597

RRR: 
597
Other: 
Peter the Venerable, Letters 1:219, no. 82
YEAR: 
1156
text: 
1122 – Dec. 25 1156. [74] Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, praises the efforts of a king of Jerusalem to defend the Holy Land against Turci, Sarraceni, Persae and Arabes. He commends Drogo Niuernensis aecclesiae precentor to him.

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Sources: 
Peter the Venerable, Letters 1:219, no. 82
Comments: 
[74] Giles Constable (in Peter the Venerable, Letters 2:153) thinks it likely that the king involved was either Fulk or Baldwin III, which would date the letter to 1131-56.
GRANTOR: 
Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny
RECEPIENT: 
A king of Jerusalem

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