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ILIBERRIS (Elvira) Granada, Spain.

The exact location of this Baetic town W of Granada is not known and there is no archaeological evidence. About A.D. 309 19 bishops and 24 presbyters met here in a Council which promulgated 81 canons, notably no. 36, prohibiting images and paintings in the churches.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Z. G. Villadda, Historia Eclesiastica de España (1929). J. Vives, Concilios visigodos e hispanoromanos (1963).

J. ARCE

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