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RRR: 2976
year: 1254
text: . March 30. The Lateran. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Antioch (Opizo Fieschi), relating that, since because of occupation of the cathedral church of Latakia by Saracens the church has been vacant so long that its provision has devolved on the pope, the pope grants that addressee can appoint a worthy person as the new bishop and pastor.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 76r, no. 556.7; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:390, no. 7399
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RRR: 2977
year: 1254
text: . April 2. The Lateran. Pope Innocent IV writes to Bishop Bartolomeo of Limassol, relating that although the pope ordered the bishop not to repay his loan of 400 sterling marks with the incomes of his episcopate unless he first renders a full account of his expenditures and an inventory of the goods of his episcopate, since however the bishop is prepared to render account, the pope responds favourably to his prayers and grants him free faculty to repay his creditors with the aforesaid goods.
sources: Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:435-36, no. e-89
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RRR: 2978
year: 1254
text: . April 8. The Lateran. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Latina in Acre, ordering him to concede the first vacant rank or post (dignitate vel personatu) in the church of Lydda to Élie Bécot, canon of that church, notwithstanding various obstacles, including the fact that he is otherwise beneficed.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 126v, no. 879; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:455, no. 7744
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RRR: 2979
year: 1254
text: . April 11. The Lateran. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem (Robert de Nantes) and the archdeacon of Acre, relating that the petition of the noble man Raymond of Jubayl (Gibelet), lord of Bishmizzine, of the diocese of Tripoli, that was read to him claimed that when his uncle the late Thomas [of Ham], constable of Tripoli, died, by tradition and de jure he as the nearest relative had inherited possession of his uncle’s constabulary of Tripoli and its appurtenances, but in the end the noble woman Eschiva, lady of Le Puy of the same diocese, asserted that she was a closer relative to the constable and wickedly managed to despoil R[aymond] of the constabulary and have herself invested with it by [Bohemond VI] prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli. Since Eschiva was not born from a legitimate marriage and thus cannot succeed Thomas as constable de jure, R[aymond] asked the pope to order that this be investigated by discreet men. The pope orders the addressees to investigate, call [witnesses, decide, and enforce their decision].
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:398-99, no. 7437
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RRR: 2980
year: 1254
text: . *May 2. Genoa. The cleric Armanno, nephew of Guglielmo, archpriest of Lavagna, names as his procurators Guglielmo Pezzagno and Guglielmo da Monleone to present to the prior of St. Lawrence of Acre a letter of Pope Innocent IV by which he has been appointed canon of Sidon.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 367, no. LXI
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RRR: 2981
year: 1254
text: . May 6. Assisi. Pope Innocent IV writes to the provost of the church of Santo Donato in the diocese of Genoa, relating that, as he was told on behalf of the Genoese Ido called ‘Turco’, canon of the church of the Holy Cross of Acre, he plans to resign the canonry and prebend that he has in that church. The pope wants to grant them to the cleric Pietro, son of the noble man Ruggero da Savignone, citizen of Genoa, at the behest of the pope’s nephews Giovanni da Camezana and Tedisio Fieschi, auditor of contradictory letters and count of Lavagna respectively. Thus the pope orders the addressee, if it is so, to receive from Canon Ido the resignation of the canonry and prebend and assign them or have them assigned to the cleric Pietro, putting him in possession of the prebend and having him received as canon and brother, various obstacles notwithstanding.
sources: Guerello, Lettere di Innocenzo IV, 143-44, no. 103; Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, pp. 367-68, no. LXII
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RRR: 2982
year: 1254
text: . May 10. Assisi. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem (Robert of Nantes), relating the serious complaint of the archbishop of Nicosia (Ugo da Fagiano) that was read to him, which claimed that, in the churches pertaining immediately to his manse, for hearing the confessions of the parishioners of these churches he has assigned priests who know how to lead the infirm minds of mortals to health with divine treatment, with pious moderation according to age, sex, and strengths. But these same parishioners do not seek out these priests, but rather they damnably scorn them, and transferring themselves thoughtlessly to certain religious – as if they would find the balm of salvation only from them – they expose their sinful secrets to them, reveal their sicknesses of iniquity, and bring out their secret vices in confession. And although these religious, since they are not their judges, cannot loose or bind them, they are not afraid to do mischief to them with an imaginary absolution and afterwards to grant them the viaticum of our pilgrimage at the expense of their souls. From this it happens that such a parishioner induces quick damnation for himself, since, not keeping the body of the Lord apart from dishonour, he thus takes it while not cleansed of his crimes. And since the priest who has cure of the soul of a person who seeks such a wicked parishioner does not know what that person looks like, he cannot render worthy account to him, being wholly ignorant of his sickness and its circumstances. —Moreover, as if it were not enough to despise their own priests unless their churches are equally despised, these same parishioners, as the archbishop’s assertion claimed, when they are supposed to go to these churches to hear the divine offices and holy sermons from their own priests, instead go to the churches of the regular clergy to hear them as they choose, and the religious, who should send them away, rather attract them, to others’ serious loss. Because of this it happens that the archbishop and the rectors of these churches are in many ways defrauded of the customary offerings of their parishioners and other allotments. —In addition, the same archbishop added that, if any of the parishioners of these churches happens to fall seriously ill in bed, immediately these religious gather around, visit the sick person under the guise of piety, and compose and arrange the will, getting themselves named as executors. And by their charming sermons, the sick person puts aside his ancestors’ burials, chooses burial with the religious, and leaves much to them and little or nothing to the churches. And so that the archbishop and rectors cannot exact their canonical portion of the bequests, not without fraud the religious manage to get bequests made for the fabric and divine worship of their churches. —Since the archbishop and rectors suffer much at the hands of these religious, with no small reduction to their livings, they humbly asked the pope to put an end to these injuries and molestations. —The pope desires all Christians, especially members of the religious orders, to be governed by devotion to Providence so that even a curious inspector will find nothing in them worthy of note. He wants to provide for the reputation of the religious, the salvation of the parishioners, and the advance of the archbishop and the rectors of those churches. Therefore he orders the patriarch to warn and induce the parishioners not to go to alien churches for hearing the divine offices and receiving the ecclesiastical sacraments at the proper times, and to warn and induce the religious of every order not to receive these parishioners for offices or the sacraments to others’ prejudice, nor to hear their confessions, unless they first seek and obtain permission from their own priest, according to the statutes of the General Council, nor to admit them for burial, unless they choose it out of devotion, in which case the churches are not to be defrauded of their canonical portion. And so that they abstain from molesting and harming the archbishop and the rectors of these churches in the future, the patriarch is to compel them with ecclesiastical censure.
sources: Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, 128-30, no. 38; Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:436-39, no. e-90
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RRR: 2983
year: 1254
text: . May 19. Genoa. The chapter of the cathedral of St Lawrence (San Lorenzo) in Genoa sends Jacobus Ghisolfus to receive from the priest Philippus Pesce the revenues of the churches of Saint Laurence (San Lorenzo) of Acre and Saint Laurence (San Lorenzo) of Tyre that belong to the chapter.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 367, n. 1; RRH 1214b
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RRR: 2984
year: 1254
text: . * May 19. Genoa. Master Enrico, canon of the cathedral of Genoa, names as his procurator Giacomo, canon of Antioch, to receive the fruits of his prebend in the church of Anterado (Tortosa: Tartus) di Cipro (sic), conferred on him by Pope Innocent IV.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 368, no. LXIII
comments: Note: The phrase ‘Anterado di Cipro’ would seem to suggest an error in the summary – we have not seen the full text – unless the prebend consisted of revenues from an endowment of the church of Tortosa on Cyprus.
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RRR: 2985
year: 1254
text: . 1 January 1250 – 21 May 1254. Appreciating his faith and devotion, King Conrad appoints Galtherus de Ocra cancellarius hereditarii regni nostri Ierosolimitani, to combine this office with the chancellorship of Sicily, which he already holds.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1228-33, no. 709
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