RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1509
year: 1202
initiator: Philippe de Pleisset, master of the Knights Templar
recipient: Abbot of Cîteaux
institution: Templars
text: June 1-30. Frater Philippus de Plessis, pauperum militię Templi magister humilis, describes for the abbot of Cîteaux events in the Latin East. He with 100 milites spent the period from Martinmas to Pentecost on the marches of the land of Tripoli beween Castrum Album and Haman. Sephedinus with his whole army journeyed from Egypt, Jerusalem and Damascus to beyond the river Euphrates and came to an agreement with his nephew the lord of Aleppo. This threatens the Christian settlers, and peasants [agricolę] have deserted the Templars’ lands and casalia. Bad weather has ruined the crops. An earthquake on 20 May caused great destruction, knocking down a large part of Acre and killing countless people, although the Templar houses were saved. All the towers around Tyre except 3 and the walls; barbacans and houses are wrecked. Most of Tripoli is destroyed, as is the castle of Archados, the foundations of the castrum Arsum and most of the walls of Castrum Album, including the great tower, which the Templars believed to be unrivalled. The city of Tortosa and the Templar castle there were spared. A pestilence followed the earthquake. Philippus asks for the abbot’s prayers, reminding him how the Knights Templar grew from the Cistercian Order. The Templars in the East have received with pleasure frater Artaudus and frater Bernardus de Borth with their companions.
June 1-30. Frater Philippus de Plessis, pauperum militię Templi magister humilis, describes for the abbot of Cîteaux events in the Latin East. He with 100 milites spent the period from Martinmas to Pentecost on the marches of the land of Tripoli beween Castrum Album and Haman. Sephedinus with his... more
sources: Mayer, ‘Two unpublished letters’, pp. 308-10
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1503
year: 1202
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Clergy in the East
text: End of Apr. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the clergy in the Latin East that he is despatching the legates Cardinal S. of St Praxedis and Cardinal P. of St Marcellus to the provinces of Antioch and Jerusalem.
End of Apr. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the clergy in the Latin East that he is despatching the legates Cardinal S. of St Praxedis and Cardinal P. of St Marcellus to the provinces of Antioch and Jerusalem.
sources: Innocent III, Die Briefe 5:47-9, no. 25
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1517
year: 1203
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis
text: Aug. 10. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III encourages Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis to carry on as papal legate in ther East, in spite of the disappointments and the diversion of the [Fourth] Crusade to Constantinople. Cardinal P. of St Marcellus will be joining him.
Aug. 10. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III encourages Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis to carry on as papal legate in ther East, in spite of the disappointments and the diversion of the [Fourth] Crusade to Constantinople. Cardinal P. of St Marcellus will be joining him.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 6:219-20, no. 130
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1518
year: 1203
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop-elect of Tyre
text: Aug. 12. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III rebukes the archbishop-elect of Tyre, who had reached the Holy Land as a peregrinus at Christmas and had at once been elected, at the nomination of the papal legate, Cardinal S. of St Praxedis, to the archbishopric. But he had changed into another man, challenging the authority of the legate, had himself consecrated against advice and celebrated solemn Mass in full pontificals. The legate suspended him. Innocent sends the pallium to the legates, leaving it to them whether they grant it to the archbishop elect of not.
Aug. 12. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III rebukes the archbishop-elect of Tyre, who had reached the Holy Land as a peregrinus at Christmas and had at once been elected, at the nomination of the papal legate, Cardinal S. of St Praxedis, to the archbishopric. But he had changed into another man,... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 6:221-2, no. 131
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1523
year: 1203
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis
text: Aug. 16. Ferentino. Informed by the prior and canons of the Holy Sepulchre and King Aimery of Jerusalem that after the death of Patriarch [Aymar] M[onachus] of Jerusalem Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis had been elected to succeed him, but had refused, Pope Innocent III tries to persuade Soffred to accept the office, offering him also an extension of his papal legation.
Aug. 16. Ferentino. Informed by the prior and canons of the Holy Sepulchre and King Aimery of Jerusalem that after the death of Patriarch [Aymar] M[onachus] of Jerusalem Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis had been elected to succeed him, but had refused, Pope Innocent III tries to persuade Soffred to... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 6:214-18, no. 129
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1535
year: 1204
initiator: Johannes, the catholicos of the Armenians
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Sept. - Oct. Joh[ann]es, the catholicos of the Armenians, writes to Pope Innocent III. After professing his readiness to abide by all his obligations as primate, Joannes complains about Cardinal Peter, who is allied to the Knights Templar in the dispute over the succession to Antioch and at a council he held in Antioch imposed an interdict on Cilician Armenia, without the agreement of the catholicos. Joannes reports that at the intervention of Cardinal Soffred a meeting was arranged in Acre in September to settle the dispute between King Leon and the Templars, whose behaviour has been pernicious.
Sept. - Oct. Joh[ann]es, the catholicos of the Armenians, writes to Pope Innocent III. After professing his readiness to abide by all his obligations as primate, Joannes complains about Cardinal Peter, who is allied to the Knights Templar in the dispute over the succession to Antioch and at a... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:217-20, no. 121 (RRH no. 795)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1536
year: 1204
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
text: Oct.- Nov. Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniorum, complains to Pope Innocent III about Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus the papal legate and his treatment of his dispute with the count of Tripoli. He has already described Peter as being openly his adversary. Peter has forbidden him to fight, in spite of the fact that the citizens of Antioch and the Templars are in alliance with the pagani to burn his tuguria of Gastum, and the count has seized Antioch against the orders of Cardinal Soffred. A meeting between King Aimery of Jerusalem, the comitissa Flandriae, the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John and the noble peregrini decided to proceed against any party that refused to be subject to the judgement of the cardinals. The dominus Cremonen. was sent to transmit this decision to the parties. Leon had delegated C. de Camardesio, his relative, to convey Leon’s agreement. The count of Tripoli did not arrive on the appointed day, did not excuse himself and refused to abide by the judgement, but Cardinal Peter, refusing to listen to Cardianal Soffred’s advice, did not give Leon justice. Leon, therefore, asks for new judge delegates, referring to the patriarch of Antioch, Cardinal Soffred, King Aimery of Jerusalem and the magister of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
Oct.- Nov. Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniorum, complains to Pope Innocent III about Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus the papal legate and his treatment of his dispute with the count of Tripoli. He has already described Peter as being openly his adversary. Peter has forbidden him... more
sources: Maleczek, Petrus, pp. 302-5 (RRH no. 798)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1526
year: 1204
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, the papal legate
text: Jan. 23. Anagni. Pope Innocent III congratulates Cardinal Peter on his actions as a papal legate in Cyprus and his negotiation of a treaty between the Pisans and Genoese in Acre, among whom warfare had broken out. He acknowledges Peter’s letters to him on the course of the Fourth Crusade, the state of the province of Jerusalem and the despatch of an embassy to al-‘Adil [Safadinus]. If the crusade reaches the Holy Land he should advise the pope on whether the Venetians should remain excommunicated.
Jan. 23. Anagni. Pope Innocent III congratulates Cardinal Peter on his actions as a papal legate in Cyprus and his negotiation of a treaty between the Pisans and Genoese in Acre, among whom warfare had broken out. He acknowledges Peter’s letters to him on the course of the Fourth Crusade, the state... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 6:353-5, no. 208 ; Schabel, Bullarium 1:137-9, no. b-19 (RRH no. 793)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1530
year: 1204
initiator: A., Nazarenus archiepiscopus
recipient: All Christians
text: c. June. [278] A., Nazarenus archiepiscopus writes a general letter to all Christians, including all crusaders. He expatiates on the loss of the Holy Land, particularly Jerusalem, to the pagani/Agareni. He encourages his readers to fight to recover the Holy Land, and to take the cross, following the example of Count Baldwin of Flanders and his companions, who have taken Constantinople, or, if they are unsuitable, to give alms. On the authority of the pope, he offers a plenary indulgence. He calls for the liberation of the church of Nazareth.
c. June. [278] A., Nazarenus archiepiscopus writes a general letter to all Christians, including all crusaders. He expatiates on the loss of the Holy Land, particularly Jerusalem, to the pagani/Agareni. He encourages his readers to fight to recover the Holy Land, and to take the cross, following... more
sources: Röhricht, ‘Amalrich I’, pp. 489-91, no 5 (RRH no. 797)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1534
year: 1204
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Sept.- Oct. Leon, per Dei et R. imperatoris gratiam rex Armeniorum, complains to Pope Innocent III about Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus. With the catholicos, his barones and many noble crusaders [peregrini], Leon had received the cardinal, who had come as papal legate to bring peace between his nephew and the count of Tripoli, the usurper of the principality of Antioch. After the catholicos had repeated his promises as a primate with respect to the Holy See, the discussion turned, in the absence of Cardinal Soffred who was in Acre, to the dispute over Antioch. Leon appealed to Cardinal Peter as legate, citing as witnesses the patriarch of Antioch, the Hospitallers of St John, the Knights Templar and the religious of Nigra Montana. But he discovered that Cardinal Peter had made a private arrangement with the count of Tripoli, the Templars and the citizens of Antioch. Leon went to Antioch to treat for peace, but the count of Tripoli failed to attend the meeting. Before the cardinal’s arrival, Leon and his forces had entered Antioch by force on the eve of the start of Advent, but the patriarch of Antioch intervened and the Templars, who were alllied to the count of Tripoli and the sultan of Aleppo, raising their vexillum Balzanum, had fortified the city towers and had attacked the Armenian forces in and outside the city. Leon had responded by confiscating all Templar possessions in his kingdom. Cardinal Peter ordered him to restore the Templar properties, but Leon demanded the Templars withdraw their opposition to his nephew. Without the agreement of Cardinal Soffred, Peter then summoned a council and imposed an interdict on Cilician Armenia. The catholicos J. and his suffragans refused to enforce this, on the grounds that the catholicos had not been involved, and appealed to the Holy See. At the demand of the cardinals, King Aimery of Jerusalem and Cyprus and all the noble crusaders [peregrini], Leon sent his relation Constantius de Camardesio to Acre in September to negotiate peace with the Templars. Leon asks Pope Innocent to order the Templars to cease their hostility. The Hospitallers and other religious are not hostile.
Sept.- Oct. Leon, per Dei et R. imperatoris gratiam rex Armeniorum, complains to Pope Innocent III about Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus. With the catholicos, his barones and many noble crusaders [peregrini], Leon had received the cardinal, who had come as papal legate to bring peace between his... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:211-17, no. 120 (RRH no. 795)