Dionysiana-Hadriana

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The Dionysiana-Hadriana was a significant collection of canon law compiled around 500 CE by the monk Dionysius Exiguus. This collection unified Eastern and Western church canons, including decrees from various councils and papal letters, forming a crucial part of the early Western canon law. It was later presented to Charlemagne by Pope Adrian I, becoming known as the Dionysiana-Hadriana. This compilation played a vital role in standardizing church law during a period of significant legal and political change in Europe.123

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…I a completed Dionysiana, the Dionysiana-Hadriana, which was accepted at a national synod in Aachen in 802 but was never adopted as an official national code. About 800 the Hadriana and the Hispana were developed into a systematic whole, the Dacheriana (canonical collection named for its 17th-century publisher, French scholar…
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…I a completed Dionysiana, the Dionysiana-Hadriana, which was accepted at a national synod in Aachen in 802 but was never adopted as an official national code. About 800 the Hadriana and the Hispana were developed into a systematic whole, the Dacheriana (canonical collection named for its 17th-century publisher, French scholar…
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