Collectio Canonum Hibernensis - Sources For The Collection Canonum Hibernensis

Sources For The Collection Canonum Hibernensis

The CCH was an attempt to make available diverse authorities for use by Canon Jurists. Among the sources included are:

  • the Collectio canonum Turonensis
  • collections of Gallic and other Continental canons
  • ecclesiastical histories
  • a definition by Virgil Maro Grammaticus
  • a compusticial tract by Pseudo-Theophilus
  • spurious 'Acts' of the council of Caesarea
  • several quotes from all but one of the works of Isidore of Seville
  • so-called dicta of Saint Patrick.

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