Talk:Synod of Elvira

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[edit] Eliberris

The location of this synod, the Concilium Eliberritanum, should be given as it is in the documents, at an Eliberris ("new town"), whose location is moot. The title Elvira is simply a modern Spanish transliteration. See the text at Hispania Baetica: "Some of the Iberian cities retained their pre-Indo-European names in Baetica throughout the Roman era. Granada was called Eliberri, Illiberis and Illiber by the Romans; in Basque, "iri-berri" or "ili-berri", still signifies "new town". Why is Concilium being rendered synod? Would there be objections to making this the Council of Elliberis or the Synod of Elliberis, and discussing the location as part of the article? --Wetman 00:49, 4 July 2006 (UTC)