RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1319
year: 1191
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Clergy in the East
text: Apr 15-Oct 25 [or Apr.14 1191 - 1196]. [238] Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy in the East condemning the practice of chapters submitting the names of two candidates to the patriarch and king before election to a bishopric, although he allows for the assent of the king and patriarch being sought after a canonical election.
Apr 15-Oct 25 [or Apr.14 1191 - 1196]. [238] Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy in the East condemning the practice of chapters submitting the names of two candidates to the patriarch and king before election to a bishopric, although he allows for the assent of the king and patriarch being... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 348-50, no. 171
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1343
year: 1193
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Bishop of Acre
text: Jan. 21 - Mar. 12. [244] In the letter Laudabilem Pope Celestine III answers questions posed by the bishop of Acre [Acon.ep.] [245] in relation to marriage, stressing throughout the need for proper procedures on testimony and proof. He discusses: (1) the legitimacy of a marriage to the daughter of a godfather; (2) couples who separate and the need for judgement in such a case by the church authorities; (3) the legitimacy of the marriage of a girl betrothed before the age of puberty and the importance of consent to consummation at the age of 12; (4) the conflict between a vow of chastity and a later vow of marriage; (5) the prohibition of the marriage of Sarraceni, converted to Christianity, to the women whose husbands they have killed while imprisoned by the Christains; (6) women who seek divorce when they discover that their second husbands, either Sarraceni who have converted to Christianity or Christians, have killed their first husbands in battle; (7) the indissolubility of the first marriage of a Christian who temporarily denies Christ and copulates with a pagan and has children, while the Christian wife left behind has a second marriage, with the consent of the archdeacon [of Acre], and has children; and the legitimacy of the children of both second marriages, one of which had been permitted by the archdeacon, provided the man’s first wife has died: (8) the period of time without consummation [3 years] that would dissolve a marriage; (9) a woman given under age to a nunnery by her parents, who receives the habit, leaves, has sexual relations with a knight and becomes pregnant, and is then forced to return to the religious community. The pope rules that a woman who has a child is not compelled to obey her parents.
Jan. 21 - Mar. 12. [244] In the letter Laudabilem Pope Celestine III answers questions posed by the bishop of Acre [Acon.ep.] [245] in relation to marriage, stressing throughout the need for proper procedures on testimony and proof. He discusses: (1) the legitimacy of a marriage to the daughter of... more
sources: Mansi, Sacr. Concil. 22:638-41
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1359
year: 1194
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Guy of Lusignan
text: *Apr. 14 1191 - Sept. 3 1194. Pope Celestine III writes to King Guy of Jerusalem.
*Apr. 14 1191 - Sept. 3 1194. Pope Celestine III writes to King Guy of Jerusalem.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 348, no. 170
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1369
year: 1196
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Clergy, magnates and people of Cyprus
text: Feb. 20. Lateran. Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy, magnates and people of Cyprus. A[imericus] dominus Cipri has sent magister B. archidiaconus Laodicensis to Rome to express his desire to bring the church there into conformity. The pope appoints magister B. archidiaconus Laodicensis and A[lanus] cancellarius Cypri his representatives, with legatine authority on the issue of the payment of tithes and church property.
Feb. 20. Lateran. Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy, magnates and people of Cyprus. A[imericus] dominus Cipri has sent magister B. archidiaconus Laodicensis to Rome to express his desire to bring the church there into conformity. The pope appoints magister B. archidiaconus Laodicensis and A[... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:95-7, no. a-1
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1382
year: 1197
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Chapter of the cathedral of Nicosia
text: Jan. 2. Lateran. Referring to his reform of the church of Cyprus, the election of A[lanus] cancellarius regis to the archbishopric of Nicosia and of magister B. archidiaconus Laudicensis to the bishopric of Paphos, and their consecration by the archbishop of Nazareth and the bishops of Bethlehem and Acre, Pope Celestine III informs the chapter of the cathedral of Nicosia that he has sent the pallium, requested by the chapter, through the bishop of Paphos and Leonardus and Radulphus, canonici Nicosienses. He encourages the chapter to be obedient to the archbishop.
Jan. 2. Lateran. Referring to his reform of the church of Cyprus, the election of A[lanus] cancellarius regis to the archbishopric of Nicosia and of magister B. archidiaconus Laudicensis to the bishopric of Paphos, and their consecration by the archbishop of Nazareth and the bishops of Bethlehem... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:104-5, no. a-4
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1383
year: 1197
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Alanus Nicosiensis archiepiscopus
text: Jan 13. Lateran. Pope Celestine III writes to A[lanus] Nicosiensis archiepiscopus, who had been cancellarius regis Cypri, referring again to his reform of the church on Cyprus at the request of King Aimery, to the election of Alanus and of B. magister B. archidiaconus Laudicensis to the bishopric of Paphos and their consecration by the archbishop of Nazareth and the bishops of Bethlehem and Acre, to his sending of the pallium, to the obligation of the clergy to obey their new archbishop and to the archbishop’s duties.
Jan 13. Lateran. Pope Celestine III writes to A[lanus] Nicosiensis archiepiscopus, who had been cancellarius regis Cypri, referring again to his reform of the church on Cyprus at the request of King Aimery, to the election of Alanus and of B. magister B. archidiaconus Laudicensis to the bishopric... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:105-8, no. a-5