The legates were George, the Bishop of Ostia, and Theophylact, the Bishop of Todi. |
The issue must have been discussed with the papal legates in 786, although it is not mentioned in the accounts that have survived. |
In 1198, Pope Innocent III broached the subject of a new crusade through legates and encyclical letters. |
It was afterwards once more recovered by the Church and governed by papal legates as part of the Papal States. |
The papal legates also imposed penances on William and those of his supporters who had taken part in Hastings and the subsequent campaigns. |
It has been suggested that this synod was the same gathering as the second council held by the legates, but historians are divided on this issue. |