recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 15. Teramo. Writing to the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes brother priests of the Order to hear the confessions of the Order’s servants.[Feb. 15. Teramo. Writing to the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes brother priests of the Order to hear the confessions of the Order’s servants.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:567, no. 3520. Calendar entry.
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2290
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Lydda
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 15. Teramo. Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Lydda to assist the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, who have complained of being persecuted by Armenians and Greeks in Constantinople and other overseas territories.[Feb. 15. Teramo. Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Lydda to assist the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, who have complained of being persecuted by Armenians and Greeks in Constantinople and other overseas territories.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:567-8, no. 3521.
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Correspondence/envoy
2291
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, the Italian communes, the king of Cyprus and the leaders in the kingdom of Jerusalem
text: *After Feb. [360] Pope Gregory IX writes to the Knights Templar, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, the Italian communes, the king of Cyprus and the leaders in the kingdom of Jerusalem, sympathizing with their refusal to accept the terms of the treaty negotiated with the emperor Frederick.*After Feb. [360] Pope Gregory IX writes to the Knights Templar, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, the Italian communes, the king of Cyprus and the leaders in the kingdom of Jerusalem, sympathizing with their refusal to accept the terms of the treaty... more
sources: ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 407
comments: [360] See Mayer, UKJ 3:1175.
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Confirmation/renewal of grants
2292
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Willelmus Anteradensis episcopus
text: Apr 3. Viterbo. Following the example of [a lost privilege] of Pope Lucius III, Pope Gregory IX takes Willelmus Anteradensis episcopus and his church under papal protection and confirms its possessions and rights. He specifically mentions the bishop’s ordinary jurisdiction in his diocese and his rights to the appointment to parishes and canonries. He forbids lay or monastic possession of cemeteries or benefices, drawing attention to a challenge to the bishop’s authority from certain monks. He forbids the alienation of goods of the church or the conferment of property, whether a fief [in feudo] or otherwise. He confirms the canonical election of successors to the bishopric. No archbishop or bishop can hold a synod [conventus publicus] in the diocese of Tortosa [in diocesi Anteradensi] unless authorized by the papacy or the patriarch of Antioch.Apr 3. Viterbo. Following the example of [a lost privilege] of Pope Lucius III, Pope Gregory IX takes Willelmus Anteradensis episcopus and his church under papal protection and confirms its possessions and rights. He specifically mentions the bishop’s ordinary jurisdiction in his diocese and his... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 384-6, no. 192
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2293
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nazareth, the electus Sidoniensis and the archidiaconus Sidoniensis
text: [Apr. 11. Viterbo. Informed by the prince of Antioch that the son of C. bajulus regni Armeniae has, with the authority of the catholicos of Armenia, married the widow of Philip, the late king of Armenia, and relative of the prince of Antioch, within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, and further that the bajulus killed Philip, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Nazareth, the electus Sidoniensis and the archidiaconus Sidoniensis to investigate.[Apr. 11. Viterbo. Informed by the prince of Antioch that the son of C. bajulus regni Armeniae has, with the authority of the catholicos of Armenia, married the widow of Philip, the late king of Armenia, and relative of the prince of Antioch, within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, and... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:618, no. 3597. Calendar entry].
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Council/ruling decisions/legislation
Dispute/arbitration
Renounciation/surrendering of properties
2294
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus
text: May 9 and Jun. 11. Viterbo. After a case between the patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus, had been heard at the Holy See, Pope Gregory IX rules that Aimericus was wrongly deprived of his archdeaconry, prebend and other benefices in the church of Tripoli by the patriarch of Antioch. He orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishops of Nazareth and Caesarea to restore the benefices. If magister Hubertus canonicus et cancellarius Antiochene ecclesie is in possession of the benefice, Aimericus must be compensated.May 9 and Jun. 11. Viterbo. After a case between the patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus, had been heard at the Holy See, Pope Gregory IX rules that Aimericus was wrongly deprived of his archdeaconry, prebend and other benefices in the church... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:641-2, 689-90, nos. 3639, 3753
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Permission/licence/authorization
2295
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Henry, rex Cipri
text: May 26. Viterbo. Pope Gregory IX permits the king of Cyprus and his household to hear the divine office, receive communion and other sacraments from the chaplain in the king’s chapel, because they live far from the cathedral.May 26. Viterbo. Pope Gregory IX permits the king of Cyprus and his household to hear the divine office, receive communion and other sacraments from the chaplain in the king’s chapel, because they live far from the cathedral.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:319-20, no. d-26
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Grant
Confirmation/renewal of grants
2296
year: 1237
initiator: Balianus dominus Sydonis
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *May 1-31. Balian seigneur de Sydon confirms for the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Master Bertrand de Comps, the grant made by his father Reynaud and his grandfather Gerard. The Order may have a harbour near the city of Sidon, a gate in the fore-wall and land outside the town to use as a threshing floor [aire], and all the forewall of Sidon from the tour de Baudouin to the sea.*May 1-31. Balian seigneur de Sydon confirms for the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by Master Bertrand de Comps, the grant made by his father Reynaud and his grandfather Gerard. The Order may have a harbour near the city of Sidon, a gate in the fore-wall and land outside the town to... more
initiator: Petrus de Veteri Privata, master of the Hospital
recipient: Simon, the son of Thomas de la Chaêne
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *Jun. 18. Frère Pierre de Vieille Bride grand-commandeur of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem grants an emphyteutic lease of a house in Acre in the rue de Chypre to Simon, the son of Thomas de la Chaêne for the rent [cense] of 17 besants.*Jun. 18. Frère Pierre de Vieille Bride grand-commandeur of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem grants an emphyteutic lease of a house in Acre in the rue de Chypre to Simon, the son of Thomas de la Chaêne for the rent [cense] of 17 besants.
text: *Jun. 1-30. King Henry of Cyprus records that in his presence dame Agnès de Baume has given the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frère Guillaume de Forel commandeur de Chypre, half of all her inheritance, situated on Mt Carmel and elsewhere in the kingdom of Jerusalem, which she inherited from her uncle Jaucelin de la Moussa.*Jun. 1-30. King Henry of Cyprus records that in his presence dame Agnès de Baume has given the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, represented by frère Guillaume de Forel commandeur de Chypre, half of all her inheritance, situated on Mt Carmel and elsewhere in the kingdom of Jerusalem, which she... more
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