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September 22. Viterbo. Pope Alexander IV writes to Bishop [Opizo] of Tripoli (Tripolitanus), relating that in the pope’s presence the bishop proposed that he had gone to great expense in coming to the Apostolic See for his and his church’s business, and that lest this business be left unaccomplished for lack of money, he asked to be able to borrow. The pope allows the bishop to take out a loan of up to 10,000 gold Saracen besants of Acre (Accon) at the weight Acconense and to oblige himself, his successors, and his church, such that the bishop and his successors are obliged to repay the loan with damages, expenses, and interest if he does not repay within the deadline.