Charroux, Councils of

Charroux, Councils Of

(Concilium Carrofense). Two provincial synods were held here:

I. About 989, by six bishops. Three canons were published.

1. Excommunicates those who break into churches, or carry away anything out of them.

2. Those who rob the poor. 8. Those who lay violent hands upon the clergy. See Labbe, Concil. ix, 733.

II. In. 1028, against the Maniachbans, by William, duke of Aquitaine. See Labbe, Concil. ix, 860. Charrubiun are angels, among the Mohammedans, esteemed to be the rulers of the other spirits., The name seems related to the Hebrew Cherubim, as also the signification.