RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1719
year: 1215
initiator: King of Jerusalem
recipient: Johan le Tor
text: Nov. 11-30. Johan le Tor has been sent by King John of Jerusalem to inform the Fourth Lateran Council of the state and needs of the Holy Land and the terms of the truce prevailing with the Muslims.
Nov. 11-30. Johan le Tor has been sent by King John of Jerusalem to inform the Fourth Lateran Council of the state and needs of the Holy Land and the terms of the truce prevailing with the Muslims.
sources: ‘L’Estoire de Eracles’, p. 319
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1722
year: 1216
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: John of Brienne and the kings of Cyprus and Cilican Armenia
text: Jan. 1-15. Pope Innocent III urges King John of Jerusalem and the kings of Cyprus and [Cilican Armenia] to make peace with each other and the prince of Antioch, in order to present a common front to the infidels. He has called for a crusade. In the meantime he asks the king of Jerusalem to makes his galleys [galeae] available to the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishop of Tyre and the archbishop of Caesarea, or 2 of them, to repel the galleys of the Sarraceni.
Jan. 1-15. Pope Innocent III urges King John of Jerusalem and the kings of Cyprus and [Cilican Armenia] to make peace with each other and the prince of Antioch, in order to present a common front to the infidels. He has called for a crusade. In the meantime he asks the king of Jerusalem to makes... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:176-8, no. b-43; Potthast, Regesta, nos. 5178-9
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1729
year: 1216
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: John of Brienne, the patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch, the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of the Holy Land
text: Jul. 25. Perugia. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch, the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of the Holy Land of the death of Pope Innocent III and of his election as successor. He assures John of his favour and of his commitment to bring aid to the Holy Land.
Jul. 25. Perugia. Pope Honorius III informs King John of Jerusalem, the patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch, the magistri and brothers of the Knights Templar and the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of the Holy Land of the death of Pope Innocent III and of his election as... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 282-4, no. 1
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1736
year: 1216
initiator: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
recipient: Pope Innocent III
institution: Templars
text: Before Oct. [305] After describing the refusal of the count of Tripoli to abide by the papal legates’ judgement, the miseries of warfare, and the hopes for Raymond Rupen, his nephew and the legitimate prince of Antioch, Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniae, recounts for Pope Innocent III how he approached Antioch with his army and entered the city without any bloodshed. Raymond Rupen was received as legitimate prince at the cathedral by the patriarch, who gave him the vexillum principale and paid liege homage [ligium homagium] to him, as did the milites and clientes belligeri at the palatium. Then the barones, milites and burgenses who had been exiled were restored to their possessions. Leon agreed to restore [to the Latins] the church of Tarsus [Tarsensis Ecclesia], for which the patriarch had consecrated as archbishop the cantor Antiochen. Ecclesiae, and the church of Mamistra [Manustana Ecclesia], which he recognized to be a suffragan see of the patriarchate and to the archbishopric of which was elected the archidiaconus Antiochiae. The fons Gustoni was restored to the abbey of St Paul. The abbots of Nigra Montana had their casalia and holdings restored and the Knights Templar were given back the castellum of Gastum, which Leon had acquired from the pagani and had detained because of the needs of warfare. Leon reports that there is now peace in the land, as the pope will learn from the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John and other religious, should he enquire. Leon asks for aid and the promise of indulgences for those who come to the assistance of Cilician Armenia and Antioch.
Before Oct. [305] After describing the refusal of the count of Tripoli to abide by the papal legates’ judgement, the miseries of warfare, and the hopes for Raymond Rupen, his nephew and the legitimate prince of Antioch, Leon, per Dei et Romani imperii gratiam rex Armeniae, recounts for Pope... more
sources: Annales ecclesiastici 20:202-3 (RRH no. 817)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1737
year: 1216
initiator: James of Vitry
text: Early Oct. [306] On board ship in the port of Genoa. James of Vitry [I., Acconensis ecclesie minister humilis], on his way to take up office as bishop of Acre, informs his correspondents of his journey across Europe, the death of Pope Innocent III and the election of Pope Honorius III, his reception by the new pope who refused him any powers in relation to the French crusaders, his embarkation at Genoa on a strong and expensive ship, captained by those who specialize in winter sailing, his living quarters on board and provisions.
Early Oct. [306] On board ship in the port of Genoa. James of Vitry [I., Acconensis ecclesie minister humilis], on his way to take up office as bishop of Acre, informs his correspondents of his journey across Europe, the death of Pope Innocent III and the election of Pope Honorius III, his... more
sources: James of Vitry, Lettres, pp. 71-8, no. 1 (RRH no. 890)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1773
year: 1217
initiator: Abbot Gervase of Prémontré
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: (1217 ). Abbot Gervase of Prémontré reminds the patriarch of Jerusalem how on papal orders Frater Hellinus abbas Floreffiae had accompanied the bishop of Acre on his journey to the East and how Hellinus, who had full powers to represent their Order, asked the patriarch to assist the Premonstratensians. Gervase asks the patriarch to bear in mind especially the restoration of the possessions of the Premonstratensians, [the abbeys of] Sanctus Samuel and Sanctus Abacuc, the first being a daughter of Prémontré, the second a daughter of Floreffe. [311]
(1217 ). Abbot Gervase of Prémontré reminds the patriarch of Jerusalem how on papal orders Frater Hellinus abbas Floreffiae had accompanied the bishop of Acre on his journey to the East and how Hellinus, who had full powers to represent their Order, asked the patriarch to assist the... more
sources: Gervase of Prémontré, pp. 38-9, no. 38 (RRH no. 906)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1743
year: 1217
initiator: James of Vitry
recipient: Paris masters William de Pont d’Arche, Ralph of Namur, Alexander of Courçon, Philip archdeacon of Noyon, and to the Lady [Abbess] Luitgarde of St Trudon and the community of Aywières
text: End of Mar. [307] Acre. Writing to the Paris masters William de Pont d’Arche, Ralph of Namur, Alexander of Courçon, Philip archdeacon of Noyon, and to the Lady [Abbess] Luitgarde of St Trudon and the community of Aywières, James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister humilis] recalls his eventful sea voyage from Genoa to Acre, which he reached on 4 November 1216. He describes the various Christian denominations he finds there and his relations with them: Iacobite, Suriani and Nestoriani, Georgiani, Armeni, who do not have a resident bishop or leader, and, of course, Latins, although there are communities - Genoese, Pisan and Venetian - which are exempt from his authority, which is confined to the indigenous Latins, the Pullani, called Poulains in French. There are also criminals, who have migrated from their own nations. He discourses on the wickedness of some of the clergy and of the city, and he is shocked by the reluctance of owners to allow their Muslim [Sarraceni] slaves to be baptised. He preaches the coming crusade. He refers to other Christian settlements and their need of evangelization: Tyre, Beirut, Gibelet, Crac, Tortosa, Margath, Album Castrum, Tripoli, Antioch, the island of Cyprus, Jaffa and Caesarea. He makes special mention of places of pilgrimage close to Acre - Nazareth and Mt Carmel, which he can see from his window. At the time of the writing of this section of his letter, he has not yet been able to visit them for fear of the Sarraceni. He describes his daily life in detail: the celebration of Mass, the hearing of confessions until after midday when he has his main meal, although he has lost his appetite, and then the hearing of cases. So busy is he that he has to reserve prayer and contemplation for night time. Continuing his letter, he narrates how just before Lent, in spite of the danger posed by the Assasi, he travelled on a crusade-preaching journey, visiting holy places on the way: Tyre, Sarepta Sydoniorum, Beirut, where he met the archbishop of the Suriani, Biblium, Tripoli, where he met the comes civitatis et princeps Antiochie [Bohemond IV], accompanied by many milites, and where he found the common language was Arabic [lingua saracena], Crac, from where he sent letters by pigeon post, Castrum Album of the Knights Templar, Antaradus [Tortosa], with its chapel dedicated by St Peter to the Blessed Virgin Mary and with the island of Aradus, and Margat, from where he proposed to take a boat for Antioch. Receiving a letter from the patriarch of Jerusalem calling on him to return, because of the imminent arrival by sea of crusaders [peregrini], he intended to travel in a galea to Cyprus, but was held up by the weather for 15 days. Hearing that one of the hermits of Niger Mons, called Nero, had successfully preached the cross in Cyprus and knowing that the residents of Acre wanted him to return, he went back to his diocese. He ends by maintaining that with 4000 armed milites the Christians could be successful, because, he believes, of Prester John’s Christian forces in Asia and because of the quarrels among the Sarraceni, their sectarian divisions and different practices, including the Fratres Cutellorum [Assassins], with their abbas, the Vetulus Montanus. He returns briefly to the Christian sects - Suriani, Nestoriani, Iacobite and Maronitae, who are now Uniates. He believes that there is a profitable field for missions. He ends by asking for prayers for himself and his capellanus and faithful companion Iohannes de Cameraco.
End of Mar. [307] Acre. Writing to the Paris masters William de Pont d’Arche, Ralph of Namur, Alexander of Courçon, Philip archdeacon of Noyon, and to the Lady [Abbess] Luitgarde of St Trudon and the community of Aywières, James of Vitry [I. Acconensis ecclesie minister humilis] recalls his... more
sources: James of Vitry, Lettres, pp. 79-97, no. 2 (RRH no. 894)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1747
year: 1217
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: King of Jerusalem, the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the magistri of the Kinghts Templar and the Hospitallers of Saint John
text: Jul. 24. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III informs the king of Jerusalem, the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John that the king of Hungary, the duke of Austria and other crusaders plan to muster on Cyprus on the Feast of the Nativity of the the Blessed Virgin Mary [8 September]. They should meet and advise them.
Jul. 24. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III informs the king of Jerusalem, the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John that the king of Hungary, the duke of Austria and other crusaders plan to muster on Cyprus on the Feast of the Nativity of the the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:185-6, nos. c-4, c-5
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1748
year: 1217
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Western prelates
text: Jul. 24. Ferentino. Pope Honorius writes to western prelates, telling them that he has informed the patriarch of Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar that the king of Hungary, the duke of Austria and other crusaders are planning to muster in Cyprus on the following Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary [8 September], where they should meet them and decide what to do. Cardinal Pelagius of Albano has been appointed papal legate. He will act on the advice of the Hospitallers and Knights Templar on matters such as the redemption of vows. No crusader is to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, because this involves making payments to the Sarraceni.
Jul. 24. Ferentino. Pope Honorius writes to western prelates, telling them that he has informed the patriarch of Jerusalem, the king of Jerusalem and the magistri of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar that the king of Hungary, the duke of Austria and other crusaders... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:183-5, no. c-3
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1751
year: 1217
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
text: Jul. 25. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III commends King Leon of Cilician Armenia for recognizing Raymond Rupen, the prince of Antioch, as heir to the kingdom of Cilician Armenia.
Jul. 25. Ferentino. Pope Honorius III commends King Leon of Cilician Armenia for recognizing Raymond Rupen, the prince of Antioch, as heir to the kingdom of Cilician Armenia.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 307-8, no. 13