Formulae collectionis Sancti Dionysii

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Title Formulae collectionis Sancti Dionysii
Key ?
Size small (100 to 500 canons)
Century saec. IX
Place of origin Saint-Denis Abbey
European region of origin Northern France
Author Christof Rolker
No. of manuscripts one


The collection known only from Paris, BnF, lat. 2777, fol. 43r-61v contains 25 documents, namely 14 formulae based on original letters and charters, plus 11 other documents including a letter to Charlemagne, the Constitutum Constantini, and papal letters. It was compiled at Saint Denis in the ninth century (according to Rolf Große, only around 878). The materials have been printed several times; for the papal letters, see Papsturkunden in Frankreich N.F. 9, pp. 64-88.

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  • Rolf Große, Diözese Paris. 2: Abtei Saint-Denis (Papsturkunden in Frankreich, N.F., 9), 1998, pp. 64-88.