RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2066
year: 1227
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templars
institution: Templars
text: [Apr. 6. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the master and brothers of the Knights Templars to assign to the bishop of Exeter, a crusader, the 4000 marchae left to him in in England the will of his uncle W. Bruer.
[Apr. 6. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the master and brothers of the Knights Templars to assign to the bishop of Exeter, a crusader, the 4000 marchae left to him in in England the will of his uncle W. Bruer.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 1:14, no. 24. 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: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2097
year: 1229
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, and the sultan of Egypt
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: †Start of year. Pope Gregory IX writes to the magistri of the Knights Templar and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and to the sultan of Egypt, encouraging them to assassinate the emperor Frederick II. [343]
†Start of year. Pope Gregory IX writes to the magistri of the Knights Templar and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, and to the sultan of Egypt, encouraging them to assassinate the emperor Frederick II. [343]
sources: Bartholomaeus de Neocastro, pp. 116-17 (RRH no. 998)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2144
year: 1230
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Sept. 13. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to desist from questioning the judgement of the patriarch of Jerusalem, as papal legate, in favour of the right of the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to wear white mantles, following privileges granted by Pope Honorius III and Gregory himself, and finance supplied by the emperor Frederick. He has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem and the bishop of Acre, to whom he also writes, to ensure that the Knights Templar conform.
Sept. 13. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to desist from questioning the judgement of the patriarch of Jerusalem, as papal legate, in favour of the right of the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to wear white mantles, following... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 1:322, no. 491
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2146
year: 1231
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Feb. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX transmits to the magister of the Knights Templar the complaints of the emperor Frederick that the Order has refused to accept the truce he has made with the Muslims and has gone to war, in spite of the prohibition of his balivus and the threatened attack of the rex Persarum, with the result that many milites peregrini have become prisoners-of-war. The pope forbids the Templars to act in this way.
Feb. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX transmits to the magister of the Knights Templar the complaints of the emperor Frederick that the Order has refused to accept the truce he has made with the Muslims and has gone to war, in spite of the prohibition of his balivus and the threatened attack of the rex... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:345-6, no. 427
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2187
year: 1232
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 29. Rieti. On the advice of the patriarch of Jerusalem and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch, the papal legate, to absolve excommunicates and pilgrims after they had completed their sentences.
Jul. 29. Rieti. On the advice of the patriarch of Jerusalem and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch, the papal legate, to absolve excommunicates and pilgrims after they had completed their sentences.
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:385-6, no. 479
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2245
year: 1235
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 28. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX orders the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to assist the baiulus and legatus of the emperor Frederick in preserving his rights. If Iohannes de Ybelino and the people of Acre try to besiege Tyre or proceed against any lands in Frederick’s lordship they should oppose them.
Jul. 28. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX orders the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to assist the baiulus and legatus of the emperor Frederick in... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:548-9, no. 649
RRR: Dispute/arbitration
2246
year: 1235
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 23. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem over the way a dispute between them about certain mills has degenerated into violence, in spite of the efforts of the papal legate, the archbishop of Ravenna, to resolve it. Reminding them of their obligations, he orders them to send suitable procurators to the Holy See by the next passage in March to receive the papal judgement. He has ordered the abbas of the Templum Domini and the abbas of St Samuel to enforce this with excommunication. He also writes in the same terms to the abbas of the Templum Domini and the abbas of St Samuel in Acre.
Aug. 23. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX rebukes the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem over the way a dispute between them about certain mills has degenerated into violence, in spite of the efforts of the papal legate, the archbishop of Ravenna, to resolve... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:148 -50, nos. 2742, 2744; Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2:416-17, no. 5 (RRH no. 1062a)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2275
year: 1236
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 20. Rieti. Responding to a complaint from the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut to compel the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to withdraw from defensive alliances they have made against the prince-count with the Assassins [Asisini], who had killed the prince-count’s brother Raymond, the bajulus principis in Antiochia and many others.
Aug. 20. Rieti. Responding to a complaint from the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut to compel the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:464-5, nos. 3294-5 (RRH no. 1071a)
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.