The
Quinisext Council (often called the
Council in Trullo or the
Penthekte Synod) was a church council held in 692 at
Constantinople under
Justinian II. It is often known as the
Council in Trullo, because like the
Sixth Ecumenical Council it was held in a domed hall in the Imperial Palace (τρούλος meaning a cup or dome). Both the
Fifth and the Sixth Ecumenical Councils had omitted to draw up disciplinary
canons, and as this council was intended to complete both in this respect, it took the name of Quinisext (
Latin:
Concilium Quinisextum,
Koine Greek: ,
Penthekte Synodos), i.e. the Fifth-Sixth Council. It was attended by 215
bishops, all from the
Eastern Roman Empire. Basil of Gortyna in
Crete, however, belonged to the Roman
patriarchate and called himself
papal legate, though no evidence is extant of his right to use that title.