Hispania) in 693 is held in the basilica of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008), according to the Latin acts of the council.

E07486

Canonical and legal texts

Cult building - independent (church)

Meetings and gatherings of the clergy

Ecclesiastics - bishops
Monarchs and their family

Source

Bibliography

Marta Szada

The Sixteenth Council of Toledo (central Hispania) in 693 is held in the basilica of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008), according to the Latin acts of the council.

E07486

Canonical and legal texts

Cult building - independent (church)

Meetings and gatherings of the clergy

Ecclesiastics - bishops Monarchs and their family

Source

Bibliography

Marta Szada

The Sixteenth Council of Toledo (central Hispania) in 693 is held in the basilica of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008), according to the Latin acts of the council.

Ecclesiastics - bishops
Monarchs and their family