text: June 4. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to his penitentiary and legate, brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that when the pope asked him to protect the Greeks from Latin harassment when sending him as legate in Armenia, Konya, Turkey, Greece, the Kingdom of Babylon and in the patriarchates of Antioch and Jerusalem, and to have the Latins make satisfaction for any harm they had done, he did not wish to interfere with the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes), who has informed the pope that the addressee had prohibited him from involving himself with the Greeks of his patriarchate and now those Greeks claim to be exempt from his jurisdiction, refuse to obey him and do not respond to court summons. The pope orders the addressee to cease interfering with the patriarch’s jurisdiction. June 4. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to his penitentiary and legate, brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that when the pope asked him to protect the Greeks from Latin harassment when sending him as legate in Armenia, Konya, Turkey, Greece, the Kingdom of... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:409, no. 2745; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 78-9, no. 35; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:363-64, no. e-22. See also RRR 2537, 2592
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RRR: 2577
year: 1247
text: June 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre, relating that a petition from the bishop and chapter of Beirut claimed that, in the serious quarrel that once arose over diocesan borders between them, on the one side, and the bishop and chapter of Sidon, on the other, which was litigated for a long time before the addressee’s predecessor, the late P[ierre de Sergines], their metropolitan, on his ordinary authority, the case was not brought to an end, because of the lack of proof on both sides, since that land was once occupied by the Saracens. To avoid permanent litigation or continuing grounds for new dispute or scandal, the pope orders the addressee, the metropolitan of both sides, to go in person to the disputed region and establish the borders of the diocese via a friendly agreement or in some other way as he sees fit, implementing his decision without appeal and carrying out the papal mandate in such a way that both bishops and chapters are content and neither side applies its scythe to the other’s harvest. June 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre, relating that a petition from the bishop and chapter of Beirut claimed that, in the serious quarrel that once arose over diocesan borders between them, on the one side, and the bishop and chapter of Sidon, on the other, which was... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:408, no. 2803
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RRR: 2578
year: 1247
text: June 10. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes), the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Sidon, relating that the bishop of Acre (Raoul de Tournai) informed him via his petition that a predecessor of his, the late bishop Theobald of Acre, at the instigation of the Pisans then living in Acre, turned the chapel of San Pietro the Pisan of Acre into a parish church and established that all Pisans living in the city were parishioners of that church, causing serious harm to the church of Acre. Since they adhered to the former Emperor Frederick [II] against the Church, the Pisans deserve to be deprived of all ecclesiastical privilege, grace and honour, so the pope declares null and void the above and any agreements or pacts between the Pisans and the bishop of Acre, notwithstanding any confirmations, indulgence or privilege obtained from the Apostolic See over these matters, and he orders the addressees to restore the previous status of the chapel, to announce the Pisans deprived of the above, and to compel them with ecclesiastical censure to receive the ecclesiastical sacraments from the church of Acre and to obey the bishop as their ordinary, after a warning, appeal put aside. If not all of the addressees can carry this out, [then two or one can]. June 10. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes), the archbishop of Tyre and the bishop of Sidon, relating that the bishop of Acre (Raoul de Tournai) informed him via his petition that a predecessor of his, the late bishop Theobald of Acre,... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:417-18, no. 2801. Cf. Document of 12 October 1200, RRR 1475; RRH 775
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RRR: 2579
year: 1247
text: June 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the podestà and the commune of Novara, relating that he has learned from the serious complaint of the archdeacon of Antioch that, when he was going to the Apostolic See for the business of the church of Antioch and had arrived at the port of Mergozzo in the diocese of Novara, some sons of iniquity who claimed to have been assigned by the addressees to guard the port maliciously asserted that he was carrying commercial merchandise and dared to detain his bags. While many people ran to the port because of this, 622 gold coins (aurei) and 35 imperial pounds, which the chapter of Antioch was sending to [patriarch-]elect [Opizo Fieschi], were stolen from one of these bags. The pope orders the addressees to have what was taken by the people of that place restored without delay. Otherwise, the addressees should know that he has sent a letter to Bishop [Odemaro Buzio] of Novara ordering him to force them to do this via ecclesiastical censure, after a warning, without appeal. June 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the podestà and the commune of Novara, relating that he has learned from the serious complaint of the archdeacon of Antioch that, when he was going to the Apostolic See for the business of the church of Antioch and had arrived at the port of Mergozzo in... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:428, no. 2862
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RRR: 2580
year: 1247
text: June 24. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the noble man [Balian of Ibelin] lord of Beirut, bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, responding to his request by placing under the protection of St Peter his person, brothers, wife, children, household, lands and other goods. June 24. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the noble man [Balian of Ibelin] lord of Beirut, bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, responding to his request by placing under the protection of St Peter his person, brothers, wife, children, household, lands and other goods.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 410v, no. 886; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:431, no. 2884
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RRR: 2581
year: 1247
text: *25 March 1246 – 30 June 1247. King Henry I of Cyprus enfeoffs John of Ibelin with the county of Jaffa-Ascalon. *25 March 1246 – 30 June 1247. King Henry I of Cyprus enfeoffs John of Ibelin with the county of Jaffa-Ascalon.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1385-87, no. 796
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RRR: 2582
year: 1247
text: June 1-30. Nicosia. John of Ibelin (Johanni d’Ibelin) count of Jaffa and lord of Ramla records under seal that he has sold 4 gardens at Nicosia to Eustorge de Montaigut (Estorge), archbishop of Nicosia for 2,500 white besants. To the east of the gardens are the gardens of the lord of Beirut and of the royal domain [maini], to the south is the garden of [the abbey of] Notre Dame de Sur, to the west is the verger attached to the vendor’s ostel, and to the north is the garden of Sire Iohan le Moine. The archbishop is free to sell the gardens to whomsoever he wishes. If for some reason the vendor cannot guarantee this sale, he is bound to return the sale price, drawing on all his resources in Cyprus, except for the desme. Witnesses: from the vendor’s hommes, Gaultier de Sainct Bertin; Raimond d’Aguillar; Johan de Barut; Peroaut d’Aude. June 1-30. Nicosia. John of Ibelin (Johanni d’Ibelin) count of Jaffa and lord of Ramla records under seal that he has sold 4 gardens at Nicosia to Eustorge de Montaigut (Estorge), archbishop of Nicosia for 2,500 white besants. To the east of the gardens are the gardens of the lord of Beirut and of... more
sources: Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, pp. 147-48, no. 49; RRH 1149
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RRR: 2583
year: 1247
text: July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King [Henry I] of Cyprus, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its current adversaries, who are also the king’s enemies, the pope will include the monarch and his people in that peace. July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to King [Henry I] of Cyprus, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its current... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3068; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:364-65, no. e-23
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RRR: 2584
year: 1247
text: July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Balian of Ibelin] the lord of Beirut and bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there should be a peace between the Church and its adversaries, who are also the bailiff’s enemies, the pope will include [Balian] and his vassals in that peace. July 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to [Balian of Ibelin] the lord of Beirut and bailiff of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, complimenting him on his involvement with the conservation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and urging him to continue his efforts in order to be commended by God and men. If there... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3068; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:364-65, no. e-23
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RRR: 2585
year: 1247
text: July 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the king of Cyprus and lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem [Henry I], granting that he shall not be excommunicated or interdicted for five years without an express command of the Apostolic See. By such privileges the pope rewards those who are fervent in their devotion to the Roman Church July 9. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the king of Cyprus and lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem [Henry I], granting that he shall not be excommunicated or interdicted for five years without an express command of the Apostolic See. By such privileges the pope rewards those who are fervent in their... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:462, no. 3067; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:365, no. e-24
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