TheEighthCouncil of Toledo commenced on 16 December 653 in the church of theHoly Apostles inToledo in Spain. It was attended by fifty two bishops in person, including the agedGavinio ofCalahorra, who had assisted at theFourth Council, and another ten by delegation, tenabbots, includingSaint Ildefonsus,abbot ofAgali monastery,[1] and by the archpriest andprimicerius of the cathedral. Also, for the first time, secular officials, sixteencounts palatine, participated in the discussion, voting, and affirmation of the council's acts.
This was the second ofKing Chindasuinth's two councils, held under the names of both he and his co-reigning son,Reccesuinth. The eighth council was unique in its convocation in that Chindasuinth had written atomus to the bishops describing the issues he wished them to address.
The acts of this council chiefly concerned ecclesiastical discipline and civil law.[2]
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