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February 9. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the abbot of Cistercian Iubino (Jubin) in the diocese of Antioch, declaring that it is his papal duty to provide for his co-bishops oppressed by poverty, especially those who live in the midst of a perverse nation and are continually attacked by the enemies of the Cross of Christ. The pope relates that his predecessor Pope I[nnocentius IV], considering the miserable state of the land of Antioch and how important it is for the safety of the Holy Land, wrote first to Archbishops [Hugh] of Nicosia and [Joscelin] of Caesarea and Cardinal-Bishop [Eudes of Châteauroux] of Tusculum (Tusculanus), then papal legate in those parts, then to Treasurer [Jordan] Berithensis, ordering them to pay Patriarch [Opizo Fieschi] of Antioch as a special aid a tenth of all ecclesiastical incomes in the Kingdom of Cyprus and the province of Antioch for the following three years, to be used on the fortifications of Castle Quṣair (Cursarium ), which is virtually the most important fortress of the province of Antioch. The pope states that many trustworthy people have informed him that the situation is even worse now and so he is forced to repeat Innocent’s measure and to make provisions for the patriarch and land of Antioch. Therefore the pope orders the abbot to have a tenth of all ecclesiastical incomes for the next three years paid to the patriarch of Antioch by all archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, deans, archdeacons, other rectors of churches, those assized, and all clerics of the Kingdom of Cyprus and province of Antioch, whether they are exempt or not, no matter what order, even if they have an exemption, except for the Cistercians, Templars, and Hospitallers. The money is to go to the fortification and defence of Castle Quṣair (Cursarium).