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General Council of Lateran

Italy · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1215

Innocent III11 November 1215

Vatican · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

The 4th Lateran Council is considered by the Catholic Church to have been the twelfth ecumenical council and is sometimes called the "Great Council" or "General Council of Lateran" due to the presence of seventy-one patriarchs and metropolitan bishops, four hundred and twelve bishops, and nine hundred abbots and priors together with representatives of several monarchs

Names involved

Innocent III

Provenance

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