year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Coloni, seeking refuge in a casale of the principality of Antioch called Pons Ferri
text: Jul. 18. Rieti. At the request of the patriarch and clergy of Antioch, who have reported that coloni, seeking refuge in a casale of the principality of Antioch called Pons Ferri, are claiming freedom from the jurisdiction of their lords, Pope Honorius authorizes them to insist that the coloni respect the rights of the church.
Jul. 18. Rieti. At the request of the patriarch and clergy of Antioch, who have reported that coloni, seeking refuge in a casale of the principality of Antioch called Pons Ferri, are claiming freedom from the jurisdiction of their lords, Pope Honorius authorizes them to insist that the coloni... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 419-20, no. 102
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1993
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
text: Jul. 18. Rieti. Pope Honorius III authorizes the patriarch of Antioch to prevent, through the confiscation of their benefices, all Graeci in his diocese appealing to the [Greek] patriarch of Antioch.
Jul. 18. Rieti. Pope Honorius III authorizes the patriarch of Antioch to prevent, through the confiscation of their benefices, all Graeci in his diocese appealing to the [Greek] patriarch of Antioch.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 420-1, no. 103
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1994
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Prior of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Jul. 18. Rieti. Pope Honorius III orders the prior of the Knights Templar [prior militie Templi] to help the archbishop of Caesarea and the bishop of Acre put the patriarch of Antioch back in possession of churches in the city and diocese of Antioch that have been taken over by the lord and other laymen.
Jul. 18. Rieti. Pope Honorius III orders the prior of the Knights Templar [prior militie Templi] to help the archbishop of Caesarea and the bishop of Acre put the patriarch of Antioch back in possession of churches in the city and diocese of Antioch that have been taken over by the lord and other... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 421-2, no. 104
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1995
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea and the bishop of Acre
text: Jul. 19. Rieti. Pope Honorius III orders the archbishop of Caesarea and the bishop of Acre to compel the return of churches usurped by laymen to the patriarch of Antioch.
Jul. 19. Rieti. Pope Honorius III orders the archbishop of Caesarea and the bishop of Acre to compel the return of churches usurped by laymen to the patriarch of Antioch.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, p. 422, no. 105
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1996
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea and the bishops of Acre and Beirut
text: Jul. 23. Rieti. Pope Honorius III again admonishes the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus. The archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans have petitioned the pope to ensure that the laity observe the agreement on tithes, possessions and other things that was mediated by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate. The pope demands that they do so. Since C. episcopus Amachistensis, who has been working on this matter at the curia for 4 years, is absent from Cyprus, the pope is writing to the archbishop of Caesarea and the bishops of Acre and Beirut to enforce the agreement.
Jul. 23. Rieti. Pope Honorius III again admonishes the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of Cyprus. The archbishop of Nicosia and his suffragans have petitioned the pope to ensure that the laity observe the agreement on tithes, possessions and... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:270-1, no. c-62
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Doge of Venice
text: Aug. 4. Rieti. Pope Honorius III asks the doge of Venice to facilitate the restoration to the bishop of Bethlehem of an icon, called Deitria, which belongs to the church of Bethlehem. At the same time he asks the plebanus of the church of St Paul in Venice to report to the doge his findings in this case.
Aug. 4. Rieti. Pope Honorius III asks the doge of Venice to facilitate the restoration to the bishop of Bethlehem of an icon, called Deitria, which belongs to the church of Bethlehem. At the same time he asks the plebanus of the church of St Paul in Venice to report to the doge his findings in this... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 423-5, nos. 106-7
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: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1999
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Apamea
text: Aug. 16. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms the right of the archbishop of Apamea to sell [the proceeds of] revenues and buy mounts, needed for him and his household, without the payment of any secular dues in the city and principality of Antioch.
Aug. 16. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms the right of the archbishop of Apamea to sell [the proceeds of] revenues and buy mounts, needed for him and his household, without the payment of any secular dues in the city and principality of Antioch.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, p. 426, no. 109
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2018
year: 1226
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Richerius episcopus Melfiensis
text: *Early in year. The Emperor Frederick II sends Richerius episcopus Melfiensis to Tripoli to represent him.
*Early in year. The Emperor Frederick II sends Richerius episcopus Melfiensis to Tripoli to represent him.
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1094, no. 655
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
2019
year: 1226
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Episcopus et fratres Montis Sinai
institution: Mount Sinai
text: Jan. 12. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms his privilege to the episcopus et fratres Montis Synay [Aug. 6 1217] with some additions and changes. He takes the monastery of Mt Sinai under papal protection, confirming the Rule of St Basil and its possessions. He specifies Mt Sinai and the monastery of St Mary at its foot; the places [loca] called Raboe, Fucra, Liiah, Raython with its palm trees and lands; in the city of Egyptum houses and a casale outside the city; 10 miliaria terrae next to the Red Sea; Faram with lands and palm trees; in Alexandria the obedientia Sancti Michaelis and freedom [of movement] by sea or land; vineyards and olive groves in the Vallis Moysi; houses, mills, vineyards and olive groves at Mons Regalis; houses, vineyards and olive groves at Cracum Montis Regalis; a hospital [hospitale] and the obedientia Sancti Moysi, houses and an oven in the city of Jerusalem; houses and lands at Jaffa; the obedientia Sanctae Caterine in Acre; the church of St George and houses in Damascus, and outside the city 3 virgulta; the hospitale Sancti Demetrii and 3 casalia with villani at Latakia; houses and an oven at Antioch; on the island of Cyprus houses and a [rent] of 1 libra aura from the revenues of the commercium with lands, woods, pastures and mills. Honorius also lists possessions in Constantinople and on Crete. He adds freedom from the payment of tithes on lands held before the Fourth Lateran Council and on noval lands, cultivated by the monks and for animal fodder. Episcopal elections should be free. He allows the bishop to absolve those excomunicated or under interdicts. He emphasises that [lay] rights to ecclesiastical benefices or cemeteries are uncanonical. He forbids criminal acts within enclosed precincts and freedom from secular exactions.
Jan. 12. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms his privilege to the episcopus et fratres Montis Synay [Aug. 6 1217] with some additions and changes. He takes the monastery of Mt Sinai under papal protection, confirming the Rule of St Basil and its possessions. He specifies Mt Sinai and the monastery of... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 439-42, no. 122