text: 1149 – 1152. [66] Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, writes to Ebrardus magister templi dei. He intercedes on behalf of Humbertus de Bello Ioco, who has become a Templar but has now returned to Burgundy.1149 – 1152. [66] Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, writes to Ebrardus magister templi dei. He intercedes on behalf of Humbertus de Bello Ioco, who has become a Templar but has now returned to Burgundy.
sources: Peter the Venerable, Letters 1:407-9, no. 172 (RRH no. 260)
comments: [66] The letter can be dated no more accurately than to the years of the mastership of Everard of Barres. See Bulst-Thiele, Sacrae Domus Militiae Templi, p. 52.
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553
year: 1153
initiator: Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny
recipient: Bishop of Bethlehem
text: 1122 – 1153. Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, asks the bishop of Bethlehem to show favour to Cluniacs.1122 – 1153. Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, asks the bishop of Bethlehem to show favour to Cluniacs.
sources: Peter the Venerable, Letters, pp. 105-6, no. 31 (See RRH no. 260)
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RRR:
Correspondence/envoy
597
year: 1156
initiator: Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny
recipient: A king of Jerusalem
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.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.
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.
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RRR:
Request
598
year: 1156
initiator: Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny
recipient: A patriarch of Jerusalem
text: 1122 – Dec. 25 1156. [75] Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, asks a patriarch of Jerusalem to show favour to Cluniac monks and to provide their church with relics relating to the Holy Sepulchre or the Blessed Virgin Mary. He commends Drogo Niuernensis aecclesiae precentor to him. 1122 – Dec. 25 1156. [75] Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, asks a patriarch of Jerusalem to show favour to Cluniac monks and to provide their church with relics relating to the Holy Sepulchre or the Blessed Virgin Mary. He commends Drogo Niuernensis aecclesiae precentor to him.
sources: Peter the Venerable, Letters 1:220-1, no. 83 (RRH no. 260)
comments: [75] This letter was clearly written at the same time as the one to the king of Jerusalem.
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Correspondence/envoy
599
year: 1156
initiator: Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny
recipient: Cluniac monks of Mount Tabor
institution: Mount Tabor
text: c.1130 – Dec. 25 1156. Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, writes a letter of encouragement to the Cluniac monks of Mt Tabor, about whom he has heard only recently.c.1130 – Dec. 25 1156. Peter the Venerable, abbot of Cluny, writes a letter of encouragement to the Cluniac monks of Mt Tabor, about whom he has heard only recently.
sources: Peter the Venerable, Letters 1:214-17, no. 80 (RRH no. 260)
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