Councils & Synods
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Anse, Councils of (ANSE, CONCILI DI)
ANSE, COUNCILS OF. - It is a small town in the diocese of Lyon, which was the seat of important provincial councils. At the first (994),… -
Artashat (ARTAŠAT)
ARTASHAT. - Ancient city of Armenia, which was also a capital under the Ardašessian dynasty, in the province of Ararat on the Aras. In 177… -
Auxerre
AUXERRE. - Capital of the department of Yonne (France). Near the settlement of the Gallic Senones, called Autricum, the Romans built a new… -
Caesarea Maritima (CESAREA MARITTIMA)
CAESAREA MARITIMA. - A city of Palestine built between 25 and 12 B.C. by Herod the Great, who dedicated it to Caesar Augustus. There, 38 km… -
Chamforans, Synod of (CIANFORAN (CHAMFORANS), SINODO DI)
CHAMFORANS, SYNOD OF. - When, in the first half of the 16th century, the Protestant movement arose in Germany and Switzerland, the… -
Clergy, Assembly of the (CLERO, ASSEMBLEE DEL)
CLERGY, Assembly of the. - According to canonical provisions, the clergy of each diocese gathers with the bishop at its head in the… -
Council (CONCILIO)
COUNCIL. - I. ORIGIN. - The rise of heresies in the 2nd century A.D. imposed on the bishops the necessity of gathering in assemblies to… -
Councils of Attigny-sur-Aisne (ATTIGNY-SUR-AISNE, CONCILI D')
COUNCILS OF ATTIGNY-SUR-AISNE. - Nothing in particular is known of the First Council of A., except that it was held in 765, with the… -
Elvira, Council of (ELVIRA, CONCILIO DI)
ELVIRA, Council of. - The first council of Spain and perhaps the first of the national councils in general, held toward the end of the 3rd… -
Orange
ORANGE. - City and ancient diocese in the department of Vaucluse in southern France. It is the ancient Arausio of Gallia Narbonensis. There… -
Pavia
PAVIA. - City and diocese, capital of the province of the same name in Lombardy. Over an area of 290 sq km it has a population of 141,348… -
Salzburg (SALISBURGO)
SALZBURG. - Archiepiscopal see, capital of the federal state of the same name in Austria. I. BEGINNINGS. - The Salzburg territory of the… -
Synod (SINODO)
SYNOD. - It is the legitimate assembly, convened by the bishop, of the priests and clerics of his diocese and of others who are obliged to… -
Trullan, Council (TRULLANO, CONCILIO)
TRULLAN, COUNCIL. - In the autumn of 691 the emperor Justinian II convoked at Constantinople a Council, later called T. from the great… -
Vatican Council (VATICANO CONCILIO)
VATICAN COUNCIL. - The twentieth and last ecumenical council, opened by Pius IX on 8 December 1869 in the Vatican Basilica and interrupted…