RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1610
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Order of Saint Thomas
institution: Hospital of Saint Thomas in Acre
text: Jan. 10. Lateran. At the request of the prior of St Thomas of Acre and St George de Xisto, Pope Innocent III takes the Order of St Thomas under papal protection and confirms its possessions, referring specifically to the churches of St Mary, St Peter and St Nicholas de Campo Anglorum, and the hospital of St Thomas [in Acre]. [289] He confirms the privilege granted to the prior by Pope Alexander III of the ring, pastoral staff and mitre, to be worn at Feasts. The priory will pay the Holy See 2 Saracen besants a year.
Jan. 10. Lateran. At the request of the prior of St Thomas of Acre and St George de Xisto, Pope Innocent III takes the Order of St Thomas under papal protection and confirms its possessions, referring specifically to the churches of St Mary, St Peter and St Nicholas de Campo Anglorum, and the... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 11:337-8, no. 204
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1611
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Abbey and canons of the Templum Domini
institution: Templum Domini
text: Jan. 22. Lateran. Pope Innocent III takes the abbey and canons of the Templum Domini under papal protection and confirms their possessions, specifically churches and a prebend in Greece.
Jan. 22. Lateran. Pope Innocent III takes the abbey and canons of the Templum Domini under papal protection and confirms their possessions, specifically churches and a prebend in Greece.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 11:394-5, no. 244
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)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1614
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Dean, magistri R. and P. canonici Antiocheni, and all the clergy residing in the castle of Cursarium; all the prelates and clergy of the diocese of Antioch; and all milites, burgenses, servientes, Siriani, Armenii and other ligii homines of the church of Antioch living in the castle of Cursarium
text: May 26. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III writes to the dean, magistri R. and P. canonici Antiocheni, and all the clergy residing in the castle of Cursarium; all the prelates and clergy of the diocese of Antioch; and all milites, burgenses, servientes, Siriani, Armenii and other ligii homines of the church of Antioch living in the castle of Cursarium. He knows that in letters to Patriarch Albert of Jerusalem they have accepted the translation of the bishop of Ivrea to the patriarchate of Antioch. He orders them to obey Patriarch Peter and to surrender to him the castle of Cursarium and the patriarchal possessions there.
May 26. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III writes to the dean, magistri R. and P. canonici Antiocheni, and all the clergy residing in the castle of Cursarium; all the prelates and clergy of the diocese of Antioch; and all milites, burgenses, servientes, Siriani, Armenii and other ligii homines of the... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:72-3, no. 38
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1615
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Count of Tripoli
text: c.May 26. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III exhorts the count of Tripoli to show due respect to Patriarch Peter of Antioch, to help him at the castle of Cursarium and to refrain from molesting patriarchal rights and possessions.
c.May 26. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III exhorts the count of Tripoli to show due respect to Patriarch Peter of Antioch, to help him at the castle of Cursarium and to refrain from molesting patriarchal rights and possessions.
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:73-4, no. 39
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1616
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
institution: Templars
text: Jun. 4. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III writes to King Leon of Cilician Armenia, deploring the dispute between Leon, his nephew and the count of Tripoli and the resulting danger to Antioch. He has received letters from Leon and his emissaries, the archbishop-elect of Tarsus and a brother of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, but complains of Leon’s obduracy in submitting to judgement on the matter and his use of force. Innocent has asked the count of Tripoli to surrender the citadel of Antioch to Patriarch Peter of Antioch, whom the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem have promised to assist. Innocent exhorts Leon to observe a truce with the count of Tripoli and to return the castle of Gaston, which Leon holds unjustly, to the Knights Templar.
Jun. 4. Viterbo. Pope Innocent III writes to King Leon of Cilician Armenia, deploring the dispute between Leon, his nephew and the count of Tripoli and the resulting danger to Antioch. He has received letters from Leon and his emissaries, the archbishop-elect of Tarsus and a brother of the Hospital... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 12:84-7, no. 45 (RRH no. 838)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1617
year: 1209
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Jun. 27. Pope Innocent III confirms Pope Celestine III’s privilege to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He confirms papal protection and the Order’s possessions, specifying: the location in which the Hospital is situated; a house in Ascalon with its vineyards; Zanzi; houses in Ramla; a house, vineyards and possessions at Jaffa; a house in Acre; the casale of Cafirsin; a volta near the Gate of St Nicholas [Acre]; a house in Tyre; a house in Caesarea; the casale called Bezal/Besal; the curia sancti Georgii on Cyprus; 2 villae in Armenia called Combedefort and Heion. The Order is exempted from tithes on noval lands. Sacred oils, consecrations and ordinations can be performed by [any] diocesan bishop. The faithful can be buried in the Order’s cemeteries if they so wish, provided they are not excommunicated or under an interdict. The Order will follow the practice of the Knights Templar with regard to clergy and milites and that of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem with respect to the care of the poor and the sick. There is to be no violence permitted in enclosure. The elections of magistri should be free.
Jun. 27. Pope Innocent III confirms Pope Celestine III’s privilege to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He confirms papal protection and the Order’s possessions, specifying: the location in which the Hospital is situated; a house in Ascalon with its vineyards; Zanzi; houses in Ramla; a house... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, p. 266-9, no. 298 (RRH no. 732)
year: 1209
initiator: Bohemond IV, prince of Antioch and count of Tripoli
recipient: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Sept. 4. Bohemond, dei gratia princeps Anthiochie et comes Tripolis, makes a sealed grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He gives a pecia terre, which belongs to him and is situated within the town [burgus] of Tripoli next to the main wall [prope magistrum murum] of the burgus, but he reserves houses built on the land held by him and his homines. The land is bounded on the east by the staircase [gradus] of the great tower of the main wall. It stretches as far as the land of the bishop of Tripoli and from there to the wall of the Temple, which is to the west and adjoins the main wall of the burgus. It ought to be distinguished from Bohemond’s land and the land of Berengerus de Sura, near the boundary of the land of the Temple. Bohemond also gives the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans 3 towers on the stretch of wall between the staircase already mentioned and the land of the commandery [domus] of the Temple, on condition that nothing is built other than houses for its mansio, that if the wall of the burgus is damaged in consequence of its building work, it is bound to repair it, and that the prince and his homines can enter and leave by the posterns in the wall. Witnesses: Guido dominus Biblii; Plivanus dominus Botroni; Girardus de Ham conestabulus Tripolis; Raimundus de Biblio; Wuillelmus de Biblio; Raimundus de Scandaleone.
Sept. 4. Bohemond, dei gratia princeps Anthiochie et comes Tripolis, makes a sealed grant to the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans. He gives a pecia terre, which belongs to him and is situated within the town [burgus] of Tripoli next to the main wall [prope magistrum murum] of the burgus, but he... more
sources: Strehlke, Tabulae, pp. 35-6, no. 44 (RRH no. 839)
year: 1209
initiator: Frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Antioch
recipient: Patriarch Peter of Antioch
text: Oct. 1-31. Patriarch Peter of Antioch and his cathedral chapter record under the patriarchal seal that they have received from frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Antioch, church vessels, furniture and vestments, which the patriarch’s predecessor P. had deposited in the commandery. They are inventorized as follows: 1 gold cross, decorated with pearls and other precious stones; 1 great gold chalice, decorated with pearls and precious stones; 2 great golden gospel books [texta], decorated with pearls and precious stones; liturgical gloves [cyrothecae] with golden lunettes [lunae], decorated with pearls; iron matrices [cunei] for making seals; 7 knives [cultelli] with ivory handles. They also received from the commandery 3 coffers [coffri] 2 white and 1 red, which contained: 3 chasubles [planeta/casula] 1 being red, 1 of samite [casula de samito Narengi] and 1 a casula doxi; 5 casulae dalmaticae, 1 being of white samite; 5 pluvials, 1 off-white, 1, a great one, worked in gold, 1 red, 1 of samite and another of white samite; 4 dalmatics, 3 being red and 1 of green samite; 5 tunicles, 1 being red, 1 crocea, 1 of gilded imperial cloth, 1 of white silk cloth [sendatum] and 1 of black silk [amitum]; 1 red parament [decorated robe/paramentum], together with stole and maniple, white and gilded; 1 altar frontal [paramentum altaris]; 2 stoles and maniples, 1 set being red and the other de carcubin; 5 stoles, 1 to wear ad confirmandum; 3 maniples, 1 of precious cloth [de diaspre], 2 others red; 2 albs, 1 worked the other not; 4 cingula [cingula/zonae], 2 white and 2 red; 4 amices, 1 of which is worked; 2 pairs of sandals; 3 mitres, 1 with gold, the others with olfrizium; 2 gold rings with topaz stones; 2 ivory liturgical combs [pecten]; 2 girandoles [candelabra/giraudellus]; 1 gilded silver chalice; 1 silver thurible [turribalum]; 1 silver vase ad confirmandum; 4 altar cloths [mapae]; 1 being white and another worked for the altar [altaris perata]; 1 corporale cum custodita de carcubin; 1 silver icon; 1 staff [massa] ad serviendum; 1 missal; 1 gospel book; 1 book of the epistles with silvered tables [tabulis]; 3 gold pinulae; 4 curtains [custodes]. Witnesses: G. episcopus Tripolitanus; B. cantor Antiochenus; S. archidiaconus Tripolitanus; B. ma-gister scholarum Antiochenus, P. cancellarius patriarchae; of the priests [de presbi-teris], B. de Mamendon; Pascalis de Seona; Stephanus de Cosquenit; Petrus Benedictus; frater ejus Martinus; Vivianus; Leo presbiter.
Oct. 1-31. Patriarch Peter of Antioch and his cathedral chapter record under the patriarchal seal that they have received from frater Garssio Asmaldi thesaurarius Hospitalis in Antiochia, frater Petrus Galeis, frater Pascalis and frater Thomas, of the commandery [domus] of the Hospital of St John... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:112-13, no. 1336 (RRH no. 840)