RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1528
year: 1204
initiator: Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, the papal legate
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Paphos, Famagusta and Limassol, and all the clergy in Cyprus
text: Mar. 10. Antioch. Writing to the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Paphos, Famagusta and Limassol, and all the clergy in Cyprus, Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, the papal legate, issues regulations for the education of the clergy, the enjoyment of prebends, and their confiscation in cases of concubinage. Given the distance of [Latin] churches from the centres of the dioceses, the bishops are encouraged to licence the lay nobles to have chaplains. The payment of tithes should be enforced.
Mar. 10. Antioch. Writing to the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Paphos, Famagusta and Limassol, and all the clergy in Cyprus, Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, the papal legate, issues regulations for the education of the clergy, the enjoyment of prebends, and their confiscation in cases of... more
sources: Maleczek, Petrus, pp. 294-6, no. 15
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1533
year: 1204
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: *Summer or autumn. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Bishop Albert of Vercelli as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
*Summer or autumn. King Aimery of Jerusalem agrees to the postulation by the canons of the Holy Sepulchre of Bishop Albert of Vercelli as the new patriarch of Jerusalem.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:394, no. 222; Mayer, UKJ 2:1011-12, no. 623
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1541
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
institution: Templars
text: Jan. 18. Rome. St Peter’s. The magister and brothers of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] have complained that the king of Cilician Armenia has fired their casalia, confiscating beasts and crops to the value of 50000 besants, and has seized 2 of their castles [castra], rupes W[i]ll[elm]i and rupes Ruissoli. Pope Innocent III encourages King Leon to make satisfaction and informs him that he has appointed the episcopus Bibliensis and the episcopus Valaniensis as judge delegates to hear the case.
Jan. 18. Rome. St Peter’s. The magister and brothers of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] have complained that the king of Cilician Armenia has fired their casalia, confiscating beasts and crops to the value of 50000 besants, and has seized 2 of their castles [castra], rupes W[i]ll[elm]i and... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:340-1, no. 189 (RRH no. 801)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1563
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: c. Dec. 29. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III authorizes the patriarch of Jerusalem to wear the pallium outside his own province.
c. Dec. 29. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III authorizes the patriarch of Jerusalem to wear the pallium outside his own province.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:304, no. 172
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1542
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus and Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis, the papal legates
text: c. Feb. 17. Writing to Cardinal P[eter] of St Marcellus, Pope Innocent III expresses surprise that he and Cardinal S[offred] of St Praxedis, the papal legates, have left the Holy Land for Constantinople. Although Peter should stay in Constantinople for the time being, he should not cease to have responsibility for the Holy Land until another legate is appointed.
c. Feb. 17. Writing to Cardinal P[eter] of St Marcellus, Pope Innocent III expresses surprise that he and Cardinal S[offred] of St Praxedis, the papal legates, have left the Holy Land for Constantinople. Although Peter should stay in Constantinople for the time being, he should not cease to have... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:395-6, no. 223
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1564
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 30. Rome; St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III authorizes the patriarch of Jerusalem to absolve from excommmunication those who travel to the Holy Land to lend it assistance.
Dec. 30. Rome; St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III authorizes the patriarch of Jerusalem to absolve from excommmunication those who travel to the Holy Land to lend it assistance.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:304, no. 173
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1543
year: 1205
initiator: Prior and canons of the Holy Sepulchre
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: c. Feb. 17. Rome. St Peter’s. The prior and canons of the Holy Sepulchre have informed Pope Innocent III in person that when Cardinal S. of St Praxedis could not be induced to accept his election as patriarch of Jerusalem, they chose Bishop Albert of Vercelli as patriarch, insisting on their sole right as electors following the nomination of two candidates. King Aimery and the bishops have assented. The pope encourages Albert, who is in Lombardy, to agree to his election, in spite of the difficulties evident in the process.
c. Feb. 17. Rome. St Peter’s. The prior and canons of the Holy Sepulchre have informed Pope Innocent III in person that when Cardinal S. of St Praxedis could not be induced to accept his election as patriarch of Jerusalem, they chose Bishop Albert of Vercelli as patriarch, insisting on their sole... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:393-5, no. 222
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1544
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Abbots of Lucedio and Mount Tabor and the noble laymen Comes Bertoldus and Gerardus de Furniualle
text: Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Concerned by the threat to Christianity posed by the dispute over the principality of Antioch between King Leon of Cilician Armenia and his nephew on one side and the count of Tripoli on the other, and the failure of the mission of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis and Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, Pope Innocent III appoints the abbots of Lucedio and Mt Tabor and the noble laymen Comes Bertoldus and G[erardus] de Furniuall[e] to end the dispute, compelling the parties to observe a truce in the interim and preventing the king of Jetrusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar from taking sides in the dispute.
Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Concerned by the threat to Christianity posed by the dispute over the principality of Antioch between King Leon of Cilician Armenia and his nephew on one side and the count of Tripoli on the other, and the failure of the mission of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis and... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:3-6, no. 1 (RRH no. 802)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1548
year: 1205
initiator: Aimery of Cyprus
text: Early in 1199 - Apr. 1 1205. [283] Composition under the patronage of King Aimery of Jerusalem, of Le Livre au roi.
Early in 1199 - Apr. 1 1205. [283] Composition under the patronage of King Aimery of Jerusalem, of Le Livre au roi.
sources: Le Livre au roi, passim, esp. pp. 87-110
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1551
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Procurators of the houses and priories of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Jun. 16. Rome. In response to an appeal from the prior and chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Innocent III orders the procurators of the houses and priories of the Holy Sepulchre to render obedience and reverence to their mother house.
Jun. 16. Rome. In response to an appeal from the prior and chapter of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Innocent III orders the procurators of the houses and priories of the Holy Sepulchre to render obedience and reverence to their mother house.
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St Sépulcre, p. 332, no. 175 (RRH no. 804)