Third Lateran Council
- Date
- 1179
- Place
- Lateran Palace, Rome
What it decided
After the schism with antipopes backed by Frederick Barbarossa, it established that the pope must be elected by two-thirds of the cardinals (canon 1). It issued 27 canons: it called for free schools for clerics at every cathedral and condemned the Cathars (canon 27).
- Convoked by
- Pope Alexander III
- Canons
- 27
Who recognises it
Catholic Church only (eleventh ecumenical council in its numbering).