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  • Two years later, on 1 November 1517, he is mentioned as canonicus of S Maria ad Gradus in Mainz.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • Dr. Payne bases his story upon a certain passage in the Compendium, in which Gilbert says that he met in Syrian Tripoli "a _canonicus_ suffering from rheumatic symptoms."

    Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • The Archdeacon returned to his cell dumfounded, comprehending at last who the personage calling himself Compère Tourangeau really was: for he called to mind this passage in the Charter of Saint-Martin of Tours: Abbas, beati Martini, scilicet Rex Franciæ, est canonicus de consuetudine et habet parvam præbendam quam habet sanctus, Venantius, et debet sedere in sede thesaurii.

    I. The Abbot of St.-Martin’s. Book V 1917

  • At an early period we meet with expressions referring to the body of ecclesiastical legislation then in process of formation: canones, ordo canonicus, sanctio canonica; but the expression "canon law" (jus canonicum) becomes current only about the beginning of the twelfth century, being used in contrast with the "civil law" (jus civile), and later we have the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • The Council of Verneuil (755) so refers to them in its third canon, and in its eleventh canon speaks of the "ordo regularis" as opposed to the "ordo canonicus", formed by the canons who lived under the bishop according to the canonical regulations.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • * [1341] Liber Danielis canonicus iam eo ipso tempore, quo primum in linguam græcam transferebatur, additamentis græcis auctus est, quorum tria maiora fere inde a seculo quarto in eccl. christiana vulgo a viris doctis apocrypha iudicata sunt.

    The Three Additions to Daniel: A Study. 1906

  • Linköping cannot sit in judgment on a canonicus at Strängnäs.

    Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts August Strindberg 1880

  • Our canonicus here has strong leanings toward heresy, and to-day he has dared to defy our orders.

    Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts August Strindberg 1880

  • It runs as follows: _Fuit his temporibus Primas canonicus eoloniensis, magnus trutannus et magnus trufator, et maximus versificator et velox, qui, si dedisset cor suum ad diligendum Deum, magnus in litteratura divina fuisset, et utilis valde_ _Ecclesiae

    Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Various 1866

  • The school teacheth, that _canonicus qui jurat se servaturum statuta edita in aliquo collegio, non tenetur ex juramenta ad servandum futura_; (1292) the canon law judgeth, that _qui jurat servare statuta edita, &c., non tenetur ex juramento ad novitur edita.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

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