RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1575
year: 1206
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Aug. 5. Ferentino. Pope Innocent writes to the archbishop of Nicosia, who [relying on the autocephalous nature of the Cypriot church] has been resisting attempts by the patriarch to Constantinople to exercise authority over him. The pope orders the archbishop to respond to the case in Rome during the two years following the next Michaelmas.
Aug. 5. Ferentino. Pope Innocent writes to the archbishop of Nicosia, who [relying on the autocephalous nature of the Cypriot church] has been resisting attempts by the patriarch to Constantinople to exercise authority over him. The pope orders the archbishop to respond to the case in Rome during... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 9:256-7, no. 141; Schabel, Bullarium 1:152-3, no. b-29
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1897
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III grants the archbishop of Nicosia the right to wear the pallium on the Feasts of St Thomas the Martyr, the Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, St Michael, St Laurence, St Martin, St Nicholas, the vigils of Christmas and Pentecost, and on other days specified in the privileges of the church of Nicosia.
Dec. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III grants the archbishop of Nicosia the right to wear the pallium on the Feasts of St Thomas the Martyr, the Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, St Michael, St Laurence, St Martin, St Nicholas, the vigils of Christmas and Pentecost, and on other days... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:223, no. c-34
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1895
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that he has heard that many chapels and oratories, some of them without endowments, have been built in his diocese with the result that many people are not attending their parish churches. He orders the archbishop to decide which of these chapels and oratories are superfluous and to close those erected without endowments.
Dec. 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that he has heard that many chapels and oratories, some of them without endowments, have been built in his diocese with the result that many people are not attending their parish churches. He orders the archbishop to decide which... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:219-20, no. c-31
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1893
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 10. Lateran. Following a request from the archbishop of Nicosia, Pope Honorius III allows the archbishop to absolve from travelling to the Holy See those who have used force against clergy, because of the difficulty of the journey, so long as they make satisfaction in the form laid down by the Church and provided that the violence has not been perpetrated against a bishop or abbot and has not led to death or mutilation.
Dec. 10. Lateran. Following a request from the archbishop of Nicosia, Pope Honorius III allows the archbishop to absolve from travelling to the Holy See those who have used force against clergy, because of the difficulty of the journey, so long as they make satisfaction in the form laid down by the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:217-18, no. c-29
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1909
year: 1222
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Mar. 8. Anagni. The pope confirms for the archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans the tithes which, as was established a long time ago, were to be levied on everything, including animal fodder, in the same way as in the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Mar. 8. Anagni. The pope confirms for the archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans the tithes which, as was established a long time ago, were to be levied on everything, including animal fodder, in the same way as in the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:237-8, no. c-45; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 374-5, no. 62
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1971
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Nov. 28. Lateran. Pope Honorius III assures the archbishop of Nicosia that he cannot be called for trial in regions subject to the count of Tripoli, who persecutes the archbishop because he obeyed the orders of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and published the excommunication of the count, unless a specific reference is made to this in a future papal letter.
Nov. 28. Lateran. Pope Honorius III assures the archbishop of Nicosia that he cannot be called for trial in regions subject to the count of Tripoli, who persecutes the archbishop because he obeyed the orders of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and published the excommunication of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:264-5, no. c-59; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, p. 399, no. 85
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1998
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Aug. 11. Rieti. The archbishop of Nicosia has informed Pope Honorius III that the queen of Cyprus intends to marry Boamundus, the son of Count Bohemond of Tripoli, in spite of the fact that this is prohibited on the grounds of consanguinity. The pope leaves it to the archbishop, as the queen’s diocesan, to investigate and enforce canon law.
Aug. 11. Rieti. The archbishop of Nicosia has informed Pope Honorius III that the queen of Cyprus intends to marry Boamundus, the son of Count Bohemond of Tripoli, in spite of the fact that this is prohibited on the grounds of consanguinity. The pope leaves it to the archbishop, as the queen’s... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:271-2, no. c-63; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 425-6, no. 108
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2060
year: 1227
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that the queen of Cyprus and B., the son of the count of Tripoli, have appealed to the pope against his decision on the illegitimacy of their marriage, made on the basis that their affinity is in the 4th degree of consanguinity, whereas in fact it is in the 5th. Emissaries of the emperor Frederick have interceded with him on their behalf. The pope exonerates the archbishop and releases him from the case, assigning it to the patriarch of Jerusalem and bishop of Acre.
Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that the queen of Cyprus and B., the son of the count of Tripoli, have appealed to the pope against his decision on the illegitimacy of their marriage, made on the basis that their affinity is in the 4th degree of consanguinity,... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:284-5, no. c-75; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 476-7, no. 149
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2149
year: 1231
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. The archbishop of Nicosia has asked for the pope’s decisions on two issues. First, B. filius domini Beritinsis has secretly married E., the daughter of the late G. de Monte Beliardo and the widow of G. de Monte Acuto, in spite of [a general ruling, including the threat] of excommunication made by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, because they are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. They have caused scandal, have ignored their excommunication in the expectation of a papal dispensation and have forced the archbishop to flee from Cyprus to Acre. Secondly, some Greek [Greci] monks, have denied the efficacy of the Latin Eucharist on the grounds that the sacrament can only be performed with leavened bread, and have publicly proclaimed other errors. They have been imprisoned but refuse to recant unless authorized to do so by their own patriarch. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop to proclaim the excommunication of the couple publicly, invoking against them the secular arm if need be, and to proceed against the Greek monks for heresy.
Mar. 5. Lateran. The archbishop of Nicosia has asked for the pope’s decisions on two issues. First, B. filius domini Beritinsis has secretly married E., the daughter of the late G. de Monte Beliardo and the widow of G. de Monte Acuto, in spite of [a general ruling, including the threat] of... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:292-4, no. d-6 (RRH no. 1023)
RRR: Renounciation/surrendering of properties
2223
year: 1234
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: [Jul. 14. Rieti. At the request of the bishop of Limassol, Pope Greory IX informs the archbishop of Nicosia that when his church and those of his suffragans have more than enough funds they may enlarge their canonical prebends by 25 per cent. The pope allows this in the case of the church of Limassol.
[Jul. 14. Rieti. At the request of the bishop of Limassol, Pope Greory IX informs the archbishop of Nicosia that when his church and those of his suffragans have more than enough funds they may enlarge their canonical prebends by 25 per cent. The pope allows this in the case of the church of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 1:1087, no. 2010. Calendar entry].