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Council of Benevento

Type Event Region Europe Time 1087

In 1087, Pope Victor III convened a church council at Benevento in southern Italy (also regarded as a local synod or minor ecumenical council), reaff…

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  1. 1087Benevento · CampaniaAfter formally assuming papal duties, Victor III convened the council in the Norman-controlled southern Italian city of Benevento, aiming to consolidate the Gregorian reform agenda amid the Investiture Controversy and the Roman schism.
  2. 1087Benevento · CampaniaThe council condemned simony, clerical marriage, and lay investiture, required bishops and clergy to observe celibacy and church discipline, and spread reform decrees through the ecclesiastical system of southern Italy, echoing the papal position in the Investiture Controversy.

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