Bible Encyclopedias
Benevent
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
a town in Southern Italy, and see of a Roman Catholic archbishop. A considerable number of councils have been held there, among which the following are the most important: 1087, at which the Antipope Guibert was excommunicated, and the investiture by laymen forbidden; 1108, which again pronounced against the investiture by laymen; and 1117, at which Bishop Mauritius Verdinus (later Gregory VIII) was excommunicated.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Benevent'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/benevent.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.