Council of Tours 461
The Council was called by Perpetuus, Bishop of Tours, to address the worldliness and profligacy of the Gallic clergy. Athenius, Bishop of Rennes, took part in the First Council of Tours in AD 461. The last to sign the canons was Mansuetus, ''episcopus Brittanorum'' ("bishop of the Britons" n_Armorica.html"_;"title="Armorica.html"_;"title="n_Armorica">n_Armorica">Armorica.html"_;"title="n_Armorica">n_Armorica._Also_in_attendance_were_Leo,_Bishop_of_Bourges,_and_Victurius_of_Le_Mans, and_three_others._Council_of_Tours_567
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_ The_Breton_bishops_declined_to_attend,_as_Eufronius">Bishop_Eufronius_claimed_authority_over_the_Breton_church._At_the_Second,_it_was_decreed_that_the_sanctuary_gates_were_to_remain_open_so_that_the_faithful_might_at_any_time_go_before_the_altar_for_prayer_(canon_IV);_a_married_bishop_should_treat_his_wife_as_a_sister_(canon_XII)._No_priest_or_monk_was_to_share_his_bed_with_someone_else;_and_monks_were_not_to_have_single_or_double_cells,_but_were_to_have_a_common_dormitory_in_which_two_or_three_were_to_take_turns_in_staying_awake_and_reading_to_the_rest_(canon_XIV)._If_a_monk_married_or_had_familiarity_with_a_woman,_he_was_to_be_excommunicated_from_the_church_until_he_returned_penitent_to_the_monastery_enclosure_and_thereafter_underwent_a_period_of_penance_(canon_XV)._No_woman_was_to_be_allowed_to_enter_the_monastery_enclosure,_and_if_anyone_saw_a_woman_enter_and_did_not_immediately_expel_her,_he_was_to_be_excommunicated_(canon_XVI)._Married_priests,_deacons_and_subdeacons_should_have_their_wives_sleep_together_with_the_maidservants,_while_they_themselves_slept_apart,_and_if_anyone_of_them_were_found_to_be_sleeping_with_his_wife,_he_was_to_be_excommunicated_for_a_year_and_reduced_to_the_lay_state_(canon_XIX). The_council_also_noted_that_some_Gallo-Roman_customs_of_ancestor_worship_were_still_being_observed._Canon_XXII_decreed_that_anyone_known_to_be_participating_in_these_practices_was_barred_from_receiving_communion_and_not_allowed_to_enter_a_church. The_bishops_of_the_Kingdom_of_Paris_were_particularly_concerned_about_the_Merovingian_dynasty.html" "title="Eufronius.html" ;"title="Armorica">n_Armorica.html" ;"title="Armorica.html" ;"title="n Armorica">n Armorica">Armorica.html" ;"title="n Armorica">n Armorica. Also in attendance were Leo, Bishop of Bourges, and Victurius of Le Mans, and three others.Council of Tours 567
The Breton bishops declined to attend, as Eufronius">Bishop Eufronius claimed authority over the Breton church. At the Second, it was decreed that the sanctuary gates were to remain open so that the faithful might at any time go before the altar for prayer (canon IV); a married bishop should treat his wife as a sister (canon XII). No priest or monk was to share his bed with someone else; and monks were not to have single or double cells, but were to have a common dormitory in which two or three were to take turns in staying awake and reading to the rest (canon XIV). If a monk married or had familiarity with a woman, he was to be excommunicated from the church until he returned penitent to the monastery enclosure and thereafter underwent a period of penance (canon XV). No woman was to be allowed to enter the monastery enclosure, and if anyone saw a woman enter and did not immediately expel her, he was to be excommunicated (canon XVI). Married priests, deacons and subdeacons should have their wives sleep together with the maidservants, while they themselves slept apart, and if anyone of them were found to be sleeping with his wife, he was to be excommunicated for a year and reduced to the lay state (canon XIX). The council also noted that some Gallo-Roman customs of ancestor worship were still being observed. Canon XXII decreed that anyone known to be participating in these practices was barred from receiving communion and not allowed to enter a church. The bishops of the Kingdom of Paris were particularly concerned about the Merovingian dynasty">Merovingian The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...Council of Tours 813
A Council of Tours in 813 decided that priests should preach sermons in ''rusticam romanam linguam'' (rustic Romance languages, romance language) or ''Theodiscam'' (German), a mention ofCouncil of Tours 1054
This council was occasioned by controversy regarding the nature of theCouncil of Tours 1060
Those men who marry their kinswomen, or those women who keep an unchaste correspondence with their kinsman, and refuse to leave them, or to do penance, shall be excluded from the community of the faithful, and turned out of the church (canon IX).Council of Tours 1163
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