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<p> (Arelate), an ancient archiepiscopal see in [[Lower]] Provence, on the left of the Rhone, seven leagues from its mouth, about one hundred and eighty-six leagues from Paris. It is said to derive its name from [[Ara]] elata, a high altar raised here in pagan times. A number of councils and synods were held at Arles, of which the following are the chief: </p> <p> (1.) In 314, a general synod for the West, at which [[Constantine]] and 600 or 633 bishops were present; 22 canons were framed on the Donatists, etc.; </p> <p> (2.) in 428 or 429, at which [[Germanus]] and [[Lupus]] were deputed to England; </p> <p> (3.) in 455, under Ravennius, to settle the dispute between Faustus, abbot of Lerins, and the bishop of Frejus; </p> <p> (4.) in 475, against Lucidus, accused of Predestinationism; </p> <p> (5.) in 524, under Caesarius, four canons on ordination were published; (6.) in 1234, under John Baussan, twenty-four canons were published against heretics, chiefly against the Waldenses; </p> <p> (7.) in 1275, by [[Bertrand]] de S. Martin, twenty-two canons were published, and the clergy forbidden making wills.-Landon, [[Manual]] of Councils; Smith, [[Tables]] of [[Church]] Hist. </p>

<p> The Ram. the first of the signs of the Zodiac, which the sun enters on March 21, though the constellation itself, owing to the precession of the equinoxes, is no longer within the limits of the sign. </p>