RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1751
year: 1217
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
text: Jul. 25. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III commends King Leon of Cilician Armenia for recognizing Raymond Rupen, the prince of Antioch, as heir to the kingdom of Cilician Armenia.
Jul. 25. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III commends King Leon of Cilician Armenia for recognizing Raymond Rupen, the prince of Antioch, as heir to the kingdom of Cilician Armenia.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 307-8, no. 13
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1752
year: 1217
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Hugh I of Cyprus
text: Jul. 27. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III informs King Hugh of Cyprus that he has taken him, his sons and daughters and his kingdom under papal protection.
Jul. 27. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III informs King Hugh of Cyprus that he has taken him, his sons and daughters and his kingdom under papal protection.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:186-7, no. c-6
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1811
year: 1218
initiator: Petrus plebanus ecclesiae S. Marci de Tyro
recipient: Yvo abbas sancti Leonardi de Monte Sion
text: Dec. 4. Acre. Under the portal [sub porticali] of the church of St Leonard. Dominus Laurenzus plebanus ecclesie Sancti Marci de Achone, dominus Bartholomeus bailius, Andreas de Vitale, Joannes de Canale and sansus de Venetiis are present when dominus Petrus plebanus ecclesie Sancti Marci de Tyro reports that he has presented Yvo abbas sancti Leonardi de Monte Sion with the letter from Damietta [of Nov. 25] sealed by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate. Manzius sacri palacii notarius was present and wrote this document.
Dec. 4. Acre. Under the portal [sub porticali] of the church of St Leonard. Dominus Laurenzus plebanus ecclesie Sancti Marci de Achone, dominus Bartholomeus bailius, Andreas de Vitale, Joannes de Canale and sansus de Venetiis are present when dominus Petrus plebanus ecclesie Sancti Marci de Tyro... more
sources: Rey, ‘Chartes de l’abbaye du Mont-Sion’, pp. 54-5 (RRH no. 917)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1812
year: 1218
initiator: Petrus plebanus ecclesiae S. Marci de Tyro
text: Dec. 8. Acre. In the street near the church of St Mark. Petrus plebanus S. Marci de Tyro confirms in the presence of Gerardus capellanus episcopi Mantuani, presbiter Henricus plebanus ecclesie S. Marci de Accon and Azzo confallonerius de Mantua, that he has the letter from Cardinal Pelagius of Albano [sent from Damietta on Nov. 25]. Mancius sacri palatii notarius was present and wrote this document on the orders of the plebanus.
Dec. 8. Acre. In the street near the church of St Mark. Petrus plebanus S. Marci de Tyro confirms in the presence of Gerardus capellanus episcopi Mantuani, presbiter Henricus plebanus ecclesie S. Marci de Accon and Azzo confallonerius de Mantua, that he has the letter from Cardinal Pelagius of... more
sources: Venezia, Arch. di stato, miscell. atti diplom., busta III a, no. 85, recorded by Röhricht (RRH no. 918)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1776
year: 1218
initiator: King Andrew of Hungary
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 12-18. Cratum? After praising the merits of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Acre, King Andrew of Hungary describes how he travelled into the county of Tripoli and saw the castle of Cratum, witnessing how much work and expense had been spent on it. He therefore makes a sealed eleemosynary grant of a rent in Hungary to frater Raymundus de Pignano Crati castri castellanus and the Hospitaller brothers residing there. Witnesses: Johannes Strigoniensis archiepiscopus; Bertholdus Colocensis archiepiscopus; Calanus Quinqueecclesiensis episcopus; Desiderius Cenadiensis episcopus; Symon Waradiensis episcopus; Wilhelmus Transilvanus episcopus; Robertus Vesprimiensis episcopus; Petrus Joriensis episcopus; Jacobus Vaciensis episcopus; Stephanus Zagabriensis episcopus; Thomas Agriensis electus; Jula palatinus; Dionisius magister tavarnicorum et comes Novi Castri; Razaim voyvoda; Ocus curialis comes; Bancon banus; and others. The charter was drawn up by magister Huguerinus aule regie cancellarius.
Jan. 12-18. Cratum? After praising the merits of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Acre, King Andrew of Hungary describes how he travelled into the county of Tripoli and saw the castle of Cratum, witnessing how much work and expense had been spent on it. He therefore makes a sealed... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:238-9, no. 1602 (RRH no. 908)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1785
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre
institution: Saint Mark in Tyre
text: May 7. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Honorius III reassures the archbishop of Tyre that he had no intention, when he wrote to Giacomo Barbo [March 8 1217] about the recovery of the Venetian church of St Mark in Tyre, of permanently infringing the archbishop’s rights.
May 7. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Honorius III reassures the archbishop of Tyre that he had no intention, when he wrote to Giacomo Barbo [March 8 1217] about the recovery of the Venetian church of St Mark in Tyre, of permanently infringing the archbishop’s rights.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 328-9, no. 29 (RRH no. 893)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1787
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: All the clergy and the laity in the Latin East
text: May 18. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Honorius III writes to all the clergy and laity in the Latin East [in transmarinis partibus] attributing the failure of crusades in the past to the sins of the Christian people, exhorting them to piety in the face of the approaching crusade, the success of which has been foresignalled by achievements in Spain, and informing them of the appointment of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano as papal legate.
May 18. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Honorius III writes to all the clergy and laity in the Latin East [in transmarinis partibus] attributing the failure of crusades in the past to the sins of the Christian people, exhorting them to piety in the face of the approaching crusade, the success of which has... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:194-6, no. c-14; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 330-2, no. 31
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1796
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Queen of Cyprus
text: Jul. 12. Lateran. Pope Honorius III consoles the queen of Cyprus on the death of her husband King Hugh and, agreeing that dangers follow a vacuum in government, takes her and the kingdom of Cyprus under papal protection.
Jul. 12. Lateran. Pope Honorius III consoles the queen of Cyprus on the death of her husband King Hugh and, agreeing that dangers follow a vacuum in government, takes her and the kingdom of Cyprus under papal protection.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:199-200, no. c-17
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1803
year: 1218
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: John of Brienne, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity laying siege to Damietta
text: Aug. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity laying siege to Damietta that he has received their letters and knows how hard is their task. He has exhorted the crusaders at Genoa, Venice and elsewhere in Italy to come quickly to their aid and that he hopes that enough help will reach them.
Aug. 13. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Acre and Bethlehem, the duke of Austria, the magistri of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, and all the clergy and laity... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:207-9, no. c-22
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1804
year: 1218
initiator: James of Vitry
recipient: Pope Honorius III
institution: Templars
text: After Aug. 24. [314] James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius III. He describes how in 1217 the kings of Hungary, Cyprus and Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, princes and counts, knights [equites] and footsoldiers, in a greater army than any since the city’s fall [in 1191], gathered at Acre and decided to launch a destructive raid against Damascus, but was ambushed by the Sarraceni and lost many men. It then made unsuccessful assaults on Mons Thabor [without siege engines], Belfort and Belinas. After Epiphany [6 January 1218] the king of Hungary left, travelling by way of Tripoli, Antioch and Constantinople. He was accompanied as far as Tripoli by the king of Cyprus, who died there, and by the count of Tripoli, betrothed to the sister of the king of Cyprus, who was forced by Muslim pressure to make a truce with the Sarraceni. The king of Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the patriarch, James of Vitry himself [episcopus Acconensis], the Hospitallers of St John and most of the diminished Christian force refortified the castle of Caesarea. The Knights Templar spent an enormous sum of money building a new castle [Castrum Peregrinorum]. After returning to Acre, the Christian army was joined by Oliver of Paderborn [magister Oliverus Coloniensis ecclesie canonicus], authorized to preach the cross, who brought a fleet of cogs [cogones] containing major reinforcements. The decision was made to invade Egypt [Babylonia] and the army left Acre by sea on 24 May, reaching the Egyptian city of Damietta. The Christians established a siege camp and took a great tower in the middle of the river Nile on 24 August. They are planning to attack Damietta in spite of its strength.
After Aug. 24. [314] James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister] writes to Pope Honorius III. He describes how in 1217 the kings of Hungary, Cyprus and Jerusalem, the duke of Austria, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John, princes and counts, knights [equites] and footsoldiers, in a... more
sources: James of Vitry, Lettres, pp. 98-100, no. 3 (RRH no. 913)