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Council of Winchester
The
Council
of
Winchester
was an
ecumenical council
held in
April
1072
at Winchester.
It
attempted
to
settle
the
question
of the
primacy
of the
Archbishop of Canterbury
over the
English Church
.
Its
decision
was
Accepted
by the
Catholic Church
but not by the
Archbishop of York
.
It resulted in the
Accord of Winchester
when the question was further
heard
at
Windsor
.