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Bretagne, Council of

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(Concilium Britanicum), was held in 848, by order of the duke of Bretagne, to put a check upon the practice, of which the bishops were guilty, of taking money for ordinations. Convoyon, the founder and first abbot of Redon, accompanied two bishops, who were sent to Rome upon this business.