An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church

by Henry Charles Lea

[833] Chron. Augustens. ann. 1260 (Freher. et Struv. I. 546-7).

[834] Michel, Théat. Franç. au Moyen Age, p. 23.

[835] Guillel. de Nangis ann. 1299.

[836] Cæsar. Heisterbach. Dial. Mirac. Dist. XII. c. xx. xxi.

[837] Chron. Casinens. Lib. III. cap. xxxix.

[838] Concil. Hammaburg. ann. 1406 (Hartzheim VI. 2).

[839] Constit. Sicular. Lib. III. Tit. 25 c. 1.

It is possible that Frederick’s legislation may have attracted attention to the irregularities of the Neapolitan church, for in 1230 Gregory IX. addressed an encyclical letter to the prelates of that kingdom “præsertim super cohabitatione mulierum;” and two years later he deemed it necessary to repeat his admonitions.—Raynaldi Annal. ann. 1230 No. 20.

[840] Baluz. et Mansi I. 211.

[841] Specul. Saxon. Lib. III. art. 45.