RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1960
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre
text: Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre that emissaries [nuntii] from the emperor Frederick are on their way the Holy Land carrying the emperor’s consent to his marriage to Helisabeth, the daughter of the king of Jerusalem. They should receive them well.
Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Honorius III informs the patriarch of Jerusalem, the archbishops of Tyre and Nazareth and the bishop of Acre that emissaries [nuntii] from the emperor Frederick are on their way the Holy Land carrying the emperor’s consent to his marriage to Helisabeth, the daughter of the... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 394-5, no. 81
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1959
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia
text: Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the province of Nicosia to increase the number of their canons and other clergy.
Feb. 18. Lateran. Hearing from the archbishop of Nicosia that as a result of the agreement between the church of Cyprus and the queen, king and barones, the church’s income will increase to the point that it can provide for more clergy, Pope Honorius III mandates the bishops and chapters of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:255-6, no. c-54
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1958
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and chapter of Limassol
text: Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
Jan. 18. Lateran. Hearing that Rogerius, clericus et assisius in the church of Limassol, has faithfully served the church for more than 15 years but has not received an appropriate benefice, Pope Honorius orders the bishop and chapter of Limassol to provide for him.
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:254-5, no. c-53
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1957
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Famagusta
text: Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by force, Pope Honorius licences the bishop to compel the malefactors to return the possessions, using ecclesiastical sanctions.
Jan. 17. Lateran. In reponse to an appeal from the bishop of Famagusta, who has spent a long time at the Holy See, away from his diocese on the orders of the archbishop of Nicosia, has suffered great expenses and has witnessed the resources of his diocese abstracted in his absence and retained by... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:253-4, no. c-52
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1956
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishops of Famagusta and Paphos
text: Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes or in another way.
Jan. 17 and 18. Lateran. Replying to a request from the bishops of Famagusta and Paphos, Pope Honorius III assures them that he forbids the metropolitan to provide benefices and prebends in a bishop’s church, unless such a right has devolved on the archbishop in accordance with conciliar statutes... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:252-3, no. c-51
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
1974
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Caesarea
institution: Templars
text: [Dec. 18. Pope Honorius III authorizes the archbishop of Caesarea to absolve those brothers of the Knights Templar in Antioch, Tripoli or Acre, who have given communion to the count of Tripoli. He orders the brothers to take an oath to abstain from relations as long as the excommunication of the count persists.
[Dec. 18. Pope Honorius III authorizes the archbishop of Caesarea to absolve those brothers of the Knights Templar in Antioch, Tripoli or Acre, who have given communion to the count of Tripoli. He orders the brothers to take an oath to abstain from relations as long as the excommunication of the... more
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:99, no. 71. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1972
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bertrannus de Cares, miles
institution: Templars
text: Dec. 15. Lateran. A papal judge had imposed on Bertrannus [de Cares], miles, penitential service in the Holy Land on account of his part in the murder of the bishop of Le Puy. [333] The late patriarch of Jerusalem had been reluctant to take responsibility for him. Pope Honorius III, therefore, has sent Bertrannus to the magister of the Knights Templar ordering that he fulfil his sentence of service for 7 years with the Order [domus].
Dec. 15. Lateran. A papal judge had imposed on Bertrannus [de Cares], miles, penitential service in the Holy Land on account of his part in the murder of the bishop of Le Puy. [333] The late patriarch of Jerusalem had been reluctant to take responsibility for him. Pope Honorius III, therefore, has... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 400-1, no. 86
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1982
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus
text: Mar. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus the privilege of papal protection issued for the church of Valenia by Pope Urban III. He confirms its rights, including free elections, and the possessions and tithes held by the bishop’s predecessors. He specifies: the site in Valania on which the church stands with houses, the church of Margant with houses, casale Coket, casale Iobar, casale Bethselmon and 2 cartice grece in the plain of Rogia, half of the casale called Colcas, and the lordship which the bishop has in that casale, possessions and tithes in Valania and in its territory, [and in] Margant and its territory, the tithes of the lands of the late Raynaldus dominus Margati, the tithes of Rossa, Potema, Pharang and other adjacent casalia, mills and gardens, the church of Rossa, the tithes of Cham, Hisen and Aloso and the tithes of the casalia that the said Raynaldus had in the terra sancti Parlerii, and other possessions and tithes that the church is known to have held. Honorius confirms the arrangements approved by Popes Lucius III and Urban III for the Greek and Armenian churches in the diocese, which must recognise the bishop of Valania as their bishop.
Mar. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus the privilege of papal protection issued for the church of Valenia by Pope Urban III. He confirms its rights, including free elections, and the possessions and tithes held by the bishop’s predecessors. He specifies... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 375-7, no. 189; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 405-8, no. 90 (RRH no. 971)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1981
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Abbas Sancte Maria de Episcopia
institution: Sancte Marie Montis Cyrinarum, Ordinis Sancti Augustini
text: Mar. 8. Lateran. At the request of the abbas Sancte Marie de Episcopia, Pope Honorius III takes the abbey under papal protection, establishing the religious life of the canons, who follow the rule of St Augustine as Premonstratensians. He confirms its possessions, specifically the place [locus] where it is situated and the casale called Prestia. The abbey is exempted from the payment of tithes on noval lands. It may receive postulants, is exempt from interdicts and may receive chrism from from the diocesan bishop. No one may build a chapel or oratory in its parrochia without episcopal assent. The laity can choose burial by the monks, who may recover tithes appropriated by laymen. The election of abbots should be free. No crime can be committed on the abbey’s property.
Mar. 8. Lateran. At the request of the abbas Sancte Marie de Episcopia, Pope Honorius III takes the abbey under papal protection, establishing the religious life of the canons, who follow the rule of St Augustine as Premonstratensians. He confirms its possessions, specifically the place [locus]... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:266-9, no. c-61
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1980
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of the kingdom of Cyprus, and also to the bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli
text: Mar. 5. Lateran. Writing to the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of the kingdom of Cyprus, and also to the bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli, Pope Honorius III again demands that the Cypriot laity observe the terms of the agreement with the church, as an appeal they had made had not reached the Holy See on time.
Mar. 5. Lateran. Writing to the queen of Cyprus, her son H., his balius, the comestabulus, barones, milites and homines of the kingdom of Cyprus, and also to the bishops of Tripoli and Valenia and the cantor of Tripoli, Pope Honorius III again demands that the Cypriot laity observe the terms of the... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:265-6, no. c-60