Hispana collectio
canon law
Also known as: “Collectio canonum Isidoriana”
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contribution of Isidore of Sevilla
- In St. Isidore of Sevilla
…the original edition of the Hispana collectio, the canon law of the Spanish church sometimes known as the Collectio canonum Isidoriana (“The Collection of the Canons of Isidore”); a mid-9th-century enlarged edition of the Hispana, falsely attributed to Isidore, is now called the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals. He was canonized by Pope…
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development of canon law
- In canon law: Development of canon law in the West
…own canons, but the later Hispana (Spanish collection) crowded out all earlier collections. The Council of Elvira (295–314) in Spain was the first that set up a more complete legislation, followed by Gaul in the first Council of Arles in 314. Texts from the East, Spain, and Rome, including the…
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