RRR:
135
RRH:
71
Other:
Hiestand, PTJ 2:194-8, no. 1
YEAR:
1113
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text:
Feb. 15. Benevento. Pope Paschal II writes [in Pie postulatio voluntatis] to Giraldus, institutor ac prepositus Ierosolimitani xenodochii, taking the hospital [xenodochium], situated in the city of Jerusalem next to the church of St John the Baptist, under papal protection. He confirms all acquisitions that have been and will be made by the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem for the sustenance of pilgrims and the poor, including those gifts made by the patriarchs of Jerusalem and others. The Hospital is freed from the payment of tithes on harvests produced at its labour or expense. On the death of Giraldus only the professed brothers may elect his successor. Paschal confirms the Hospital’s right to all its possessions, in Asia as well as in Europe. He refers particularly to xenodochia sive ptochia at St Gilles, Asti, Pisa, Bari, Otranto, Taranto and Messina, which are to be subject to Giraldus and his successors.
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
322
Sources:
Hiestand, PTJ 2:194-8, no. 1 (RRH no. 71)
GRANTOR:
Pope Paschal II
RECEPIENT:
Giraldus praepositus and the Hospital of Saint John in Jerusalem
