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March 31. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Patriarch [Jacques Pantaléon] of Jerusalem, papal legate, relating that since he has committed to him the office of full legation in his province and over the Christian army there in the support of the Holy Land, he orders him to carry it out prudently, diligently, and faithfully. The pope informs the legate that he has sent letters to the masters, preceptors, convents, and all the brothers of the Hospital of St John, the knighthood of the Temple, the houses of St Mary of the Teutonics, and of St Lazarus in that province ordering them to welcome, treat honourably, assist, and receive and observe the healthy warnings and mandates of the legate as long as he exercises that function.