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1233

RRR: 
1233
RRH: 
660
Other: 
‘Annales Colonienses maximi’, p. 793; Chronica regia Coloniensis, p. 137-8
YEAR: 
1187
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT: 
Templars
text: 
Aug. 1-31. Terricus/Tyricus pauperrime milicie templi preceptor, together with his convent, writes to Pope Urban III. He reports the invasion of the Turci, their siege of the castle of Tiberias and the loss of the Christian army [at Hattin], the capture of the relic of the True Cross and of the king, the great number killed, the escape of the count of Tripoli, domnus Reinoldus Sydonius and domnus Balianus, and the fall of Acre. Only Jerusalem, Ascalon, Tyre and Beirut are still in Christian hands, but the defenders of these cities have nearly all been lost and they cannot be held without divine intervention. Tyre is being constantly attacked and the land between Tyre, Jerusalem and Gaza is overrun. Terricus appeals for help. [216]

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INSTITUTION NUMBER: 
368
Sources: 
‘Annales Colonienses maximi’, p. 793; Chronica regia Coloniensis, p. 137-8 (RRH no. 660)
Comments: 
[216] This an other letters to the pope, must have provided the narrative for the crusade letter Audita tremendi of Pope Gregory VIII [‘Historia de expeditione Friderici’, pp. 6-10] and for the lost letter of Pope Clement III in the following year [Hiestand, PK, p. 335, n. 157].
GRANTOR: 
Frater Terricus pauperrimae domus templi preceptor, together with his convent
RECIPIENT: 
Pope Urban III

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