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The Synodical Constitutions (August 16, 1460) of Andrea Bondumier, Patriarch of Venice. Presentation, Study, and EditionVenetian historiography has long been reluctant to attribute the convocation of the first synodical assembly of the Patriarchate of Venice, founded in 1451, to Patriarch Andrea Bondumier (1460–1464). Yet recent research in the patriarchal archives has enabled us to recover the complete minutes of this synod, which evidently convened on August 16, 1460. Being confronted with the habitual erring ways of both his secular and ordinary clergy, Patriarch Bondumier initiated a series of reforms that subscribed to the legacy of his predecessor, Giustiniani, the first Patriarch. Recovery of control – a blend of traditio, renovatio, and innovation – was both severe and pragmatic, and concentrated on rebuilding Venetian ecclesiastical law, which once applied would then be reinforced by a round of pastoral visits (1461–1463). This paper, linked to the first critical edition of the 53 promulgated statutes, examines the conditions under which the synod was convened, the stages of its development, and the various instruments established to ensure the dissemination and reception of the new rules decreed.