Benedict VIII1020
Convenes the Synod of Pavia, to restrain the vices of clerical incontinence and simony
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Convenes the Synod of Pavia, to restrain the vices of clerical incontinence and simony
Establishes prosecution procedures against heretics, later used in the inquisition
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