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2316
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East
text: Mar. 4. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX grants the Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East [per terram ultramarinam] the same indulgence as was conceded in the Fourth Lateran Council to those going to the aid of the Holy Land.
Mar. 4. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX grants the Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East [per terram ultramarinam] the same indulgence as was conceded in the Fourth Lateran Council to those going to the aid of the Holy Land.
sources: Kedar, Crusade and Mission, p. 213, no. 2 b
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2329
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory IX forbids this venal practice to continue.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4151. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2347
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa
text: Jul. 31. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa [Anteradensis episcopus] to persuade the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli to desist from intruding Greeks into monasteries and churches in Antioch, in spite of the admonitions of the archbishops of Apamea and Mamistra.
Jul. 31. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa [Anteradensis episcopus] to persuade the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli to desist from intruding Greeks into monasteries and churches in Antioch, in spite of the admonitions of the archbishops of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1101-2, no. 4473
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2317
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes de Brenna, who has received from every pilgrim 2 Turonenses towards the expenses of securing the route, to see that it is guarded for 5 years.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:912, nos. 4129-30. Calendar entries
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2330
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 13. Lateran. Hearing that some brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem have been assisting the Nicaean emperor John Vatatzes against the Latins and are even accused of heresy, Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magister and brothers and demands that they reform themselves. The archbishop of Tyre, to whom he also writes, will investigate them.
Mar. 13. Lateran. Hearing that some brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem have been assisting the Nicaean emperor John Vatatzes against the Latins and are even accused of heresy, Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magister and brothers and demands that they reform themselves. The archbishop of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:919-20, nos. 4156-7
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2348
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa
text: Jul. 31. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX has heard that the prince of Antioch and other Latins have been handing lands to Greeks, Armenians and others, who do not pay tithes, receiving, in place of tithes, a due that is commonly called monet. Latins, moreover, are claiming exemption from tithes on vineyards, gardens and lands tilled at their own expense and others, both Latin and Greek, are refusing to pay tithes at all. The pope orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa [Anteradensis episcopus] to enforce the payment of tithes.
Jul. 31. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX has heard that the prince of Antioch and other Latins have been handing lands to Greeks, Armenians and others, who do not pay tithes, receiving, in place of tithes, a due that is commonly called monet. Latins, moreover, are claiming exemption from tithes on... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1102, no. 4474
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2318
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch and bishop of Tortosa
text: Mar. 9. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX writes to the patriarch of Antioch and bishop of Tortosa [Anteradensis], with specific reference to the patriarchate of Antioch, to the patriarch of Jerusalem as papal legate, with reference to all the bishops in the Latin East, and to the archbishop of Nicosia, with reference to all bishops in Cyprus. He forbids any Greek priest [sacerdos Grecus] to celebrate [the divine offices] unless he swears obedience to the Roman Church in the presence of his subjects and abjures heresy, especially the belief that Latins are heretics for celebrating [Mass] with unleavened bread.
Mar. 9. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX writes to the patriarch of Antioch and bishop of Tortosa [Anteradensis], with specific reference to the patriarchate of Antioch, to the patriarch of Jerusalem as papal legate, with reference to all the bishops in the Latin East, and to the archbishop of Nicosia,... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:328-9, no. d-30
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2361
year: 1239
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
text: [Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX approves Armenian customs that accord with canon law. He forbids illicit preaching and grants an indulgence to those Armenians engaged in warfare in defence of the faith against the Sarraceni.
[Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX approves Armenian customs that accord with canon law. He forbids illicit preaching and grants an indulgence to those Armenians engaged in warfare in defence of the faith against the Sarraceni.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1223-4, nos. 4733-5. Calendar entries].
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2362
year: 1239
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 2. Lateran. The patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, has asked for licence to translate the bishop of Paphos to the archbishopric of Nazareth. The bishop fell ill at Paphos and is anyway ignorant of the language and rites of the Greci, who make up the population of his diocese. Pope Gregory IX agrees to the patriarch’s request.
Mar. 2. Lateran. The patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, has asked for licence to translate the bishop of Paphos to the archbishopric of Nazareth. The bishop fell ill at Paphos and is anyway ignorant of the language and rites of the Greci, who make up the population of his diocese. Pope... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:330-1, no. d-32
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2376
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 12. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX wishes the brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to answer the claims of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that St Mary should be subject to St John, drawing attention to letters of Popes Celestine II, who subjected the German house [in Jerusalem] to the Hospital of St John, and Adrian IV. Gregory orders the brothers of St Mary to prepare their reply by the Michaelmas.
Jan. 12. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX wishes the brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to answer the claims of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that St Mary should be subject to St John, drawing attention to letters of Popes Celestine II, who subjected the German house [in... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:575-6, no. 2247