2478

2477A. January 3. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the bishop and chapter of Tripoli, relating that he granted his relative Niccolò [Lercari], papal chamberlain and provost of the church of Genoa, the chantry, prebend, houses and everything else pertaining to them, including what are called the minuta (extrinseca et intrinseca ac alia que minuta dicuntur), that the bishop-elect of Bethlehem Gottifredo dei Prefetti possessed previously in their church, a decision motivated by Niccolò’s merits, and the pope invested Niccolò with these things using the papal ring. The bishop and chapter of Tripoli are expected to receive kindly Niccolò or the agent who will represent him, notwithstanding various things to the contrary, for example papal orders prohibiting the investiture of an absent cleric. Otherwise the patriarch of Jerusalem (Robert de Nantes) will carry out the papal mandate, compelling those who contradict.