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RRR: 2826
year: 1251
text: . June 27. Gavi. Pope Innocent IV writes to Archbishop [Niccolò Lercari] of Tyre, assigning him as executor of the previous letter.
sources: I Libri iurium, I/4 ed. Dellacasa, no. 685, pp. 71-72
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RRR: 2827
year: 1251
text: . July 21. In the camp at Caesarea. Cardinal Odo (Eudes), bishop of Tusculum, the papal legate, allows by legatine authority the abbas and convent of Bellus Locus Cisterciensis Ordinis, in Cyprus, to move from the locus of Pyrgos, which is unsuitable, to a house that belonged to the Franciscans near Nicosia.
sources: Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:482-83, no. f-22
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RRR: 2828
year: 1251
text: . End of July. Caesarea. The patriarch of Jerusalem (Robert of Nantes) informs Queen Blanche of France of the health of King Louis of France, his queen and his youngest sons Iohannes de Damietta and Petrus, born at Castrum Peregrini on 29 June. He describes how the king camped before Caesarea on 1 April and began work on its fortifications. He reports that Aleppo and Egypt are at war with each other and that the sultan of Aleppo (al-Nāṣir Yūsuf) suffered major defeat on 2 February 1251. The Egyptians, commanded by Fāris al-Dīn Aqṭāy (Feres Cerataye) had been at Nablus from shortly after Louis arrived in Caesarea until the end of July and withdrew on the approach of another Aleppan army that is expected to endeavour to invade Egypt.
sources: ‘Annales monasterii Burtonensis’, p. 296; RRH 1196. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 209-10
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RRR: 2829
year: 1251
text: . August 11. Caesarea. King Louis IX of France writes to his brother Alphonse of Poitiers, count of Poitou and Toulouse. Since sending his envoys, Bartholomew his chaplain and Jean de Domibus, knight, the following have occurred: an amir, Fāris al-Dīn Aqṭāy (Feres Katay) came into the territory of the Kingdom of Jerusalem to make war on the sultan of Aleppo (al-Nāṣir Yūsuf) and recover Damascus, seized after the murder of the sultan (al-Mu’aẓẓam Tūrān-Shāh). He established himself at Nablus, nine leagues from Caesarea, awaiting reinforcement from Egypt. Al-Nāṣir Yūsuf brought up a larger force, and both sides engaged Louis in negotiations. The Christian army at Caesarea has enjoyed peace, not even injury from the Bedouins, and the supply route from Acre has been clear. There has been trouble from pirates, but a pirate ship has recently been captured. On 29 July al-Nāṣir Yūsuf approached Nablus, and the Egyptians withdrew and fled to Egypt. Louis is hopeful that he can gain advantage from this war. Meanwhile he is strengthening the defences at Caesarea. Louis askes after his mother, Charles, count of Anjou and Provence, and his sister [Isabelle].
sources: Layettes du Trésor des Chartes, 3:139-40. English translation in Jackson, Seventh Crusade, pp. 210-11
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RRR: 2830
year: 1251
text: . *August 29. Pierre de la Tour declares before Adam, archdeacon of Acre and Jean de Bucea de Manzo, notary and juge du Saint-Siège apostolique, that he has reached a compromise with Hugh, Hospitaller commander in Acre, over the rights he claims against the Hospital in return for 50 Saracen besants.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, ‘Invent’, p. 88, no. 272; RRH 1197a
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RRR: 2831
year: 1251
text: . *August 31. Genoa. Bergognone, son of the noble man Filippo Embriaco, in the presence of Bishop Corrado of Nebbio in Corsica, names as his procurators [another] Bergognone Embriaco, Pietro Stralleria and Ingone Embriaco to present to Archbishop [Niccolò Lercari] of Tyre a letter of Pope Innocent IV by which a canonry is granted to Bergognone in the province of Tyre, and at the same time ask the archbishop of Genoa to strengthen it with his seal.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, pp. 364-65, no. XLVIII
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RRR: 2832
year: 1251
text: . August 31. Genoa. Bonifazio, son of the noble man Bergognone Embriaco, names as his procurators Bonvassallo and Oberto Embriaco and Cicalino Cigala to present to the patriarch of Jerusalem [Robert de Nantes] the bull of Pope Innocent IV that grants Bonifazio a benefice in a church in the province of Jerusalem.
sources: Ferretto, ‘I Genovesi in Oriente nel carteggio di Innocenzo IV’, p. 365, no. XLIX
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RRR: 2833
year: 1251
text: . August 1-31. Caesarea. King Louis of France writes to the prudentibus viris, consilio et communitati civium Januensium present on this side of the sea. His magister balistariorum [Thibaud de Montliard] has passed to him 120 paria litterarum (letters of exchange) made out to various members of their commune, recovered from a pirate vessel recently captured by his galleys. Having taken advice the king has retained 55 as being ‘vana’ and is forwarding the rest that are worthy of credence to the commune.
sources: Claverie ‘Un nouvel éclairage’, p. 634
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RRR: 2834
year: 1251
text: . September 1-30. Nazareth. Statutes of the church of Nazareth, the product of an agreement between the archbishop of Nazareth, brother Henry, on the one hand, and Archdeacon G. [William?], Prior Peter, and Canons Nicholas, Geoffrey, A[rnold] (priests) and Brother Sancho (Sanctius). The preamble refers to the general loss of the territory of Jerusalem from the victory of Saladin against the Christians more than 64 years earlier and afterwards from the war with the Saracens and hostile invasions against the Christians, which left the holy places of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, especially Nazareth, derelict and destitute of ministers, causing great and irreparable spiritual and temporal damage because of the negligence and even lack of canons until now. Still one rarely or never finds anyone willing to serve the Lord there, or if there were occasionally those following the rule of St Augustine there, there was often discord between them and their prelate, since there is no memory of a fixed number of canons or of a clear division of goods between the canons and the prelate. In order to prevent any future disputes, the above renounce all earlier customs and statutes and agree to obey and observe the following, which will be valid from now on: (1) There shall be six canons and one prior following the rule of St Augustine, they shall live there communally and they shall strive to serve and live according to that rule, although never before were more or even this many canons there. (2) The rule of St Augustine shall thrive there for the salvation of souls, and all canons along with the prior shall sleep in one dormitory and eat in one refectory in common and communally. (3) Whoever is prior shall automatically have and receive annually from the archbishop and his successors (a) 60 modia (almuds) of wheat and 60 modia of barley from the goods and produce of the church; (b) 60 Saracen besants, four camel loads of wine and two cartloads of [olive] oil; (c) 4 modia of beans, 4 modia of chickpeas and 4 modia of lentils; (d) the prior shall have and receive for himself and his canons half of the church’s offerings in candles and in money (denariis). (4) The archbishop grants from now to Prior P[eter]* and the canons the casal called Ilut (Ayloth) with the feed for animals, vines, olive trees, houses, rights and appurtenances to be possessed perpetually. (5) The prior shall receive automatically from the archbishop and his successors annually for each canon of the fixed number who serves and resides in the church (a) 30 modia of wheat, 30 modia of barley and 30 Saracen besants; (b) 2 modia of beans, 2 modia of chickpeas, 2 modia of lentils, 2 camel loads of wine and 1 cartload of [olive] oil. With the above the prior shall live communally with the canons and in common and deal with all other common expenses that are necessary for him and the canons, with the chapter asking nothing else and renouncing all other rights over all other goods and produce of the church of Nazareth, while the archbishop does the same for what has been given to the chapter. (6) With the remaining goods and incomes and produce of the church of Nazareth, the archbishop will (a) pay for all other expenses inside and outside for roofing, lighting and the fabric of the church; (b) provide the daily food and drink and the salary of the priests, chaplains, stipendiary clerics and others hired to assist the canons with the divine offices, according to the circumstances and the quality of these chaplains. (7) The archdeacon of Nazareth shall be a secular cleric, either a deacon or a priest, as was established in old times in the church, to carry out the business of the church, as is the case in most regular churches, and with the consent of the chapter the archbishop shall pay him annually as a prebendal benefice (a) 50 modia of wheat and 50 modia of barley from the goods, incomes and produce of the church of Nazareth; (b) 50 Saracen besants and a house in Nazareth to live in; (c) as a special grace the right to eat his daily meals at the archbishop’s table along with two servants; (d) barley and hay for two mounts. The archbishop and chapter swear on the Gospels to observe the above from now on forever, except in time of war or when they cannot receive their goods or produce because of the war or invasion of the Saracens, or some other just cause, with only the prior remaining in Syria with his daily meals from the archbishop, in which case the other canons will be provided for as well as can be done or will be sent overseas to govern priories and churches belonging to the church of Nazareth, with the archdeacon and canons having and receiving nothing of the goods of that church. Done in Nazareth, in the month of September 1251, signed by Archbishop Henry, Archdeacon G (William?), Prior Peter, the priest Canon Nicholas, the priest Canon Geoffrey, and Brother Sancho (a canon) [who cannot write and asks another to sign for him].
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:18-20, no. 5538; RRH 1198
comments: Note: *The edition has ‘F’, but the manuscript clearly and correctly has ‘P’.
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RRR: 2835
year: 1251
text: . *Before September(?). Summary of letter read out at the General Chapter of the Cistercian Order (? September) in which King Louis and his wife reported on their wretched state, adding that the war between the sultan of Egypt (Babiloniae) and the sultan of Aleppo (Halapiae) is a source of hope.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 5:257. The Chapter General responded by ordering prayers throughout the Order for the French royal family. ‘Statuta selecta’ ed. Martène and Durand, 1243-1646, at cols. 1394-95
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