RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1965
year: 1224
initiator: Iohannes comestabulus totius Bratie sive Armenie
recipient: Pope Honorius III
text: Before May 12. Iohannes comestabulus totius Bratie sive Armenie writes to Pope Honorius III on the death of the king of Georgia and the pressure the kingdom of Georgia is under from the Tartari, which has made it impossible to send aid to Damietta. He and many barones have taken the cross and he will bring a very large force to the assistance of the emperor Frederick’s crusade. He recommends David episcopus, the emissary of the queen, and adds the name of his nephew Sanxa.
Before May 12. Iohannes comestabulus totius Bratie sive Armenie writes to Pope Honorius III on the death of the king of Georgia and the pressure the kingdom of Georgia is under from the Tartari, which has made it impossible to send aid to Damietta. He and many barones have taken the cross and he... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:179-80, no. 252 (RRH no. 968)