Event
Council of Epaone: Bishops of southern Gaul convene near Epao (present Anneyron) in Burgundy
517 · 45.24° N, 4.85° E
What the records say
- When
- 517
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 45.24° N, 4.85° E
Placed at the site named in the title of the event it links, Epaone.
Summary
Council of Epaone: Bishops of southern Gaul convene near Epao (present Anneyron) in Burgundy. The synod enacts the first legislation against wooden altars, forbidding the building of any but stone altars with chrism (a mixture of oil and spice).
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “concile d'Épaone réunissant les évêques du royaume burgonde à l'initiative d'Avit de Vienne”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page