{"slug":"tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","title":"Canones Alli Sancti Patricio Ascripti","title_source":"Canones Alli Sancti Patricio Ascripti","author":"Patricius","genre":"canon-law","date":"","tradition":"latin","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T05:59:41Z","cost_usd":0.001792},"source":{"registry_id":"latin:ogl-pl:tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","work_id":"tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","edition":"ogl-pl","language":"","license":"Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp875/tmp875/tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1.xml"},"stats":{"passages":3,"english_words":448,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":1677,"commentary_units":17,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":0,"ambiguities":7,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":6},"summary":{"work":"tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","abstract":"The Canones Alli Sancto Patricio Ascripti (Additional Canons Ascribed to Saint Patrick) is a set of Latin canon-law texts attributed pseudepigraphically to the fifth-century bishop Patrick. Surviving only in later Irish canonical collections, most notably the eighth-century Collectio Canonum Hibernensis, the canons address clerical discipline, penance, and ecclesiastical authority. Their composition is now dated to the seventh century or later, based on linguistic and legal parallels. The canons influenced later Irish penitentials and synodal decrees, and their attribution to Patrick lent them authoritative weight in early medieval Irish church law. The present edition is based on the OGL-PL transcription, which does not collate all manuscript witnesses.","historical_context":"The canons are traditionally assigned to the fifth century and to Patrick, the apostle of Ireland, but modern scholarship places their composition no earlier than the seventh century. They survive only in later compilations, especially the Collectio Canonum Hibernensis (c. 700–750), which first attests the Patrician ascription. The canons reflect the concerns of an emerging Irish church hierarchy, addressing issues such as clerical marriage, penance for sexual offenses, and the authority of bishops. Their language and legal content show affinities with other early medieval Irish canon-law collections and penitentials. The transmission is fragmentary: no single early manuscript preserves the entire set, and variant readings among Hibernensis manuscripts are not systematically recorded in the OGL-PL edition. The canons were cited in later Irish synods and penitential handbooks, contributing to the development of a distinctive Irish ecclesiastical discipline.","significance":"The Canones Alli are significant as a key witness to the development of early medieval Irish canon law and the pseudepigraphical attribution of legal texts to Patrick. They illustrate how later compilers used Patrick’s authority to legitimize ecclesiastical norms, and they influenced the penitential tradition and synodal legislation in Ireland. Their survival in the Hibernensis shows their integration into a broader Insular canonical corpus.","timeline":[{"date":"5th c.","event":"Traditional date of Patrick's mission and the supposed origin of the canons."},{"date":"7th c.","event":"Probable date of composition based on linguistic and legal parallels."},{"date":"c. 700–750","event":"Compilation of the Collectio Canonum Hibernensis, which first attests the Patrician ascription."},{"date":"8th–9th c.","event":"Citation of the canons in later Irish penitentials and synodal decrees."},{"date":"Medieval period","event":"Transmission of the canons in Irish canonical manuscripts."},{"date":"Modern","event":"Publication of the OGL-PL transcription, based on limited manuscript collation."}],"relations":[{"work":"Collectio Canonum Hibernensis","relation":"The canons survive primarily within this collection, which first attributes them to Patrick.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Synodus I S. Patricii","relation":"Distinguished from this earlier synodal collection attributed to Patrick.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Irish Penitentials","relation":"The canons influenced later penitential literature, e.g., the Penitential of Cummean.","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Canones Adomnani","relation":"Another Irish canon-law collection with similar pseudepigraphical attribution.","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["The date of composition is uncertain; the traditional 5th-century attribution is not supported by linguistic and legal evidence, which points to the 7th century or later.","The ascription to Patrick is pseudepigraphical and reflects later authority-building rather than authentic Patrician authorship.","The canons survive only in later compilations, not in a single early manuscript, and the OGL-PL edition does not collate all manuscript witnesses.","Variant readings from Hibernensis manuscripts are not systematically recorded, limiting the critical apparatus.","The final rubric is incomplete, breaking off before specifying the penance for an adulteress."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000486,"generated":"2026-11-15T05:59:41Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Open Greek and Latin Patrologia Latina","url":"https://github.com/OpenGreekAndLatin/patrologia_latina-dev/blob/master/data/tmp875/tmp875/tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1.xml"}],"checks":{"work":"tmp875.tmp875.opp-lat1","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":3,"translated":3,"commentary_passages":3,"commentary_units":17,"english_words":448,"source_letters":1660,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The canons survive only in later Irish canonical collections, not in a single early manuscript. Their attribution to Patrick is first attested in the 8th-century Collectio Canonum Hibernensis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The canons are traditionally dated to the 5th century, but linguistic and legal parallels suggest composition no earlier than the 7th century. The ascription to Patrick is likely pseudepigraphical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"These canons were cited in later Irish penitentials and synodal decrees, influencing ecclesiastical discipline in early medieval Ireland. They appear in the Hibernensis as authoritative material.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This edition is based on the OGL-PL transcription, which does not collate all manuscript witnesses. Variant readings from the Hibernensis manuscripts are not systematically recorded here.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"coverage","severity":"info","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: canon-law in Latin; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 3 narrative."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: ogl-pl — Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":3},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"CANONES. ALII S. PATRICIO ASCRIPTI.\n\nDe judicio clericorum, ut non sit apud iniquos, aut apud infideles.\n\nOmnis mundialis sapiens, a si sapiens sit, non judicet judicia Ecclesiæ.\n\nII\n\nDe subjectione populi principi.\n\nMinistri vos estis, et unusquisque vestrum principcm suum cui assistat et ministrat, timeat.\n\nIII.\n\nDe poenitentia blasphemantis principem bonum.\n\nQui murmurat verba blasphemix contra principem bonum per odium aut invidiam, cum pane et aqua poeniteat septem diebus, exemplo Mariæ contra Moysen murmurantis.\n\nIV.\n\nDe eo quod incertum sit, utrum priorem gradum epi scopus post lapsum recipiat.\n\nPatricius episcopus dicit: Qui sub gradu peccat, debet excommunieari, quia magna est dignitas hujus nominis; tamen potest redimere animam suam post pœnitentiam: ad priorem gradum venire difficile. Nescio an non. Deus scit.\n\nDe recipienda adultera post pænitentiam, et de quan titate pænitentiæ.","english":"Canons. Others Ascribed to St. Patrick.\n\nConcerning the judgment of clerics, that it not be before the unjust or before the unfaithful.\n\nEvery worldly wise man, if he be wise, shall not judge the judgments of the Church.\n\nII\n\nConcerning the subjection of the people to the prince.\n\nYou are ministers, and each one of you shall fear his own prince, whom he attends and serves.\n\nIII\n\nConcerning the penance of one who blasphemes a good prince.\n\nWhoever murmurs words of blasphemy against a good prince out of hatred or envy, shall do penance on bread and water for seven days, after the example of Mary murmuring against Moses.\n\nIV\n\nConcerning the uncertainty whether a bishop receives his former rank after a lapse.\n\nBishop Patrick says: He who sins under his rank ought to be excommunicated, because the dignity of this name is great; nevertheless, he can redeem his soul after penance: to come to his former rank is difficult. I know not whether or not. God knows.\n\nConcerning the reception of an adulteress after penance, and concerning the quantity of penance.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"CANONES. ALII S. PATRICIO ASCRIPTI.","severity":"info","text":"The title distinguishes these canons from the earlier Synodus I S. Patricii, marking them as a separate collection attributed to Patrick.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"mundialis sapiens","severity":"info","text":"Mundialis sapiens denotes a secular wise man, i.e., a lay authority, contrasting with ecclesiastical judges.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"exemplo Mariæ contra Moysen murmurantis","severity":"info","text":"The example of Mary murmuring against Moses alludes to Numbers 12:1-15, where Miriam (Mary) and Aaron criticize Moses' Cushite wife.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Patricius episcopus dicit","severity":"info","text":"The direct attribution to Patrick as bishop reflects the pseudepigraphical nature of the canons, common in early Irish canon law collections.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Nescio an non. Deus scit.","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'I know not whether or not. God knows' shows a cautious, humble stance on clerical restoration, influencing later penitential literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"De recipienda adultera post pænitentiam, et de quantitate pænitentiæ.","severity":"caution","text":"The final rubric is incomplete; the text breaks off before specifying the penance for an adulteress, leaving the canon unfinished.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Mary' in canon III is ambiguous: it may refer to Miriam (Numbers 12) or to the Virgin Mary, though the former is more likely given the Old Testament context.","The phrase 'priorem gradum' in canon IV is ambiguous: it could mean the same clerical rank or a prior episcopal see; the text does not specify."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"Si alicujus utor fornicala fuerit cum alio viro, non adducet aliam uxorem, quandiu viva fuerit uxor prima. Si forte conversa fuerit et agat pœnitentiam, suscipiet eam, et serviet ei in vicem ancillæ, et an. num integrum in pane et aqua per mensuram pœniteat, nec in uno lecto permaneant.\n\nVI.\n\nDe alienis adeundis ad judicandum.\n\nSi quæ quæstiones in hac insula oriantur, ad sedem apostolicam referantur.\n\nVII.\n\nDe pænitentia agenda in ultimo spiritu.\n\nSi quis infirmatur, agat pœnitentiam, etiam ex necessitate, quia misericors est Deus.\n\nVIII.\n\nDe eo quod insipienles præesse non debent.\n\nSynodus totius mundi, et Patricius decrevit: Qui insipieus est, nullo modo præesse liceat, sed sub manu abbatis catholici opus suum exerceat.\n\n. IX.\n\nDe collectura pecuniæ non vituperanda, necessitate cogente.\n\nPatricius ait: Si quis acceperit permissionetu pontificis, et collectum sit pretium capti vi, non plus exegerit quam necessitas poposcit. Si quid supra remanserit, ponat super altare, et indigentibus detur et captivis.","english":"If any man’s wife has been a fornicator with another man, he shall not bring in another wife as long as the first wife lives. If she should happen to be converted and perform penance, he shall receive her, and she shall serve him in the place of a handmaid, and she shall do penance for a full year on bread and water by measure, nor shall they remain in the same bed.\n\nVI.\n\nConcerning resorting to outsiders for judgment.\n\nIf any questions arise in this island, they shall be referred to the apostolic see.\n\nVII.\n\nConcerning penance to be performed at the last breath.\n\nIf anyone falls ill, let him perform penance, even of necessity, because God is merciful.\n\nVIII.\n\nConcerning the fact that the unwise ought not to be in authority.\n\nA synod of the whole world, and Patrick, decreed: Whoever is unwise shall by no means be permitted to be in authority, but shall exercise his work under the hand of a catholic abbot.\n\nIX.\n\nConcerning the collection of money not to be reproached, when necessity compels.\n\nPatrick says: If anyone has received permission from the pontiff, and a price has been collected for a captive taken by force, he shall not exact more than necessity demanded. If anything remains over, he shall place it upon the altar, and it shall be given to the needy and to captives.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"V","severity":"info","text":"The passage begins with canon V, continuing the numbered series from the previous passage. The Latin text lacks a heading for V, but the English draft supplies one from context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"fornicala","severity":"info","text":"The Latin 'fornicala' is a variant spelling of 'fornicaria' (adulteress). The canon addresses a wife's adultery and the husband's remarriage restrictions.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ad sedem apostolicam referantur","severity":"info","text":"Canon VI asserts the primacy of the Roman see for appeals, a claim consistent with early medieval Irish canon law collections that sought to align with papal authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"misericors est Deus","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'misericors est Deus' echoes biblical language of divine mercy (e.g., Psalm 102:8 Vulgate: 'misericors Deus'), though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Synodus totius mundi, et Patricius decrevit","severity":"info","text":"Canon VIII claims a universal synod and Patrick's authority, likely a later pseudepigraphal attribution to enhance the canon's prestige in Irish ecclesiastical circles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"permissionetu pontificis","severity":"caution","text":"The Latin 'permissionetu' is likely a scribal error for 'permissione a pontifice' (permission from the pontiff). The text is corrupt here, but the sense is clear from context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Latin 'fornicala' may be a scribal error for 'fornicaria' or 'fornicata'.","The phrase 'permissionetu pontificis' is corrupt; the intended reading is probably 'permissione a pontifice'.","The identity of the 'pontiff' in canon IX is ambiguous—could be the bishop of Rome or a local bishop."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Item si quis colligit pecuniam sub nomine misericordiæ, non audeat spoliare Ecclesiam Dei, sed reges et plebiles, quibus melius est dare quam recondero.","english":"Likewise, if anyone collects money under the name of mercy, he shall not dare to despoil the Church of God, but kings and commoners, to whom it is better to give than to hoard.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"colligit pecuniam sub nomine misericordiæ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'collects money under the name of mercy' likely refers to alms-collecting or fundraising for charitable purposes, possibly by clergy or laypersons, which is then misdirected.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"spoliare Ecclesiam Dei","severity":"info","text":"'Despoil the Church of God' denotes misappropriation of ecclesiastical property or funds, a recurring concern in early medieval canon law.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"reges et plebiles","severity":"info","text":"'Kings and commoners' contrasts the powerful and the lowly, suggesting that the intended recipients of charity are those outside the Church hierarchy, possibly the poor or secular rulers.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"quibus melius est dare quam recondero","severity":"info","text":"The maxim 'better to give than to hoard' echoes patristic and biblical teaching on charity, e.g., Sirach 4:31 or Matthew 25:35-36, though not a direct quotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Item si quis","severity":"info","text":"The opening 'Item si quis' marks this as a new canon within a series, typical of early medieval canonical collections, continuing the casuistic style of the previous passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'sub nomine misericordiæ' could mean either under the pretext of mercy or in the name of a charitable institution; the reading taken is the former, implying deceit.","The identity of 'reges et plebiles' is ambiguous: it may refer to secular rulers and common people as alternative recipients, or to two classes of donors; the reading taken is recipients."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}