Canones Theodori

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Title Canones Theodori
Key ?
Alternative title Paenitentiale Theodori
Alternative title Iudicia Theodori
Alternative title Canones Theodori
Wikidata Item no. Q16962447
Terminus post quem 690
Century saec. VII/VIII
European region of origin England
Author Christof Rolker
No. of manuscripts many (10 to 99)


Canones Theodori is the traditional name given to an early medieval penitential handbook attributed to Theodore of Canterbury. It travels in various forms, containing several individual penitentials and other canon law material. The most important one is the Discipulus Umbrensium composed in Northumbria within approximately a decade or two after Theodore's death.

Elliott, Penitentials .