Città del Vaticano, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 2

From Clavis Canonum
Library Città del Vaticano, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano
Shelfmark Reg. Vat. 2
Century saec XI
Place of origin Rome
European region of origin Central Italy
Collection Dictatus papae
Collection 2 Registrum Gregorii VII
Main author Rolker

Città del Vaticano, Archivio Apostolico Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 2 (olim Archivio Segreto Vaticano) is the register of Gregory VII, the earliest register of papal letters to have survived completely in the original. It contains the Dictatus papae.

While many canonical collections were compiled during Gergory's pontificate, including several of them in his immediate environment, canonists famously were reluctant to include his letters in their collections. However, Deusdedit for his collection worked both with the register and the original letters, providing important clues that the register version sometimes differs from the letters actually sent.

For a description, see https://www.geschichtsquellen.de/werk/2540

The manuscript is not online, but the page with the Dictatus is, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dictatus_Papae_complete.jpg