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Council of Albi

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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

Transcribed from a dated scan; artifacts may remain. Edition notes

Albi, Council of.—It was held in 1254 by St. Louis on his return from his unlucky Crusade, under the presidency of Zoen, Bishop of Avignon and Papal Legate, for the final repression of the Albigensian heresy and the reformation of clergy and people. It also legislated concerning the Jews.

Hefele, Conciliengeschichte, 2d ed. (Freiburg, 1890), VI, 49-54; Mansi, XXIII, 829-852.

Thomas J. Shahan.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907. Public domain.

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