Council of Vienne convened

October 1311

Clement V opened an ecumenical council in the Rhone valley to deal with Templars, Beguines, and the Holy Land. Under Philip IV's pressure the assembled bishops suppressed the Temple without formally condemning it, sidestepping a heresy verdict that the evidence could not support. They also condemned the mystical errors attributed to Marguerite Porete, already burned the year before.