RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2325
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans
text: Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that through greed many lords in the kingdom of Jerusalem forbid their slaves and other Sarraceni to hear sermons or receive baptism, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans to compel the lords to allow their slaves hear sermons at least once a month and on the great feasts and to receive baptism, although they will remain in servitude.
Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that through greed many lords in the kingdom of Jerusalem forbid their slaves and other Sarraceni to hear sermons or receive baptism, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans to compel the lords to allow their slaves hear... more
sources: Kedar, Crusade and Mission, p. 213, no. 2 c
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2326
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 9. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his suffragans to deny immunity to murderers and other criminals who are seeking sanctuary in the houses of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans.
Mar. 9. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his suffragans to deny immunity to murderers and other criminals who are seeking sanctuary in the houses of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans.
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2:418-19, no. 7
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2327
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that many religious communities in the kingdom of Jerusalem retain thieves, who are commonly called scaranni, who despoil the Sarraceni in times of peace, thereby endangering truces between Christian and Sarraceni, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his suffragans to compel the religious to eject the scaranni.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that many religious communities in the kingdom of Jerusalem retain thieves, who are commonly called scaranni, who despoil the Sarraceni in times of peace, thereby endangering truces between Christian and Sarraceni, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:916-17, no. 4149. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2328
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that shipowners are transporting pilgrims at unsuitable times, so that they are frequently forced to seek refuge in infidel ports and that the pilgrims are enslaved, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to decree general times for sailing, with the advice of the prelates and other suitable persons in the kingdom of Jerusalem, and to compel shipowners to comply with this.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that shipowners are transporting pilgrims at unsuitable times, so that they are frequently forced to seek refuge in infidel ports and that the pilgrims are enslaved, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to decree general times for sailing, with the advice of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4150. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2329
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory IX forbids this venal practice to continue.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4151. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2330
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 13. Lateran. Hearing that some brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem have been assisting the Nicaean emperor John Vatatzes against the Latins and are even accused of heresy, Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magister and brothers and demands that they reform themselves. The archbishop of Tyre, to whom he also writes, will investigate them.
Mar. 13. Lateran. Hearing that some brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem have been assisting the Nicaean emperor John Vatatzes against the Latins and are even accused of heresy, Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magister and brothers and demands that they reform themselves. The archbishop of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:919-20, nos. 4156-7
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
Dispute/arbitration
2331
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Church of Bethlehem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Apr. 17. Lateran. A dispute over property between the church of Bethlehem and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem has been heard in the papal presence. The bishop of Bethlehem has died and the Hospitallers of St John are worried lest the case should lapse. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop and archidiaconus of Caesarea to ensure that a procurator of the church of Bethlehem appears before the pope within 8 months.
Apr. 17. Lateran. A dispute over property between the church of Bethlehem and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem has been heard in the papal presence. The bishop of Bethlehem has died and the Hospitallers of St John are worried lest the case should lapse. Pope Gregory... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:527, no. 2196 (RRH nos. 1076, 1079b)
RRR: Dispute/arbitration
2334
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Acre
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: May 10. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX remits to the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the abbas Sancti Samuelis de Monte Gaudii Premonstratensis ordinis Jerosolimitane diocesis a dispute that has arisen between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem. The case has already been heard in Rome, where the Hospital of St John was represented by its procurator, frater Andreas de Fogia. The bishop of Acre claimed that the Hospitallers of St John were refusing to pay the full twentieth of harvests in Casale Alba and of chickens at Cabor, contributing only a payment of 5 besants instead. They had refused to pay the twentieth on their vineyards at Manuet for the last 2 years. They were refusing the bishop his rights over those who chose burial with them. These were infringements of the agreement entered into with the church of Acre and the bishop was losing 500 Saracen besants as a result.
May 10. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX remits to the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the abbas Sancti Samuelis de Monte Gaudii Premonstratensis ordinis Jerosolimitane diocesis a dispute that has arisen between the bishop of Acre and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1039-41, no. 4387 (RRH no. 1080a)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
Dispute/arbitration
2335
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the abbas Sancti Samuelis de Monte Gaudii Premonstratensis ordinis Jerosolimitane diocesis
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: May 16. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX draws attention to the reference made at the Holy See by the bishop of Acre, in dispute with frater Andreas de Fogia, the procurator of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, to the agreement between J. episcopus Acconensis and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John, arbitrated by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano and recognized by both parties. 2 articles in this agreement, regarding exemption from tithes on the casalia commonly called Broet and Coket, and on sugar cane, as opposed to wheat and barley, at the casale of Manuet need further definition. The pope orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the abbas Sancti Samuelis de Monte Gaudii Premonstratensis ordinis Jerosolimitane diocesis to decide on these issues.
May 16. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX draws attention to the reference made at the Holy See by the bishop of Acre, in dispute with frater Andreas de Fogia, the procurator of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, to the agreement between J. episcopus Acconensis and the magister and brothers of the... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1041-2, no. 4388 (RRH no. 1080a)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2336
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
text: Jun. 7. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX consoles the Knights Templar and others imprisoned by the Sarraceni in Aleppo and assures them he is doing everything he can to secure their release. They may make confession and receive the Sacrament from frater Manassarius, or any Franciscan, or even from Jacobite priests [sacerdotes Jacobiti]
Jun. 7. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX consoles the Knights Templar and others imprisoned by the Sarraceni in Aleppo and assures them he is doing everything he can to secure their release. They may make confession and receive the Sacrament from frater Manassarius, or any Franciscan, or even from Jacobite... more
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2:419-20, no. 8; [Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1055-6, nos. 4403-4. Calendar entries]