RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1575
year: 1206
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Aug. 5. Ferentino. Pope Innocent writes to the archbishop of Nicosia, who [relying on the autocephalous nature of the Cypriot church] has been resisting attempts by the patriarch to Constantinople to exercise authority over him. The pope orders the archbishop to respond to the case in Rome during the two years following the next Michaelmas.
Aug. 5. Ferentino. Pope Innocent writes to the archbishop of Nicosia, who [relying on the autocephalous nature of the Cypriot church] has been resisting attempts by the patriarch to Constantinople to exercise authority over him. The pope orders the archbishop to respond to the case in Rome during... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 9:256-7, no. 141; Schabel, Bullarium 1:152-3, no. b-29
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1893
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 10. Lateran. Following a request from the archbishop of Nicosia, Pope Honorius III allows the archbishop to absolve from travelling to the Holy See those who have used force against clergy, because of the difficulty of the journey, so long as they make satisfaction in the form laid down by the Church and provided that the violence has not been perpetrated against a bishop or abbot and has not led to death or mutilation.
Dec. 10. Lateran. Following a request from the archbishop of Nicosia, Pope Honorius III allows the archbishop to absolve from travelling to the Holy See those who have used force against clergy, because of the difficulty of the journey, so long as they make satisfaction in the form laid down by the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:217-18, no. c-29
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1895
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that he has heard that many chapels and oratories, some of them without endowments, have been built in his diocese with the result that many people are not attending their parish churches. He orders the archbishop to decide which of these chapels and oratories are superfluous and to close those erected without endowments.
Dec. 16. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that he has heard that many chapels and oratories, some of them without endowments, have been built in his diocese with the result that many people are not attending their parish churches. He orders the archbishop to decide which... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:219-20, no. c-31
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1897
year: 1221
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Dec. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III grants the archbishop of Nicosia the right to wear the pallium on the Feasts of St Thomas the Martyr, the Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, St Michael, St Laurence, St Martin, St Nicholas, the vigils of Christmas and Pentecost, and on other days specified in the privileges of the church of Nicosia.
Dec. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III grants the archbishop of Nicosia the right to wear the pallium on the Feasts of St Thomas the Martyr, the Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross, St Michael, St Laurence, St Martin, St Nicholas, the vigils of Christmas and Pentecost, and on other days... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:223, no. c-34
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1971
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Nov. 28. Lateran. Pope Honorius III assures the archbishop of Nicosia that he cannot be called for trial in regions subject to the count of Tripoli, who persecutes the archbishop because he obeyed the orders of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and published the excommunication of the count, unless a specific reference is made to this in a future papal letter.
Nov. 28. Lateran. Pope Honorius III assures the archbishop of Nicosia that he cannot be called for trial in regions subject to the count of Tripoli, who persecutes the archbishop because he obeyed the orders of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and published the excommunication of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:264-5, no. c-59; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, p. 399, no. 85
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2060
year: 1227
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that the queen of Cyprus and B., the son of the count of Tripoli, have appealed to the pope against his decision on the illegitimacy of their marriage, made on the basis that their affinity is in the 4th degree of consanguinity, whereas in fact it is in the 5th. Emissaries of the emperor Frederick have interceded with him on their behalf. The pope exonerates the archbishop and releases him from the case, assigning it to the patriarch of Jerusalem and bishop of Acre.
Mar. 5. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the archbishop of Nicosia that the queen of Cyprus and B., the son of the count of Tripoli, have appealed to the pope against his decision on the illegitimacy of their marriage, made on the basis that their affinity is in the 4th degree of consanguinity,... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:284-5, no. c-75; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 476-7, no. 149
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2149
year: 1231
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. The archbishop of Nicosia has asked for the pope’s decisions on two issues. First, B. filius domini Beritinsis has secretly married E., the daughter of the late G. de Monte Beliardo and the widow of G. de Monte Acuto, in spite of [a general ruling, including the threat] of excommunication made by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, because they are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. They have caused scandal, have ignored their excommunication in the expectation of a papal dispensation and have forced the archbishop to flee from Cyprus to Acre. Secondly, some Greek [Greci] monks, have denied the efficacy of the Latin Eucharist on the grounds that the sacrament can only be performed with leavened bread, and have publicly proclaimed other errors. They have been imprisoned but refuse to recant unless authorized to do so by their own patriarch. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop to proclaim the excommunication of the couple publicly, invoking against them the secular arm if need be, and to proceed against the Greek monks for heresy.
Mar. 5. Lateran. The archbishop of Nicosia has asked for the pope’s decisions on two issues. First, B. filius domini Beritinsis has secretly married E., the daughter of the late G. de Monte Beliardo and the widow of G. de Monte Acuto, in spite of [a general ruling, including the threat] of... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:292-4, no. d-6 (RRH no. 1023)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2222
year: 1234
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Jul. 14. Rieti. The bishop of Limassol has informed Pope Gregory IX that in the churches of Cyprus there is very little for treasurers [thesaurarii] to do and has asked that when a vacancy occurs a treasurer, who enjoys 1 and a half prebends, should be replaced by 2 canons, who would each have a full prebend, thus increasing the number of those serving the church. The pope orders the archbishop of Nicosia to authorize this, provided the chapter of the church of Limassol agrees.
Jul. 14. Rieti. The bishop of Limassol has informed Pope Gregory IX that in the churches of Cyprus there is very little for treasurers [thesaurarii] to do and has asked that when a vacancy occurs a treasurer, who enjoys 1 and a half prebends, should be replaced by 2 canons, who would each have a... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:310-11, no. d-18
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2381
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia
text: Apr. 9 and 13. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX has been informed that when he issued his mandate [on 9 March 1238] ordering all Greek priests [sacerdotes Greci] to swear obedience to the Roman Church and abjure heresy, the archbishop of Nicosia met the Greek archbishop and bishops and had the decree read to them and explained. After making various excuses for delay and obtaining a copy of the mandate, the Greek prelates, together with abbots, monks and greater Greek priests, fled from Cyprus to [Cilician] Armenia before the time for consideration had elapsed, denuding the monasteries and churches of goods and threatening the Greek abbots, monks and priests who remained with excommunication if they submitted. The pope, therefore, orders the archbishop of Nicosia to expel the remaining Greeks if they will not obey and appoint Latin clergy in their place, to excommunicate the recalcitrant Greeks and their defenders, and to call on the aid of the secular arm, if necessary. He orders the king and barones of Cyprus, and the preceptor and brothers in Cyprus of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to assist the archbishop of Nicosia.
Apr. 9 and 13. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX has been informed that when he issued his mandate [on 9 March 1238] ordering all Greek priests [sacerdotes Greci] to swear obedience to the Roman Church and abjure heresy, the archbishop of Nicosia met the Greek archbishop and bishops and had the decree read... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:333-40, nos. d-35, d-36, d-37, d-38