Athos Holy Mount

Greek Documents	13.9 Pronouncement of Patriarch Chariton 1178/1179 Protaton, Archives Parchment, 55 x 43 cm
	The parchment is inscribed on both sides, as was usual in such cases. The recto contains a petition (unsigned) from a monk who left Mount Athos in order to avoid contact with peccant monks; in order to return, he has petitioned the Patriarch to absolve him from all culpability if he should come into contact with monks who trespass against the regulations. The verso contains the signed reply from the Patriarch, annulling an earlier resolution by Patriarch Nicholas III and pronouncing that the guilt of trespass should henceforth be attached only to the trespassers, and not to those who merely come into contact with them.
	Bibliography: Actes du Protaton 1975, no. 10.
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	Index of exhibits of Protato 12th century

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