RRR:
825
Other:
Broussillon, La Maison de Craon 1:101, no. 138; also ed. by Farcy, Cartulaire, pp. 10-11
YEAR:
1169
INSTITUTION RECIPIENT:
Templars
text:
(c. Mar.) Phil[ippus] Neapolitanus magister miliciae Templi describes how, when he was crati Montis Regalis dominus, he visited the monks of Mt Sinai, who gave him a fragment of the body of St Catherine. While in Constantinople he was presented with a relic of the True Cross by the Emperor Manuel himself, who had been assured by his father that it was genuine. Philippus presents both relics to dominus Mauricius de Credone. [117]
Transaction Type :
INSTITUTION NUMBER:
368
Sources:
Broussillon, La Maison de Craon 1:101, no. 138; also ed. by Farcy, Cartulaire, pp. 10-11
Comments:
[117] Maurice of Craon’s great-uncle, Robert Burgundio, had been the second master of the Temple.
GRANTOR:
Philippus Neapolitanus, master of the Temple
RECEPIENT:
Dominus Mauricius de Credone
