The Council of Nogarol in the Year 1290.
AMeneus of Armagnac Arch-Bishop of Ausche on the Saturday after the Assumption of the Virgin Mary 1290, held a Provincial Council at Nogarol in the Country of Armagnac, wherein they * 1.1 order'd Roger Bernard Count of Feix to restore to the Bishop of Lascar the City of Lascar, the Castles and Places belonging thereto under pain of Excommunication; and inserted this Sentence among the Provincial Decrees of this Council ad perpetuam rei memoriam. This is the First Head.
By the Second, They ratified the Sentence of Excommunication against those who retain the Church-Goods of that Province.
In the Third, They prohibit the stretching of the Powers granted in the Apostolical Letters beyond their Contents.
In the Fourth, They Excommunicate the Sorcerers.
By the Fifth, They pronounce the Sentence of Excommunication against those who cite Clerks be∣fore Secular Judges. They likewise exempt the Leprous from their Jurisdiction, and order them to wear a distinguishing Badge under forfeiture of Five Sols.
In the Sixth and Seventh, They revive and augment several Penalties inflicted on those who offer any Violence to the Persons or Estates of Ecclesiasticks.