year: 1245
text: April 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Antioch [Alberto Roberti], relating that he received and understood his letter. In the pope’s and cardinals’ presence the patriarch once narrated how, when he had to pass by the ‘prince’ [Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen] when coming to the Apostolic See, he found him eager for peace and ready to observe the peace that he and the Church accepted the previous year and to fulfil other conditions set by the pope with the advice of some of the cardinals. The pope assigned no one to deal with this between the Church and the ‘prince’, but he told the patriarch when he left the Apostolic See that the Church would accept it if the ‘prince’ wished to put the above into effect and if the patriarch wrote to the pope about the ‘prince’s’ wishes. The pope enjoined on certain persons through a letter he sent them via the pope’s familiar I[acopo] de Bojano, and in a letter to the patriarch, that if the ‘prince’ restored the land of the Church, they were to receive the land in the pope’s name. The patriarch obtained nothing at all certain in this matter. Rather the ‘prince’ declared himself ready to compromise on the business of the Lombards with the pope and certain others as arbiters, accepted the Peace of Constance, which he said he had always accepted, and asked the pope to restore to his grace princes and other clerics and laymen of the empire, about whom no mention is made in that peace nor does the pope remember dealing with them with the patriarch. Although the ‘prince’ once asked the pope for this restoration to grace, he was unable to obtain it, since the pope has no intention at all to remit the spiritual punishments, neither for the clerics nor for the laymen. So the pope is quite amazed. Nevertheless, the pope desires peace and wishes to avoid discord, so he would still accept it if the ‘prince’ strives to observe the aforesaid peace, restores to liberty the captive ecclesiastics and other men who adhere to the Church and whom he detains – otherwise they will hardly have peace – and does not delay in restoring the Church’s land, in such a way that news of the release of the captives and the restoration of the land reaches the pope before the Council [Lyon I], which the pope cannot postpone.
April 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Antioch [Alberto Roberti], relating that he received and understood his letter. In the pope’s and cardinals’ presence the patriarch once narrated how, when he had to pass by the ‘prince’ [Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen] when coming... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 205v, no. 653; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:207-8, no. 1359
year: 1245
text: May 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Antioch [Alberto Roberti], assigning him the task of telling [Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen] that the pope will have him absolved of excommunication as soon as he makes satisfaction for his manifest offenses and provides a sufficient guarantee for the doubtful ones.
May 6. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Antioch [Alberto Roberti], assigning him the task of telling [Emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen] that the pope will have him absolved of excommunication as soon as he makes satisfaction for his manifest offenses and provides a sufficient... more
sources: ASV, Reg.Vat. 21, f. 205r-v, no. 652; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:207, no. 1358
year: 1245
text: June 4. Cairo. Sultan [as-Ṣāliḥ Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb] writes to Pope [Innocent IV], addressing him as noble, great, spiritual, kind, holy, the thirteenth apostle, the universal voice of the Christians, supporter of those who worship the cross, the judge of the Christian people, the leader of the sons of baptism, and highest pontiff of the Christians – let God strengthen him and grant him happiness – and referring to himself as the most powerful sultan, ruler over the necks of the nations, holding the two powers of the sword and the pen, possessing the two pre-eminences of doctrine and judgment, the king of two seas, dominator of the South and North, king of Egypt, Syria, Mesopotamia, Media, Ydumea, and Ophir, King Salech Belfet Ayob, son of Sultan Heimel Helmevaffar Mehamed son of Sultan King Hadel Bobecre son of Ayob, whose kingdom God loves. The sultan relates that he was presented the pope's letter, which he read carefully and understood the chapters that were inserted in them and was pleased by their content. The sultan had the nuncio whom the pope sent to him received with honour, love, devotion, and reverence and he summoned him to his presence, hearing his words and showing the nuncio the sultan's faith in Christ, may salvation be upon him. Concerning this Christ the sultan knows more than the pope and praises him more than the pope does. Concerning the pope's desire for tranquillity and quiet and for calling the peoples to peace, this the sultan also desires and always has. But the pope – let God strengthen him – knows that between the sultan and the emperor there has long been friendship, mutual love, and perfect concord since the time of the sultan's father, and the pope knows his own relationship with the emperor. Thus the sultan cannot settle with the Christians without first having the emperor's advice and consent on these matters. The sultan has written to his nuncio, who is at the emperor's court, concerning the matters that the pope's nuncio conveyed, announcing to him the chapters and proposals of the pope's nuncio. The sultan's nuncio will come to the pope's presence and speak with him and then inform the sultan. Afterwards, the sultan will respond accordingly, and he will not diverge from what seems useful for everyone, so he can have merit with God.
June 4. Cairo. Sultan [as-Ṣāliḥ Najm ad-Dīn Ayyūb] writes to Pope [Innocent IV], addressing him as noble, great, spiritual, kind, holy, the thirteenth apostle, the universal voice of the Christians, supporter of those who worship the cross, the judge of the Christian people, the leader of the sons... more
sources: Lupprian, pp. 150-54, no. 22; RRH 1142, where it is dated 1246
year: 1245
text: June 8. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the prior and brothers of the desert of Mount Carmel, relating that, in support of their calling, following the example of Pope Gregory [IX], he forbids them to receive in any way or to presume to have property or possessions or houses or other incomes from now on, except for male asses and some feed for animals or foul. The pope leaves them to their peace and quiet, so that no one shall presume to install a prior in the desert without the assent of the brothers or of the greater and sounder part. For this he confirms and orders to be observed perpetually the rule that Pope Honorius [III] approved and handed to them to observe in remission of sins.
June 8. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the prior and brothers of the desert of Mount Carmel, relating that, in support of their calling, following the example of Pope Gregory [IX], he forbids them to receive in any way or to presume to have property or possessions or houses or other incomes from... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, ff. 191v-192r, no. 594; summary Innocent IV, Les registres, no. 1311
year: 1245
text: *June 28 – July 17. Lyons. First Council of Lyons. Gualerannus bishop of Beirut (episcopus Beritensis), representing the entire Christian community in the East, had letters from the magnates resident in the Holy Land read out that spoke of the miseries there.
*June 28 – July 17. Lyons. First Council of Lyons. Gualerannus bishop of Beirut (episcopus Beritensis), representing the entire Christian community in the East, had letters from the magnates resident in the Holy Land read out that spoke of the miseries there.
sources: Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 4:431, 433-34
year: 1245
text: July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the podestà, Council and People of Ancona, responding to their petition by granting that the merchants of their city can freely buy and sell in and export any merchandise from the city of Acre and the Kingdom of Jerusalem without paying any customs dues.
July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the podestà, Council and People of Ancona, responding to their petition by granting that the merchants of their city can freely buy and sell in and export any merchandise from the city of Acre and the Kingdom of Jerusalem without paying any customs dues.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 219v, no. 43; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:214, no. 1404; Mayer, UKJ 3:1507-8, no. App. III/14; RRH 1025
year: 1245
text: July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and Apostolic Legate [Robert de Nantes], ordering him to protect from harassment the merchants of Ancona who have received the above-mentioned duty-free allowance.
July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and Apostolic Legate [Robert de Nantes], ordering him to protect from harassment the merchants of Ancona who have received the above-mentioned duty-free allowance.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 219v, no. 44; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:214, no. 1405
year: 1245
text: July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes a similar letter [to RRR 2505] to the bishop of Acre concerning protecting the merchants of Ancona.
July 28. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes a similar letter [to RRR 2505] to the bishop of Acre concerning protecting the merchants of Ancona.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 219v, no. 45; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:214, no. 1406
year: 1245
text: July 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Archbishop [Eustorge] of Nicosia, granting him exemption from sentences of interdict, suspension, or excommunication promulgated by anyone papal delegate, subdelegate, executor, or conservator, without a special mandate of the Apostolic See mentioning this indulgence. Valid for five years.
July 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Archbishop [Eustorge] of Nicosia, granting him exemption from sentences of interdict, suspension, or excommunication promulgated by anyone papal delegate, subdelegate, executor, or conservator, without a special mandate of the Apostolic See mentioning this... more
sources: Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, pp. 104-5, no. 18, and pp. 111-12, no. 25; Schabel et al., Bullarium, 1:348-49, no. e-8
year: 1245
text: August 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Teutonic Order of Jerusalem, relating that, to avoid scandal, he gave permission to brother Gerhard von Malberg (Malberc), the former master of the Teutonic Knights, to transfer to another order, and the new master gave him 400 silver marks to pay his debts and provide for his needs. In the end, however, the former master wishes to stay in the order and the new master received him kindly, with the former master promising in the pope’s and cardinals’ presence to obey just as other brothers. Believing the former master to be contrite and humbled, the new master, in the presence of the cardinal-priest of Santa Sabina H[ugues of Saint-Cher], granted the former master the bailiwick of Flanders of France and certain other goods of the Order, with the former master asserting that the grant would be null if he did not fulfil his promises and that he wished to live with his conventual brothers. But because the former master neglected to fulfil his promises, creating quite a scandal, which can only be quieted, as is claimed, if the provision is cancelled and the former master lives as a simple brother, especially since the arrangement was against custom. The pope grants the addressees that they can cancel the arrangement as they see fit and subject the former master to their ordinary statutes and procedures if he resists.
August 5. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the Teutonic Order of Jerusalem, relating that, to avoid scandal, he gave permission to brother Gerhard von Malberg (Malberc), the former master of the Teutonic Knights, to transfer to another order, and the new master gave him... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 21, f. 22r-v, no. 65; Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:217, no. 1425