Synod of Worms (868)
The Synod of Worms of May 868 was a council of the church in East Francia, convoked by King Louis the German at the request of Pope Nicholas I. It condemned the Synod of Constantinople of 867 as heretical and condemned Great Moravia for rebelling against Louis.[1]
The synod was attended by two archbishops, twenty bishops, a
Hadrian II in Rome.[1]
The synod issued 44
False Decretals, either because the latter were unknown in East Francia or else were not considered authoritative there. Copies of the canons were regularly extended, however, so that some have as many as 80 canons (36 spurious). There are almost 100 surviving manuscript sources for the canons of Worms. Besides Gratian, they are also quoted in Regino of Prüm, Burchard of Worms, Bonizo of Sutri and Ivo of Chartres.[2]
Signatories
The signatories of the acts of the synod were:[3]
- Liutbert of Mainz
- Adalwin of Salzburg
- Rimbert of Hamburg
- Altfrid of Hildesheim
- Gunzo of Worms
- Salomon of Constance
- Anno of Freising
- Lantfrid of Säben
- Ermanrich of Passau
- Otgar of Eichstätt
- Witgar of Augsburg
- Ratold of Strasbourg
- Gebhard of Speyer
- Arn of Würzburg
- Liutbert of Münster
- Theoderic of Minden
- Hildegrim of Halberstadt
- Liuthard of Paderborn
- Gerolf of Verden
- Egibert of Osnabrück
- Bernard, chorepiscopus
- Heito of Reichenau, abbot and priest
- Adalgar of Corvey, abbot and priest
- Theotroch of Lorsch, abbot and priest
- Theoto of Fulda, abbot and priest
- Brunward of Hersfeld, abbot
- Egilbert (of Utrecht?), abbot
References
Further reading
- Hartmann, Wilfried. Das Konzil von Worms 868: Überlieferung und Bedeutung. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977.