The Council of Mentz, A. D. 1071.
THE same Arch-bishop held another Council at Mentz, A. D. 1071. to enquire into the * 1.1 Ordination of Charles nominated to the Bishoprick of Constance: He was accus'd of Si∣mony, and the Pope forbid Sigefrid to ordain him Bishop; nevertheless the Emperor peremp∣torily requir'd it, and wrote to the Pope about the Affair, who referr'd the examination of it to the Arch-bishops of Colen and Mentz. Whereupon they summon'd a Council, but the Emperor would not suffer it to be held, and took a resolution to send Charles to Rome, to the end that the Pope might take cognizance of the matter and ordain him Bishop. Sigefrid pre∣vented the Pope, and entreated him not to consecrate Charles, but if he found him Innocent, to send him back to him and to his Collegues, to receive Ordination from them. The Pope refusing to determine this Affair at Rome, sent him back to be examin'd in his own Country, and it was referr'd to the Council which Sigefrid held at Mentz in the Month of August, A. D. 1071. The Arch-bishops of Saltzburg and Trier with nine Bishops of Germany assisted in this Synod, in which, Matters were debated during four Days between Charles and his Ad∣versaries, till at last Charles fearing lest he should not be able to carry the Point, declar'd that he would not be Bishop contrary to the Inclination of those whom he was to govern, and deliver'd up his Ring and Crosier into the Emperor's Hands. The Acts of this Council, which were sent to the Pope and Sigefrid's Letters are still extant.