RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1974
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea
institution: Templars
text: [Dec. 18. Pope Honorius III authorizes the archbishop of Caesarea to absolve those brothers of the Knights Templar in Antioch, Tripoli or Acre, who have given communion to the count of Tripoli. He orders the brothers to take an oath to abstain from relations as long as the excommunication of the count persists.
[Dec. 18. Pope Honorius III authorizes the archbishop of Caesarea to absolve those brothers of the Knights Templar in Antioch, Tripoli or Acre, who have given communion to the count of Tripoli. He orders the brothers to take an oath to abstain from relations as long as the excommunication of the... more
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:99, no. 71. Calendar entry].
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2072
year: 1227
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: May 29. Lateran. Hearing the report of the betrayal of castrum Rupis Willeri, Pope Gregory IX gives the magister and brothers of the Knights Templars licence to defend by force their fortifications whether they are facing the lands of Sarraceni or Christians on their frontiers.
May 29. Lateran. Hearing the report of the betrayal of castrum Rupis Willeri, Pope Gregory IX gives the magister and brothers of the Knights Templars licence to defend by force their fortifications whether they are facing the lands of Sarraceni or Christians on their frontiers.
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2:414, no. 2
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2289
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 15. Teramo. Writing to the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes brother priests of the Order to hear the confessions of the Order’s servants.
[Feb. 15. Teramo. Writing to the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes brother priests of the Order to hear the confessions of the Order’s servants.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:567, no. 3520. Calendar entry.
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2302
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Oct. 28. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX authorizes the magister of the knights Templar to supplement from their funds in the Holy Land money collected from the redemption of vows together with other cash collected from the province of Sens.
Oct. 28. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX authorizes the magister of the knights Templar to supplement from their funds in the Holy Land money collected from the redemption of vows together with other cash collected from the province of Sens.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:797, no. 3924
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2378
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
[Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:181-2, no. 5058. Calendar entry].