RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1950
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus
text: Jul. 19. Segni. Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus has shown Pope Honorius III the letter written by Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus on 10 March 1204, containing regulations in relation to the Cypriot clergy. The pope confirms it, reproducing it with certain corrections, for the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Paphos, Famagusta and Limassol, and all the clergy in Cyprus.
Jul. 19. Segni. Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus has shown Pope Honorius III the letter written by Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus on 10 March 1204, containing regulations in relation to the Cypriot clergy. The pope confirms it, reproducing it with certain corrections, for the archbishop of... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:246-50, no. c-48
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1951
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Emperor Frederick II
text: Aug. 5. Segni. Pope Honorius III grants a dispensation to the emperor Frederick, to enable him to marry I., the daughter of King John of Jerusalem, although they are within the degrees of consanguinity.
Aug. 5. Segni. Pope Honorius III grants a dispensation to the emperor Frederick, to enable him to marry I., the daughter of King John of Jerusalem, although they are within the degrees of consanguinity.
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:163-4, no. 234
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1952
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Sens and the bishop of Châlons
text: Aug. 18. Segni. Pope Honorius has heard that William of Dampierre [Willelmus de Donnapetra] and queen of Cyprus are negotiating marriage and that the queen may come to France, although they are too closely related through consanguinity. The pope orders the archbishop of Sens and the bishop of Châlons to forbid this union.
Aug. 18. Segni. Pope Honorius has heard that William of Dampierre [Willelmus de Donnapetra] and queen of Cyprus are negotiating marriage and that the queen may come to France, although they are too closely related through consanguinity. The pope orders the archbishop of Sens and the bishop of... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:250-1, no. c-49
year: 1223
initiator: Iohannes de Ibelino Beriti dominus
recipient: Commune of Marseille
text: Sept. 22. Iohannes de Ybelino dominus Berithi makes a sealed grant to the commune of Marseille. He gives all members of the commune who arrive at the port of Beirut in their ships [naves] or in other vessels [vaiselli] from overseas or Greece [Romania] or from along the Levantine coast [riparia] the freedom to import their goods into Beirut, to sell them, and to export whatever they buy in the funda of Beirut without the payment of dues [sine iura et costuma]. He also gives them the right to have a curia, which can deal with cases involving disputes between themselves and the members of other communes, but he reserves those involving homicide or the spilling of blood. Witnesses (who are all milites): dominus Rainaldus de Mimras; dominus Thomas de Ratel; domnus Clemens castellanus Berithi; domnus Bauduinus de Gibelino; domnus Bauduinus de Rape; domnus Henricus le Pingre; domnus Huguo de Mimras. The charter was written by W. Rostaig magister puerorum domni Rainaldi de Mimars.
Sept. 22. Iohannes de Ybelino dominus Berithi makes a sealed grant to the commune of Marseille. He gives all members of the commune who arrive at the port of Beirut in their ships [naves] or in other vessels [vaiselli] from overseas or Greece [Romania] or from along the Levantine coast [riparia]... more
sources: Mayer, Marseilles Levantehandel, pp. 191-2, no. 8 (RRH no. 965)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1954
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: King Louis VIII
text: Nov. 15. Lateran. Pope Honorius III has heard that the queen of Cyprus is coming to France. He writes to King Louis VIII in the same terms as he wrote to King Philip II, warning him not to hear any case relating to her claims to the county of Champagne, which would involve discussion of the legitimacy of her birth, which is dependent on papal judgement.
Nov. 15. Lateran. Pope Honorius III has heard that the queen of Cyprus is coming to France. He writes to King Louis VIII in the same terms as he wrote to King Philip II, warning him not to hear any case relating to her claims to the county of Champagne, which would involve discussion of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:251-2, no. c-50
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1955
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and brothers of Mount Sinai
institution: Mount Sinai
text: Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing animal fodder. He confirms their right to freedom from secular exactions.
Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 393-4, no. 80
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1956
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops of Famagusta and Paphos
text: Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes or in another way.
Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:252-3, no. c-51
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1957
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Famagusta
text: Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by force, Pope Honorius licences the bishop to compel the malefactors to return the possessions, using ecclesiastical sanctions.
Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:253-4, no. c-52
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1958
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and chapter of Limassol
text: Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:254-5, no. c-53
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1959
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia
text: Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia to increase the number of their canons and other clergy.
Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:255-6, no. c-54