Arbëni_Council
Arbëni Council
Catholic synod in Albania in 1703
The Arbeni Council (Albanian: Kuvendi i Arbënit) was a synod of the Catholic Church held in Mërqia, three kilometers north of present-day Lezhë, on 14–15 January 1703, to affirm the position of the Catholic Church in Albania and to stem the tide of conversions to Islam.[1]