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    The Cáin Adomnáin (Old Irish pronunciation: [ˈkaːnʲ ˈaðəṽˌnaːnʲ], KAWN AH-thuv-nawn, "Law of Adomnán"), also known as the Lex Innocentium (Law of Innocents)...
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    (1133–1189). The abbot and saint Adomnan of Iona produced the legal work Cáin Adomnáin (The Canon of Adomnan) or Lex Innocentium (The law of the innocents)...
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  • in 697, Adomnán promulgated the Cáin Adomnáin, meaning literally the "Canons" or "Law of Adomnán". The Cáin Adomnáin was promulgated amongst a gathering...
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    conjecture and there is little hard evidence to support such claims. Cáin Adomnáin, a Christian Law, promulgated by the Synod of Birr in 697, sought to...
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    making their judgments. As early as 697, Adomnán of Iona promulgated the Cáin Adomnáin, which provided sanctions against the killing of children, clerics,...
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  • one of many important men of Ireland and Scotland who guaranteed the Cáin Adomnáin (Lex Innocentium; Law of Innocents) at Birr in 697. A battle between...
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    (Britains) … —Jacob of Edessa, Hexaemeron, III.12. At the Synod of Birr, the Cáin Adomnáin signed by clergymen and rulers from Ireland, Gaelic Scotland, and Pictland...
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    recorded as guarantors of the Cáin Adomnáin and is described as rí in Déissi túaiscirt. https://archive.org/details/CainAdamnain/page/n31/mode/2up Reabacán...
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    (approximate date). Adomnán, Irish abbot, convinces 51 kings to adopt the Cáin Adomnáin, which defines the relationship between women and priests. Queen Cuthburh...
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    the cleric Curetán of Rosemarkie were the only Pictish signatories to Cáin Adomnáin or "Law of the Innocents" in 697, indicating that Bridei was able to...
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