year: 1169
initiator: R. dominici Templi abbas
recipient: Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Barletta
institution: Templum Domini
text: Dec. 25 1168 - Dec. 24 1169. Jerusalem. In the chapter of the Templum Domini. R. sancti temple domini quod est in iehrusalem abbas, together with his chapter, confirms an agreement made in the chapter of Trani and Barletta relating to the church of St Mary Magdalene in Barletta, now held by frater Guillelmus canonicus Templum Domini, and the obedience owed to the archbishop of Trani. The agreement was negotiated by Ricardus and Rainerius, brothers of the Templum Domini.
Dec. 25 1168 - Dec. 24 1169. Jerusalem. In the chapter of the Templum Domini. R. sancti temple domini quod est in iehrusalem abbas, together with his chapter, confirms an agreement made in the chapter of Trani and Barletta relating to the church of St Mary Magdalene in Barletta, now held by frater... more
sources: Prologo, Le carte, pp. 132-3, no. 60 (RRH no. 470)
year: 1169
initiator: Robert de Blanchecour
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: *1163 - 1169. Robert de Blanchecour is admitted to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem as a ‘donné’ and leaves the Order all his goods, should he die without children.
*1163 - 1169. Robert de Blanchecour is admitted to the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem as a ‘donné’ and leaves the Order all his goods, should he die without children.
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:221, no. 308 (RRH no. 393b)
year: 1169
institution: Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
text: 1165 - 1169. Bethlehem. Church of the Nativity. Latin and Greek mosaic inscriptions record the redecoration of the church by King Amalric of Jerusalem, the Byzantine emperor Manuel, and Radulphus/΄Ραούλ, the Latin bishop. A Latin incription refers to Basileus Pictor, identified in Syriac as a deacon. A Greek inscription refers to the work of ΄Εφραίμ μοναχος, painter and mosaic worker.
1165 - 1169. Bethlehem. Church of the Nativity. Latin and Greek mosaic inscriptions record the redecoration of the church by King Amalric of Jerusalem, the Byzantine emperor Manuel, and Radulphus/΄Ραούλ, the Latin bishop. A Latin incription refers to Basileus Pictor, identified in Syriac as a... more
sources: Pringle, The Churches 1:141, 154
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
853
year: 1170
initiator: Radulphus Sebastensis episcopus
recipient: Clergy and Christian faithful of the Church
text: Early 1170. [121] Radulphus Sebastensis episcopus, together with his convent, addresses a general letter to the clergy and Christian faithful of the Church [in the West]. He describes the wealth of relics of the prophets discovered in his church, including the bodies of Elisha, Obadiah and especially the bones of St John the Baptist, and he draws attention to the poverty of his diocese and the fact that the rebuilding of his church, which has been initiated, using the best stone, cannot be completed without financial assistance. He reports that, on the advice of other prelates in the Latin East, he has sent some of his canons to the West, carrying with them fragments of ashes and bones of St John the Baptist and relics of Elisha and Obadiah. He asks his readers to receive the relics as gifts, but also to provide the canons with properties from their endowments, in order to benefit from the prayers of intercession [of the communities that will be established on them]. On the authority of the patriarch of Jerusalem and drawing on the merits of the patriarchs and prophets represented by the relics in his church, he assures his readers of an indulgence, which will vary in proportion to the assistance given. He adds that if those who have vowed to make a pilgrimage to Compostela commute their vow to a gift to this building work of half their intended expenses, he will absolve them from their vow and penance. He promises all benefactors a share in the merits of the city of Jerusalem.
Early 1170. [121] Radulphus Sebastensis episcopus, together with his convent, addresses a general letter to the clergy and Christian faithful of the Church [in the West]. He describes the wealth of relics of the prophets discovered in his church, including the bodies of Elisha, Obadiah and... more
sources: Kedar, ‘Raising Funds’, pp. 454-5
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
854
year: 1170
initiator: Dominus A. Hungrie, Dalmacie et Croacie dux [Bela III]
recipient: Girbertus, master of the Hospital
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: First half of 1170 (probably c. June). [122] Gibertus, domus [Hospitalis] sanctorum pauperum minister, with the agreement of all his brothers [universi collegii nostri] records under seal how dominus A. Hungrie, Dalmacie et Croacie dux [Bela III], who was intending to pilgrimage to Jerusalem with his wife, had transferred as an eleemosynary gift money worth 10000 gold besants to the Hospital and through his emissary Retchab and the Hospitaller brother Bernardus had asked the Order to buy lands, vineyards and casalia near Jerusalem, the produce of which would provide both for the duke and his wife in the Holy Land and after his death would provide for the poor in the Hospital. During his lifetime, if he and his wife resided elsewhere, the Hospital could enjoy the fruits. His heirs would have no rights to the properties, but should his sons wish to serve [famulari] the Hospital, the Order would provide them with horses and arms. Lands near Jerusalem were hard to find, but Gibertus and his brothers give the duke, not for money but out of love, castellum Emaus, Aqua Bella, Belveer and Saltus Muratus, all near Jerusalem with cultivated and uncultivated lands, vineyards, orchards [pomeria], woods, with wheat and barley, wine and fruits, and animals. The Hospital has also bought in the city of Acre a palatium, which belonged to the late Giraldus de Cuniculis and 4 houses belonging to Fulco Moneta, and outside the city an orchard [pomarium] and a casale 1 league [leuga] away for 11000 Saracen besants, drawn from the duke’s money. These properties will return annually 1100 besants. The duke and his wife will receive the income either from the 3 casalia near Jerusalem or from those in Acre, whichever is the greater. The Hospitallers do not yet have a charter of confirmation of the properties in and near Acre from King Amalric, who has travelled to Antioch, but they are confident of his agreement when he returns. Witnesses: frater Petrus de Crato clericorum magister et ecclesie custos; frater Guigo de Mahone preceptor Hospitalis; frater Castus thesaurarius; frater Piotus; frater Stephanus; frater Bernardus sacerdos et predicti negotii internuntius.
First half of 1170 (probably c. June). [122] Gibertus, domus [Hospitalis] sanctorum pauperum minister, with the agreement of all his brothers [universi collegii nostri] records under seal how dominus A. Hungrie, Dalmacie et Croacie dux [Bela III], who was intending to pilgrimage to Jerusalem with... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:222-3, no. 309 (RRH no. 458)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
855
year: 1170
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: * Jul.18 1100 - (July c.1170). A commemorative almsgiving on the anniversary of Godfrey of Bouillon’s death is established. The alms are to be collected and distributed by the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
* Jul.18 1100 - (July c.1170). A commemorative almsgiving on the anniversary of Godfrey of Bouillon’s death is established. The alms are to be collected and distributed by the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
sources: John of Würzburg, p. 124. Cf. Mayer, UKJ 1:116, no. 15 [123]
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
856
year: 1170
initiator: Rogerius dominus Seone
recipient: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 1-31. Rogerius dominus Seone, with the agreement of his wife Avicia and his brothers Garento and Joscelinus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, giving the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the casale of Tricheria. Witnesses: Joscelinus frater domini Rogerii; Willelmus Trigala; Rainaudus de Landauran; Tancredus d’Asart.
Jul. 1-31. Rogerius dominus Seone, with the agreement of his wife Avicia and his brothers Garento and Joscelinus, makes a sealed eleemosynary grant, giving the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem the casale of Tricheria. Witnesses: Joscelinus frater domini Rogerii; Willelmus Trigala; Rainaudus de... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:289, no. 417 (RRH no. 473)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
857
year: 1170
initiator: Pope Alexander III
recipient: Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Sept. 9. Veroli. Pope Alexander III follows his predecessors Popes Honorius II, Innocent II, Celestine II, Lucius II and Eugenius III in taking Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre under protection. He renews their privileges and confirms their endowments, with special reference to Patriarch Amalric’s privilege of Dec. 25 1168 - Dec. 25 1169 and with some additions. He specifies: half of all oblations to the Holy Sepulchre, but two thirds of the gifts for lights, one third being for the lights themselves, one third being for the canons’ use [servitium] and one third going to the patriarch; oblations to the relic of the True Cross, which is in the canons’ custody, except on Good Friday or when the patriarch has to carry the relic on a military campaign; in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, the high altar in the canons’ choir, the Prison of Christ and its altar, the altars of St Peter and Stephen and [at the site of] the Finding of the Cross, the altar at the head of the Tomb of Christ which is the parochial altar, together with oblations and offerings to them, the cathedra which is behind the high altar and all oblations made whenever the patriarch celebrates Mass at any of these altars, and all oblations to the Compass, which is in the middle of the canons’ choir; the platea between the door of the church and the columns and the other platea situated between the columns and the Hospital of St John; the houses, stationes, lands and whatever else has been or will be acquired in the patriarchal and Holy Sepulchre quarter; houses, stationes and lands within and without Jerusalem; all ovens in Jerusalem, except for 1 belonging to the Hospital of St John and 1 belonging to St Mary of the Latins, with special reference to the oven the patriarch himself surrendered, following evidence provided by dominus Petrus Tyrensis archiepiscopus; the church and cemetery outside David Gate, next to the road to Bethlehem; half of that possession that King Baldwin I made over in exchange for the bishopric of Bethlehem; all tithes raised in the city of Jerusalem and its diocese, except for those of the funda, given by Patriarch Arnulf; in Nablus the land given by King Amalric in novo burgo, and the church, with a cemetery, which the canons had begun to build with Patriarch Amalric’s permission; whatever other possessions owned by the canons in Nablus; the 21 casalia that Duke Godfrey gave; the villae built by the canons for Latins, with churches, the administration of justice and parochial rights, such as Magna Mahomaria, Parva Mahomaria and Bethsuri; Thecue and the church at Quarantene; Geladia and the land the canons bought from Johannes Gomannus; all the casalia the canons bought from Hugo de Hybelino; the church of St Peter in Jaffa with the tithes throughout the county of Jaffa, granted by the king, religious communities and all Christians; the possessions in Ascalon and its district, in the lordship of Assur, at Caesarea and throughout its archbishopric; castrum Feniculi; a house next to Haifa; Iebul and Lecara; all possessions in the archbishopric of Nazareth, the bishopric of Acre, the archbishopric of Tyre and throughout the patriarchate and kingdom of Jerusalem; all possessions at Mont Pèlerin and throughout the diocese of Tripoli, in Antioch and throughout the patriarchate and principality of Antioch. The pope also confirms all possessions and churches in Sicily, Calabria, Apulia, Brindisi, Barletta, Troia, Benevento, Rome, Tuscany and all Italy, France, Iberia, and half of the properties held in common with the patriarchate itself in England, Dacia, Germany, Poland, Ruthenia, Georgia, Hungary and Constantinople. The canons have the right to decide on the disposal of those properties in their entire possession and to manage them in a vacancy in the patriarchate.
Sept. 9. Veroli. Pope Alexander III follows his predecessors Popes Honorius II, Innocent II, Celestine II, Lucius II and Eugenius III in taking Petrus prior and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre under protection. He renews their privileges and confirms their endowments, with special reference to... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 261-5, no. 102 (RRH no. 474)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
858
year: 1170
initiator: Willelmus Acconensis episcopus
recipient: Abbey of Cluny
text: Dec. 25 1169 - Sept. 23 1170. Acre. At the request of Abbot Stephen and the monks of Cluny, and in the presence of Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem and King Amalric, and with the consent of the chapter of the church of Acre, Willelmus Acconensis episcopus grants the abbey of Cluny, represented by Theobaldus a monk of Cluny and prior of St-Arnoul-de-Crépy-en-Valois, licence to build a cloister and church in a place and parish designated by the bishop, and the right to receive endowments, saving the privileges of the church of Acre. He confirms the abbey’s right to receive the excommunicate, to ignore interdicts and its freedom from episcopal taxation, but they must answer summons to advise the bishop and must observe parochial rights. Witnesses, in addition to the patriarch and the king: C. Cae-sariensis archiepiscopus; L. Nazarenus archiepiscopus; R. Bethleemita episcopus; B. Liddensis episcopus; R. Tiberiadensis episcopus; R. Ebronensis episcopus; and many others.
Dec. 25 1169 - Sept. 23 1170. Acre. At the request of Abbot Stephen and the monks of Cluny, and in the presence of Patriarch Amalric of Jerusalem and King Amalric, and with the consent of the chapter of the church of Acre, Willelmus Acconensis episcopus grants the abbey of Cluny, represented by... more
sources: Marrier, Bibliotheca Cluniacensis, cols. 1431-2; Mayer, UKJ 2:599-600, no. 344 (RRH no. 476)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
859
year: 1170
initiator: L. Nazarenae ecclesiae archiepiscopus
recipient: Archbishop Henry of Reims
text: (Oct? c. 1170). L. Nazarenae ecclesiae archiepiscopus writes to Archbishop Henry of Reims, commending to him Willelmus presbyter, canonicus Nazarenus, who has been sent to the West to recover [a rent of ]10 librae Pruvinensium, drawn in passagio Cuciaci and left to the church of Nazareth by dominus Engelrandus. Secondly, Willelmus has been sent to recover possession of a house in the ‘villa’ belonging to dominus Clarembaldus de Cappes, in the diocese of Troyes.
(Oct? c. 1170). L. Nazarenae ecclesiae archiepiscopus writes to Archbishop Henry of Reims, commending to him Willelmus presbyter, canonicus Nazarenus, who has been sent to the West to recover [a rent of ]10 librae Pruvinensium, drawn in passagio Cuciaci and left to the church of Nazareth by... more
sources: Bouquet 16:192-3, no. 156 (RRH no. 481)