Canones urbicani

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
Title Canones urbicani
Key ?
Wikidata Item no. Q135463106
Size very small (less than 100 canons)
Century saec. V
European region of origin Southern France
Author Christof Rolker
Structure chronological
No. of manuscripts none


There are two collections of decretal letters from the time of Leo I, the Canones urbicani (compiled probably in Gaul) and the Epistolae decretales (compiled in Rome). Both are lost; their content and structure can only be inferred from later collections. On this basis, scholar assume the Canones urbanici contained five papal letters, two from Innocent (JK 293, 303), one from Zosimus (JK 339), and two from Celestine (JK 369 and 371).

Literature

Maassen, Geschichte p. 579.- Jasper, Letters p. 25

Note that Kéry, Collections does not deal with this collection.