text: August 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Greek patriarch of Antioch [Simeon II] and his suffragans, announcing the legation in their region of Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), papal penitentiary, a mission justified by the full power that Christ conceded to the Holy See. The pope orders the addressees to welcome and treat the legate properly and to obey his commands, otherwise the pope will back up the just sentences the legate promulgates against rebels. The pope also writes to the Armenian Catholicos [Constantine], the patriarch of the Maronites and their suffragans. August 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the Greek patriarch of Antioch [Simeon II] and his suffragans, announcing the legation in their region of Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), papal penitentiary, a mission justified by the full power that Christ conceded to... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:457, no. 3046; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 74-75, no. 32; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:358-59, no. e-18
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RRR: 2547
year: 1246
text: August 6-11. An-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Dā’ūd, the ruler of Karak and Shawbak, replies to a letter from Pope Innocent IV, encouraging him to convert to Christianity. August 6-11. An-Nāṣir Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Dā’ūd, the ruler of Karak and Shawbak, replies to a letter from Pope Innocent IV, encouraging him to convert to Christianity.
sources: Lupprian, pp. 170-72 no. 26; RRH 1143
cite:
RRR: 2548
year: 1246
text: August 15. Aṣ-Ṣaliḥ Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb, sultan of Egypt, denies any part in the vandalisation of the church of the Holy Sepulchre. August 15. Aṣ-Ṣaliḥ Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb, sultan of Egypt, denies any part in the vandalisation of the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
sources: Lupprian, pp. 173-75 no. 27; RRH 1144
cite:
RRR: 2549
year: 1246
text: After September 1. William, archbishop of Mopsuestia, confirms by seal that he asked D., preceptor of the Antiochean Hospital, that he would now send him the grain and other tithes that he had to give them in Figenia to Antioch, and that that preceptor agreed to these requests. After September 1. William, archbishop of Mopsuestia, confirms by seal that he asked D., preceptor of the Antiochean Hospital, that he would now send him the grain and other tithes that he had to give them in Figenia to Antioch, and that that preceptor agreed to these requests.
text: *September 8. Agreement described in the document dated 16 October 1246 (RRR 2551) by which Johannes presbyterus ecclesie s. Trinitatis de Venetiis will hold for the bishop of Castello the church of St Mark in Beirut for 3 years beginning the next 1 May for the rent of 1 marcha sterlingorum payable in Venice each year on the Feast of St Andrew. *September 8. Agreement described in the document dated 16 October 1246 (RRR 2551) by which Johannes presbyterus ecclesie s. Trinitatis de Venetiis will hold for the bishop of Castello the church of St Mark in Beirut for 3 years beginning the next 1 May for the rent of 1 marcha sterlingorum payable... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:429-30, no. 308; RRH 1146
cite:
RRR: 2551
year: 1246
text: October 1. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes) and the archbishops and bishops in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, relating that he has learned that several Genoese, Pisan and Venetian merchants from the areas around Constantinople who sail to the Kingdom of Jerusalem carry on their ships many Greek, Bulgarian, Ruthenian and Vlach Christians, men and women, and offer them for sale to everyone, including Saracens, such that many of them are kept as slaves (servi) by their buyers. Many of these Christians flee to the churches and their prelates declaring themselves free and unjustly reduced to servitude, and they ask to be restored to their pristine liberty. The pope orders the addressees, if it is so, to give a kind hearing to these Christians who are unjustly detained and seek the Church’s protection to avoid servitude, and to have them returned to freedom in their own cities and diocese. October 1. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes) and the archbishops and bishops in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, relating that he has learned that several Genoese, Pisan and Venetian merchants from the areas around Constantinople who sail to... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, ff. 325v-326r, no. 127; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:316, no. 2122
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RRR: 2552
year: 1246
text: October 16. Rialto. Stephen, the plebanus of the church of St Sophia, promises Bishop Peter of Castello that he guarantees the agreement of 8 September (RRR 2549) by which Johannes presbyterus ecclesie s. Trinitatis de Venetiis, now living overseas will pay 1 marcha sterlingorum, payable in Venice each year on the Feast of St Andrew, for the church of St Mark in Beirut, which belongs to the bishop of Castello. In a new agreement, made on 8 September, Johannes will hold the church of St Mark for 3 years, beginning on the next 1 May. Failure to abide by the agreement will lead to a fine of 20 librae in denarii Venetorum parvi. October 16. Rialto. Stephen, the plebanus of the church of St Sophia, promises Bishop Peter of Castello that he guarantees the agreement of 8 September (RRR 2549) by which Johannes presbyterus ecclesie s. Trinitatis de Venetiis, now living overseas will pay 1 marcha sterlingorum, payable in Venice... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:429-30, no. 308; RRH 1146
comments: Note: Cf the documents dated 16 February, RRR 2529, and 17 February, RRR 2530, 1246 which refer to an agreement which was to last for one year.
cite:
RRR: 2553
year: 1246
text: November 1-30. Lucera. Frederick II, emperor of the Romans, king of Jerusalem and Sicily, instructs his justiciars and other officials and his vassals in the Kingdom of Sicily to cooperate fully with Louis IX who is preparing to set sail for the Holy Land on 24 June 1247. He is acting in the best interests of Frederick himself and his son Conrad, king-elect of the Romans and heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. They should therefore allow him free access to markets to buy horses, weapons, provisions and other necessities for as long as the king is overseas. November 1-30. Lucera. Frederick II, emperor of the Romans, king of Jerusalem and Sicily, instructs his justiciars and other officials and his vassals in the Kingdom of Sicily to cooperate fully with Louis IX who is preparing to set sail for the Holy Land on 24 June 1247. He is acting in the best... more
sources: Huillard-Bréholles, 6.1, pp. 465-66. English translation: Jackson, The Seventh Crusade, pp. 41-42. See also RRR 2553
cite:
RRR: 2554
year: 1246
text: November 1-30. Lucera. Frederick II, emperor of the Romans, king of Jerusalem and Sicily, announces that he is granting safe-conducts to all merchants accompanying Lois on his journey to the Holy Land and that they may freely purchase provisions for the expedition. The may not, however, use the goods thus acquired for the use or advantage of the people of Acre or anyone else who is opposed to the emperor. November 1-30. Lucera. Frederick II, emperor of the Romans, king of Jerusalem and Sicily, announces that he is granting safe-conducts to all merchants accompanying Lois on his journey to the Holy Land and that they may freely purchase provisions for the expedition. The may not, however, use the... more
sources: Huillard-Bréholles, 6.1, pp. 466-7. English translation: Jackson, The Seventh Crusade, p. 42. See also RRR 2552
cite:
RRR: 2555
year: 1246
text: December 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV grants the citizens of Genoa in transmarinis partibus the faculty of leaving in wills and disposing of their own property. December 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV grants the citizens of Genoa in transmarinis partibus the faculty of leaving in wills and disposing of their own property.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 1:338, no. 2289
comments: Note: Calendar entry
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