First Lateran Council
March 18, 1123
Callixtus II convened the first general council of the Latin Church in the West since antiquity, confirmed the Concordat of Worms, and reaffirmed the ban on clerical marriage and simony. Over three hundred bishops attended the twelve-day meeting in the rebuilt Lateran basilica. The council also addressed the problem of false monks, counterfeit relics, and the increasing tendency of lay lords to treat tithes as personal income.
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Also in 1123 (3 other events on record)
- Jurchen capture the last Liao emperor · East Asia · War
- Baldwin II captured by Belek Ghazi · Middle East · War
- Battle of Yibneh · Middle East · War
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.