RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
Privilege/exemption
1955
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and brothers of Mount Sinai
institution: Mount Sinai
text: Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing animal fodder. He confirms their right to freedom from secular exactions.
Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 393-4, no. 80
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1956
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops of Famagusta and Paphos
text: Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes or in another way.
Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:252-3, no. c-51
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1957
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Famagusta
text: Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by force, Pope Honorius licences the bishop to compel the malefactors to return the possessions, using ecclesiastical sanctions.
Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:253-4, no. c-52
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1958
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and chapter of Limassol
text: Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:254-5, no. c-53
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1959
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia
text: Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia to increase the number of their canons and other clergy.
Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:255-6, no. c-54
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1960
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre
text: Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre that emissaries [nuntii] from the emperor Frederick are on their way the Holy Land carrying the emperor’s consent to his marriage to Helisabeth, the daughter of the king of Jerusalem. They should receive them well.
Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre that emissaries [nuntii] from the emperor Frederick are on their way the Holy Land carrying the emperor’s consent to his marriage to Helisabeth, the daughter of the... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 394-5, no. 81
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1961
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Acre
text: Mar. 6. Lateran. Pope Honorius III encourages the bishop of Acre to continue preaching the crusade, especially because the emperor Frederick II is soon to come to the East with a large army.
Mar. 6. Lateran. Pope Honorius III encourages the bishop of Acre to continue preaching the crusade, especially because the emperor Frederick II is soon to come to the East with a large army.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 395-7, no. 82
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1963
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Mar. 29. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that he has received their letter, delivered by frater Petrus Alvitus. He is assured that the money which, without his knowledge, was deposited with Petrus, will be repaid soon after 1 August next.
Mar. 29. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that he has received their letter, delivered by frater Petrus Alvitus. He is assured that the money which, without his knowledge, was deposited with Petrus, will be repaid soon after 1 August next.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 397, no. 83
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1966
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus.
text: May 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III admonishes the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus. The archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans have petitioned the pope to ensure that the laity observe the agreement on tithes, possessions and other things that was mediated by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate. The pope demands that they do so, particularly as they have presented frivolous arguments. Since C. episcopus Amagustanus, who has been working on this matter at the curia for 3 years, is absent from Cyprus, the pope is writing to the bishops of Tripoli and Valania and a canon of Tripoli to ensure that the agreement is observed.
May 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III admonishes the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus. The archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans have petitioned the pope to ensure that the laity observe the agreement on tithes, possessions and other... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:256-8, no. c-55
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1967
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli
text: May 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III orders the bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli to make sure that the agreement between the queen, her son H. and his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus and the Cypriot church is observed.
May 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III orders the bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli to make sure that the agreement between the queen, her son H. and his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus and the Cypriot church is observed.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:258-9, no. c-56