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| | 13th Council, First Council of Lyons (A.D. 1245) |
 | | Innocent IV presided the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Antioch, and Aquileia (Venice), 140 bishops, Baldwin II, Emperor of the East, and St. Louis, King of France, assisted. |
 | | For in it can be found neither the condemnation of Frederick II, which seems to have been the chief matter of the council, nor the five constitutions pertaining to the important questions introduced by Innocent IV at the opening of the council, namely those concerned with the Tartars, the Latin east and the crusades. |
 | | Innocent {1}, bishop, servant of the servants of God, in the presence of the holy council, for an everlasting record. |
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