recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 431. See Mayer, UKJ 1:117-18, no. 16 [5]
comments: [5] Mayer (UKJ 1:117-18 and in Bistümer, pp. 258-87) has argued at length against any endowment by Godfrey and the establishment by him of a Benedictine community in the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There are reasons – particularly Patriarch Arnulf’s charter of Apr. 6 – Dec. 24 1112 – for questioning the foundation of the Benedictine abbey at such an early date, but the prestigious nature of the shrine and the burial of Garnier of Grez in late July in valle Iosaphat, in porticu basilice sancte Marie virginis et matris Iesu Christi (Albert of Aachen, p. 516) suggests that there was some monastic presence on the site during Godfrey’s lifetime. See Pringle, The Churches 3:288-9.
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Eleemosynary grant
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year: 1108
initiator: Baldwin I
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: Dec. 25 1107 – first half of 1108. Baldwin, dei gratia rex Hierosolimorum, makes the eleemosynary grant. He gives the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat a casale called Aschar, situated close by Nablus. The casale is bounded by a valley next to a deserted village/waste land [gastina] called Thera and runs as far as a great valley that leads to Thopas. Among the casale’s dependencies are a gastinula called Fondoch, a market building [funda] in the old city of Sichar, and a land called Dorsum asini, which is near [contra] the casale of Bethphorum. Witnesses: Balduinus, Caesariensis archiepiscopus; R. Ramathensis episcopus; R. monachus; P. M.; Galterius Bigotus; Fulcherius clericus; Willelmus filius comitis; Symon constabilis; Rogerius de Rosorum; Eustachius Granarius; Radulfus de Fontei; Guido de Miliaco; Gothman; Galterius Mahumet; Anselinus de Parenti; Pisel; Andreas de Valdement; Eustachius de Cassel; Hubertus de Paci; Girardus camerarius; ArdoDec. 25 1107 – first half of 1108. Baldwin, dei gratia rex Hierosolimorum, makes the eleemosynary grant. He gives the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat a casale called Aschar, situated close by Nablus. The casale is bounded by a valley next to a deserted village/waste land [gastina]... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 1:149-51, no. 32 (RRH no. 52)
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