RRR:
2569
YEAR:
1247
text:
April 17. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Balian (Balianus) lord of Beirut (Berichi) and his brothers and their sons, relating that, because of their devotion to the pope and the Roman Church, he is granting that no one except a papal legate can promulgate sentences of excommunication or interdict against them or their land without special mandate of the Apostolic See, valid for three years.
Sources:
Innocent IV, Les registres, no. 2524
