text: Dec. 2. Lateran. At the request of the bishop of Acre, Pope Innocent III formally forbids an increase in the number of canons of his church.Dec. 2. Lateran. At the request of the bishop of Acre, Pope Innocent III formally forbids an increase in the number of canons of his church.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 1:663-4, no. 440
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1424
year: 1198
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Bishop of Acre
text: Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the bishop of Acre with respect to a case relating to a canon of the chapter of Nazareth, who had been professed into the religious life at Nazareth by the bishop himself, when he had been prior there. This man had now been received by the bishop as a secular canon of Acre. The pope insists that he return to the religious life.Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the bishop of Acre with respect to a case relating to a canon of the chapter of Nazareth, who had been professed into the religious life at Nazareth by the bishop himself, when he had been prior there. This man had now been received by the bishop as a... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 1:751-2, no. 517; Decretal 3.31.17, ‘Liber Extra’, col. 575
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1434
year: 1199
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and bishop of Acre
text: Jan. 5. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Acre, supporting their opinion that clerics subject to their jurisdiction cannot be compelled to submit instead to the patriarchal court, unless an appeal has been allowed by the Holy See.Jan. 5. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Acre, supporting their opinion that clerics subject to their jurisdiction cannot be compelled to submit instead to the patriarchal court, unless an appeal has been allowed by the Holy See.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 1:749-50, no. 515
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1455
year: 1199
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Acre
institution: Templars
text: Dec. 15. Lateran. Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Acre to release the Knights Templar from a sentence of excommunication improperly imposed on them by the bishop of Sidon. The bishop of Tiberias had complained that the magister and brothers of the militia Templi had held back 1300 besants and other goods of his diocese, which his predecessor had deposited with them. The pope had appointed the bishops of Sidon and Biblium as judge delegates in the case, but the Templars had sent some brothers to inform him that when they disembarked on a Wednesday at Tyre, having returned from the principality of Antioch where they had been involved in a war between the prince of Antioch and the [Muslim] lord of Aleppo, the bishop assigned the following day, the Thursday, for a hearing of the case. The magister could not attend but sent 2 brothers, who promised to respond to the complaint of the bishop of Tiberias and to observe any sentence delivered by the bishop of Sidon, even though the bishop of Biblium was absent. But the bishop of Sidon refused to hear any arguments and demanded the return of the besants to the bishop of Tiberias by the following Sunday; otherwise he would excommunicate all the Templars, in the West as well as in the East. The 2 brothers hurried to Acre and the magister appealed to the patriarch to settle the case and avoid scandal. But on the following Sunday the bishop of Sidon solemnly and publicly excommunicated the whole Order in the church of the Holy Cross in Tyre. The pope orders the patriarch to look into the matter and, if the bishop of Sidon is guilty, to suspend him from office until the papacy lifts the suspension and to absolve the Knights Templar.Dec. 15. Lateran. Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Acre to release the Knights Templar from a sentence of excommunication improperly imposed on them by the bishop of Sidon. The bishop of Tiberias had complained that the magister and... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 2:471-3, no. 247 (RRH no. 764)
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1665
year: 1212
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Bishop of Acre
institution: Saint Thomas the Martyr
text: Oct. 25. Lateran. Pope Innocent III records that Pope Alexander III had given the late Simon prior Sancto Georgii de Xisto the right to use the [episcopal] ring, staff and mitre. St George was later subjected to the church of St Thomas the Martyr in Acre, so that the right was enjoyed by whomsoever was prior. This was confirmed by Innocent himself. The bishop of Acre had questioned this extension of the privilege and the case was heard in the Holy See. Innocent upholds the bishop’s complaint. There must be no extension of the original privilege.Oct. 25. Lateran. Pope Innocent III records that Pope Alexander III had given the late Simon prior Sancto Georgii de Xisto the right to use the [episcopal] ring, staff and mitre. St George was later subjected to the church of St Thomas the Martyr in Acre, so that the right was enjoyed by whomsoever... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:706-7, no. 185
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