The Councils of Nîmes ( la, Concilia Nemausensia) is the name given to a series of four religious synods that took place in Nîmes, southern

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, during the

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. The four councils took place in 394, 886, 1096, and 1284. #The First Council of 394 (referred to by

Sulpicius Severus Sulpicius Severus (; c. 363 – c. 425) was a Christian writer and native of Aquitania in modern-day France. He is known for his chronicle of sacred history, as well as his biography of Saint Martin of Tours. Life Almost all that we know of Sev ...

) resulted in the adoption of seven canons on

church discipline Church discipline is the practice of church members calling upon an individual within the Church to repent for their sins. Church discipline is performed when one has sinned or gone against the rules of the church. Church discipline is practiced wi ...

, including the forbidding of female

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esses. #The Second Council of 886 is considered to be of little historical importance. #The Third Council of July 1096 was presided over by Pope Urban II, and resulted in the adoption of sixteen disciplinary canons. #The Fourth Council of 1284 is considered to be of little historical importance.

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