Chartres, Council of

Chartres, Council Of

(Concilium Carnotense), was a provincial synod held on the third Sunday after Easter, 1146, at which all the French bishops were present, together with the king, Louis VII. - The object was to arrange matters relating to the crusade, and to-persuade St. Bernard to accept-the office of leader, which, however, he constantly refused. See Labbe, Concil. x, 1102..