RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1556
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Bishop of France
text: Jul. 10-15. Rome. St Peter’s. In a letter to the bishops of France, Pope Innocent III summarizes his knowledge of events in the Latin East. Discord between the count of Tripoli and the king of Armenia has degenerated into warfare, with the Knights Templar and the people of Antioch favouring the count and the Hospitallers of St John and the patriarch of Antioch the king. The son of Saladin, who is sultan of Aleppo, is allied to the count of Tripoli but the dominus de Nephin[o] has been in conflict with him. Saphidinus, who is overlord of Damascus, Cairo and Egypt, fears that Jerusalem may be occupied in the way Constantinople has been occupied by the Latins, and is trying to build a major coalition against the Christians.
Jul. 10-15. Rome. St Peter’s. In a letter to the bishops of France, Pope Innocent III summarizes his knowledge of events in the Latin East. Discord between the count of Tripoli and the king of Armenia has degenerated into warfare, with the Knights Templar and the people of Antioch favouring the... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:226-9, no. 126 (RRH no. 808)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1545
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
text: c. Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III writes to King Leon of Cilician Armenia, who has appealed for justice in the dispute over Antioch. He informs him that he has appointed the abbates of Lucedio and Mt Tabor and the nobles, comes Bertold and G. de Furiniuall, as arbitrators, with instructions to prevent the king of Jerusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and Knights Templar taking sides in the dispute.
c. Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Pope Innocent III writes to King Leon of Cilician Armenia, who has appealed for justice in the dispute over Antioch. He informs him that he has appointed the abbates of Lucedio and Mt Tabor and the nobles, comes Bertold and G. de Furiniuall, as arbitrators, with... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:6-7, no. 2 (RRH no. 802)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1550
year: 1205
initiator: Archbishop of Caesarea
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *c. May. The archbishop of Caesarea writes to Rouen, reporting the deaths of the son of King Aimery c. 2 February and of King Aimery himself on 1 April. The crusaders [peregrini] and nearly everyone else have migrated to Constantinople. The Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John have established the child daughter of the [Conrad] of Montferrat as lord of the land and have given the custody of her to her uncle.
*c. May. The archbishop of Caesarea writes to Rouen, reporting the deaths of the son of King Aimery c. 2 February and of King Aimery himself on 1 April. The crusaders [peregrini] and nearly everyone else have migrated to Constantinople. The Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John have... more
sources: ‘Anon. cont. chron. Roberti de Monte’, p. 342 (RRH no. 803)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1573
year: 1206
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Constantinople
text: Aug. 2. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III replies to a series of questions from the patriarch of Constantinople, among them one relating to the autonomy of the church of Cyprus, which the patriarch denies. The pope reminds him of the previous autocephalous state of the Cypriot church and assures him of justice.
Aug. 2. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III replies to a series of questions from the patriarch of Constantinople, among them one relating to the autonomy of the church of Cyprus, which the patriarch denies. The pope reminds him of the previous autocephalous state of the Cypriot church and assures him of... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 9:250-6, no. 140; Schabel Bullarium 1:146-51, no. b-28
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1590
year: 1207
initiator: Raymond Rupen, prince of Antioch
recipient: Cardinals and clergy of the Roman church
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: After May 22. Raymond Rupin, Dei clementia princeps Antiochenus, writes to the cardinals and clergy of the Roman church, informing them of his eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of the city of Guabelum, which has recently been abandoned by the pagani and which he has visited, raising his banner [vexillum] and transferring the city into the hands of frater Joubertus castellanus Margati and other Hospitallers and raising the Order’s banner [vexillum] in place of his. Returning to Antioch and holding court [curia] he has ordered by public pronouncement all those who have feoda in the lordship of Guabelum to make homage [homagium] to the Hospitallers of St John. He asks that his gift be confirmed by the pope.
After May 22. Raymond Rupin, Dei clementia princeps Antiochenus, writes to the cardinals and clergy of the Roman church, informing them of his eleemosynary grant to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem of the city of Guabelum, which has recently been abandoned by the pagani and which he has visited... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:71, no. 1263 (RRH no. 820)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1598
year: 1208
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate
text: Feb. 13. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem that he has heard recounted in many letters that the count of Tripoli has imprisoned the patriarch of Antioch and his 2 nephews. He is saddened by the dissension between the count and the Knights Templar on one side and King Leon of Armenia and his nephew on the other. He asks the patriarch of Jerusalem to work for the liberation of the patriarch of Antioch and his nephews, to release the count from excommunication if he frees them, and to mediate between the count and the Templars and the king of Armenia.
Feb. 13. Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem that he has heard recounted in many letters that the count of Tripoli has imprisoned the patriarch of Antioch and his 2 nephews. He is saddened by the dissension between the count and the Knights Templar on one side and King... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 10:382-4, no. 214 (RRH no. 827b)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1603
year: 1208
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 10. San Germano. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that a major Christian army is being gathered in Germany and France, and that in Germany a general tax has been imposed with the agreement of the princes. He adds that 1000 librae Provenienses has been collected in the Temple in Paris, drawn from an alms gift from the Cistercians and from the fortieth imposed on Church incomes. This will be sent to the Holy Land. He asks them to prepare, not only in the province of Jerusalem, but also in Antioch and Tripoli, for the arrival of the Christian forces.
Jul. 10. San Germano. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that a major Christian army is being gathered in Germany and France, and that in Germany a general tax has been imposed with... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 11:162-4, no. 104
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1609
year: 1209
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Early in the year [or autumn 1204]. King Leon of Cilician Armenia sends a gift of precious cloths to Pope Innocent III, carried by a brother of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He tells the pope of presents he had sent before, carried by one of his milites called Sicardus, which had been taken by a Genoese pirate called Alamanus, as was witnessed by Galganus son of Risus, a shipmaster from Barletta, who owned the ship that was seized. Letters and presents for the pope had also been seized by the homines of the count of Tripoli. Leon begs the pope to forbid the Knights Templar to assist the count of Tripoli against him and his nephew over Antioch.
Early in the year [or autumn 1204]. King Leon of Cilician Armenia sends a gift of precious cloths to Pope Innocent III, carried by a brother of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He tells the pope of presents he had sent before, carried by one of his milites called Sicardus, which had been... more
sources: Maleczek, ‘Ein unbekannter Brief’, p. 25
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1612
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate. He approves the election by the canons of the church of Antioch and the translation to the patriarchate of Antioch of the bishop of Ivrea that resulted from the patriarch of Jerusalem’s mediation. He wishes the patriarch of Jerusalem to confer on the new patriarch the insignia of his office as soon as possible and he expects the two patriarchs to work together in the interests of the Holy Land. Turning to the conflict between the king of Armenia, the Knights Templar and the count of Tripoli, he orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to work for reconciliation and to insist on the observance of truces, given the danger to the Holy Land, while persuading the king to restore the Templar properties. With the ending of the dispute between Duke Philip of Swabia and Otto [of Brunswick], who has gained the [western] empire, he hopes assistance will come. Meanwhile he is sending a large sum of money, to be spent on the needs of the Holy Land by the patriarch, the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John.
Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Innocent III writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate. He approves the election by the canons of the church of Antioch and the translation to the patriarchate of Antioch of the bishop of Ivrea that resulted from the patriarch of Jerusalem’s mediation. He wishes... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:17-19, no. 8 (RRH no. 837)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1613
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: c.Apr. 23, Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that Joh[ann]es de Sambuco frater Ierosolimitani Hospitalis Sancti Basilii is bringing out on the pope’s behalf 1206 and a half oboles, 9 skifati, 7 marabuttini and 80 unciae in Roman weight of skifati and broken gold pieces, the whole totalling 850 librae Provenienses. The master and brothers of the [Templar house on the] Aventine are despatching an emissary with an equivalent amount of much money. Innocent records that he entrusted 1000 auri librae Proveniensis to be carried by the Knights Templar last year, but has not had any acknowledgement. And he plans to send by means of the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar a further 1400 marcae argenti to be spent as the patriarch and Joh[ann]es Brenensis comes advise. He wishes to provide the patriarch of Antioch with money for his use.
c.Apr. 23, Lateran. Pope Innocent III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that Joh[ann]es de Sambuco frater Ierosolimitani Hospitalis Sancti Basilii is bringing out on the pope’s behalf 1206 and a half oboles, 9 skifati... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:49-50, no. 28 (RRH no. 837a)