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. April 11. Perugia. Pope Innocent IV writes to Bishops [Guy?] of Paphos and [Bartolomeo] of Limassol, relating that the dean and chapter of Nicosia sent a petition showing that, in order to support the increase of the divine cult, the late Archbishop Eustorge of Nicosia designated sufficient incomes acquired by purchase in order to set up ten assizes, that is, five subdeaconates and five deaconates, in addition to the thirty that previously existed in the church. Death prevented him from putting his plan into effect, however. Since these incomes have come into the hands of Archbishop [Ugo da Fagiano] of Nicosia, the dean and chapter asked the pope to help them for the good of the same church. Thus the pope – if this is the case – orders the bishops of Paphos and Limassol to force the archbishop to establish the aforesaid ten assizes with the abovesaid incomes according to his predecessor’s arrangement, first warning him, without appeal, notwithstanding any exemptions that the archbishop might have.