Angilram

ANGILRAM, an´´gil-rɑm (Fr. pron. ɑ̄n´´zhîl-rɑ̄m´): Bishop of Metz 768, after 787 with the title of archbishop; d. 791. In 784 he was made court chaplain by Charlemagne, who obtained from the pope a dispensation freeing Angilram from the obligation of residing at the seat of his bishopric. Most codices of the pseudo-Isidorian decretals contain a minor collection of statutes, consisting of seventy-one, seventy-two, or eighty chapters relating to suits against the clergy, especially bishops, and generally bearing the name Capitula Angilramni. In some manuscripts the superscription states that Angilram presented these capitula to Pope Adrian; in others (the older and better) that the pope presented them to Angilram when he was in Rome in connection with his affair. In either version the story is improbable, and it is generally agreed that Angilram had nothing to do with these capitula. They were probably written by the author of the pseudo-Isidorian decretals.

Bibliography: Rettberg, KD, i. 501 sqq.; Hinschius, Decretales Pseudo-Isidorianæ, Leipsic, 1863; Richter-Dove, Lehrbuch des Kirchenrechts, p. 87, ib. 1886.