medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Herwig Weigl <[log in to unmask]>
>>> From the late twelfth/early thirteenth century, all episcopal elections
needed to be confirmed by the Apostolic See....
>> was this stricture in place before the reign of Innocent III?
> not even after him
well, Herwig, it is in place now, so we must assume that it came into being
sometime after Innocent3 and before today, mustn't we?
but, you are saying that Innocent wasn't responsible for its implementation?
1200 does seem to me to be a bit late, given the shear impracticality of
enforcing such a stricture.
even Boniface VIII might have had a hard time enforcing it, esp. in France.
is it later than that?
i do know that we start seeing Italian canons in the chapter of Chartres in
the course of the 13th c., and always assumed that that was an indication of
increasing Papal influence --though not quite the same thing as demanding
(much less actually getting) that a bishop get an official OkeyDoaky from the
Papa himself .
c
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