Synod of Victory

The Synod of Victory (Synod of the Grove of Victory, Synod of Caerleon) was a church council held in Caerleon, Wales, around AD 569.[1] While some sources say it was a continuation of the Synod of Brefi to condemn the heresy of Pelagianism,[2] others, such as Baring-Gould say it was in regards to penitential canons.[3]

It was officiated by Saint David.[4] The synod ratified the canons and decrees of Brefi[5] as well as a code of rules which he had drawn up for the regulation of the British Church, a copy of which remained in the Cathedral of S. David's until it was lost in an incursion of pirates.[6]

References
  1. Annales Cambriae.
  2. "David, Welsh saint", Dictionary of Early Christian Biography, (Henry Wace ed.) John Murray, London, 1911
  3. Baring-Gould, Sabine. "S. David", C. J. Clark, 1908, p. 285
  4. Toke, Leslie. "St. David." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 2 January 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. Holweck, Frederick George. "David (Dewi)", A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, Volume 1, B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 265
  6. Baring-Gould, Sabine. "Saint David", Lives of the Saints
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