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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1637
year: 1210
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
text: 1208 - Oct. 3 1210. [290] Replying to the request of John [of Brienne], Abbot Gervase of Prémontré, together with the Premonstratensian general chapter, congratulates him on his elevation to the kingship of Jerusalem and assures him that he will profit from the Order’s spiritual benefits and prayers. He asks [John] to restore the Order’s properties when he recovers his kingdom. 1208 - Oct. 3 1210. [290] Replying to the request of John [of Brienne], Abbot Gervase of Prémontré, together with the Premonstratensian general chapter, congratulates him on his elevation to the kingship of Jerusalem and assures him that he will profit from the Order’s spiritual benefits and... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 76-7, no. 84 (RRH no. 847)
comments: [290] The wording of the letter suggests that Gervase did not yet know that John had been crowned [on 3 October 1210].
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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1669
year: 1212
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: Late 1212. [292] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré assures King John of Jerusalem of the prayers of the Premonstratensians for him, his wife the queen and his daughter. Responding to a request for [spiritual advice], Gervase reminds the king of St John, who stood at the foot of the cross, and assures him that he has been providentially chosen. He prays that he will be strengthened and protected. He appeals for assistance and protection for the brothers of the abbey of St Samuel. He recommends magister O., a brother of his Order, whom he is sending to Palestine. Late 1212. [292] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré assures King John of Jerusalem of the prayers of the Premonstratensians for him, his wife the queen and his daughter. Responding to a request for [spiritual advice], Gervase reminds the king of St John, who stood at the foot of the cross, and assures him... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 102-4, no. 115 (RRH no. 854)
comments: [292] John’s daughter Isabella was born early in 1212.
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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1721
year: 1215
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: John of Brienne
institution: Saint Samuel of Montjoie
text: (1215). [303] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré thanks King John of Jerusalem for his letter and rejoices in the good health of the king and his daughter. He and his chapter are saddened by the state of the Holy Land. He encourages the king and assures him of the prayers of all the Premonstratensians, especially at Mass, with particular reference to John and his daughter. He asks John to favour the Premonstratensian brothers of St Samuel now residing in Acre and to restore them to their old abbey once it is recovered. (1215). [303] Abbot Gervase of Prémontré thanks King John of Jerusalem for his letter and rejoices in the good health of the king and his daughter. He and his chapter are saddened by the state of the Holy Land. He encourages the king and assures him of the prayers of all the Premonstratensians,... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 37-8, no. 37 (RRH no. 884)
comments: [303] Ralph of Merencourt, the bishop of Sidon, who was consecrated patriarch by the pope during the council. ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 319.
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Correspondence/envoy
Request
1773
year: 1217
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: (1217 ). Abbot Gervase of Prémontré reminds the patriarch of Jerusalem how on papal orders Frater Hellinus abbas Floreffiae had accompanied the bishop of Acre on his journey to the East and how Hellinus, who had full powers to represent their Order, asked the patriarch to assist the Premonstratensians. Gervase asks the patriarch to bear in mind especially the restoration of the possessions of the Premonstratensians, [the abbeys of] Sanctus Samuel and Sanctus Abacuc, the first being a daughter of Prémontré, the second a daughter of Floreffe. [311] (1217 ). Abbot Gervase of Prémontré reminds the patriarch of Jerusalem how on papal orders Frater Hellinus abbas Floreffiae had accompanied the bishop of Acre on his journey to the East and how Hellinus, who had full powers to represent their Order, asked the patriarch to assist the... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 38-9, no. 38 (RRH no. 906)
comments: [311] At this time Gervase was engaged in organizing the raising of money for the Holy Land, under the supervision of the archbishop of Tyre, who was in the West. (Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 34-5, nos. 33-4) (RRH no. 905).
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