A constitution of the synod of 1287, celebrated by bishop of Urgell, Pedro de Urtx

Abstract

This article tells of the discovery of a constitution promulgated by Peter of Urtx, Bishop of Urgell, at the synod he celebrated in 1287. Jaime Villanueva had alluded to this constitution, but did not edit it among the constitutions of said synod. Francisco Cantelar, in the Synodicon hispanum, says that there is a clear allusion to this constitution in the synod of Arnaldo de Lordato of 19 October 1328, but states that this constitution is not among the manuscripts that reflect the constitutions of the synod of 1287. It also arises whether that constitution is a synodal or episcopal constitution. All these questions answer the discovery of this constitution in a parchment of the canonical of Guissona (Segarra) that we publish here.