First Council of the Lateran
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The First Council of the Lateran was the 9th ecumenical council recognised by the Catholic Church. The first ecumenical council to be held in Western Europe and the first since the Great Schism of 105
Henry IV ceding his rule of the Holy Roman Empire to his son, Henry V.
Canons 2, 4 and 10 ended the practice of the Holy Roman Emperor naming bishops and the pope.
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor died leaving his kingdom in a much weakened condition.
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Concordat of Worms
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The Concordat of Worms, also referred to as the Pactum Callixtinum or Pactum Calixtinum, was an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire which regulated the procedure for the ap
First Council of the Lateran
…be held in Western Europe and the first since the Great Schism of 1054, it was convoked by Pope Callixtus II in December 1122, immediately after the Concordat of Worms. The council sought to bring an end to the practice of the conferring of ecclesiastical benefices by people who were laymen, free the election of bishops…
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Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Henry V renounced his right to invest bishops and abbots with ring and crosier (pictured).