year: 1247
text: July 20. Sisian. Baichu (Baiothnoy). The representative (noyan) Baichu on behalf of the khan (Güyüg) writes to Pope [Innocent IV], relating that the pope’s nuncios recently brought two papal letters and spoke with big words, but he does not know whether this was the pope’s orders or they did it out of their own stupidity. In the letters the pope had written that he kills many men, that whoever hears God’s command will rule his own land, water, and patrimony (the One who contains the face of the entire orb shall hand power to him), but whoever does not shall die. The pope has now sent this command to the emperor. If the pope wishes to rule over his land, water, and patrimony, the pope himself must come to the emperor, and the one who contains the face of the entire earth, in person, and if he does not hear the command of God and the one who contains the face of the entire earth, the emperor is unwilling, God knows. Before the pope comes, he must send nuncios informing the emperor, whether he comes or not, if he wants to be with him or his enemy, and he should send his response to the command quickly to the emperor, which command the emperor has sent through the hands of Aybeg and Sargis. (Lupprian, pp. 190-92, no. 33; RRH 1150). [Note: See also Lupprian, pp. 192-93, no. 33a, 1247, before July 17, Karakorum, letter of Chaam to Baichu (Baiothnoy), which the Mongols (Tartari) call the letter of God, relating that, it is the order of Genghis Khan
July 20. Sisian. Baichu (Baiothnoy). The representative (noyan) Baichu on behalf of the khan (Güyüg) writes to Pope [Innocent IV], relating that the pope’s nuncios recently brought two papal letters and spoke with big words, but he does not know whether this was the pope’s orders or they did it out... more
sources: Chingiscam
year: 1247
text: July 22. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre, relating that he wishes to favour the ecclesiastical career of a Genoese student, Ogerio Botario, the nephew of the current papal gatekeeper Pietro, so he orders the addressee to have the student or his agent accepted as a canon in a cathedral church in the patriarchate of Jerusalem.
July 22. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre, relating that he wishes to favour the ecclesiastical career of a Genoese student, Ogerio Botario, the nephew of the current papal gatekeeper Pietro, so he orders the addressee to have the student or his agent accepted as a canon in... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:612, no. 4042
year: 1247
text: July 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Dean [Boniface] of Sidon, residing in Acre, and archdeacons [Bernard] of Nicosia and [Peter] of Acre, relating that he received a complaint from the lord of Beirut [Balian of Ibelin] that his bailiff for his Cypriot property Jean de Brie, after J[ean] had legitimately appealed to the Apostolic See, was excommunicated by the archbishop of Nicosia (Eustorge de Montaigut), on the grounds that as bailiff he had requested accounts and rights from the lord of Beirut’s men and forced them to render them. In view of the harm allegedly done to the lord of Beirut, the pope orders the addressees, with the assent of the agents of both sides, to relax the sentence to a caution, to summon those who should be called, to hear their depositions, to decide what is canonical and to enforce the decision, appeal put aside, notwithstanding various obstacles. If they cannot all carry this out, two or one can.
July 30. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Dean [Boniface] of Sidon, residing in Acre, and archdeacons [Bernard] of Nicosia and [Peter] of Acre, relating that he received a complaint from the lord of Beirut [Balian of Ibelin] that his bailiff for his Cypriot property Jean de Brie, after J[ean] had... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:475, no. 3149; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:366-67, no. e-26
year: 1247
text: August 3. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarchs, archbishops and bishops, both Latins and Greeks, in the areas of the East, ordering them to have observed any sentences of suspension, interdict or excommunication rightly promulgated by the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), papal penitentiary, against any Latins except patriarchs, archbishops and bishops, for clear injuries done unduly to the Greeks, when they refuse to make amends after diligent warning, or against the Greeks themselves for their manifest transgressions, until they do fitting satisfaction.
August 3. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarchs, archbishops and bishops, both Latins and Greeks, in the areas of the East, ordering them to have observed any sentences of suspension, interdict or excommunication rightly promulgated by the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:615, no. 4053; Acta Innocentii IV, p. 81, no. 37; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:367-68, no. e-27
year: 1247
text: August 6. Milan. Incorporating the letter from Pope Innocent IV of May 6, Cardinal Octavian of S. Maria in Via Lata forbids any infringement of the papal protection extended to the churches of St Mark of Tyre and St Mark of Acre, which owe an annual census of 2 besants to the Holy See, payable on the Feast of All Saints.
August 6. Milan. Incorporating the letter from Pope Innocent IV of May 6, Cardinal Octavian of S. Maria in Via Lata forbids any infringement of the papal protection extended to the churches of St Mark of Tyre and St Mark of Acre, which owe an annual census of 2 besants to the Holy See, payable on... more
sources: Tafel and Thomas, Urkunden 2:445-47, no. 312; RRH 1151; see also RRR 2573
year: 1247
text: August 7. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to his penitentiary the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that the legate is said to have been working for the return of ‘the patriarch of the Greeks [Manuel II] and his suffragans’ to the unity of the Holy Roman Church, but that the pope wishes to do no injury or prejudice to anyone over this. Thus, concerning the Greek prelates who wish to return to the devotion and reverence to the Church, if they were subject to the [Latin] patriarch of Antioch or of Jerusalem or other Latin prelates in the past, they are to remain bound in obedience and reverence to them. But if they are not known to have been so subject, the legate shall receive them in obedience to the Roman Church, save the rights of others. Moreover, the legate shall persuade the patriarch of the Greeks to come to the Apostolic See in person to be admitted to its unity and full grace, and if it is established that the patriarch is not subject to any of those patriarchs or prelates, he and his suffragans who enjoy the same freedom will be subject directly to the Apostolic See. If the patriarch cannot come in person, he is to send suitable representatives for himself and his suffragans with sufficient mandate. If the patriarch or others cannot afford to come, the legate shall assist with funds from the Apostolic Camera.
August 7. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to his penitentiary the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that the legate is said to have been working for the return of ‘the patriarch of the Greeks [Manuel II] and his suffragans’ to the unity of the... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:614, no. 4051; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 82-84, no. 39; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:368-70, no. e-28, wrongly referring to ‘Patriarch [Elias] of Antioch’, following Mas Latrie
year: 1247
text: August 7. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that through the legate he once wanted to protect the Greeks of the East and defend them against injury by the Latins, to avoid scandal and promote the honour of the Church and the tranquillity of the Greeks, without injury to others. Yet he did not want the legate to occupy himself with all grievances of the Greeks, but only with those that, after careful deliberation, the legate determined could be corrected healthfully for the honour of the Church. Thus the pope orders the legate to have the Latins do fitting satisfaction for the minor and obvious injuries and harassments done to the Greeks, but not to deal with others, which he should relate directly and orally to the pope when the legate is in his presence, so that the pope can decide what is best.
August 7. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the papal legate Brother Lawrence [of Portugal] of the Friars Minor (Franciscans), relating that through the legate he once wanted to protect the Greeks of the East and defend them against injury by the Latins, to avoid scandal and promote the honour of... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:614, no. 4052; Acta Innocentii IV, pp. 84-85, no. 40; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:370-71, no. e-29
year: 1247
text: August 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the house of the Lepers of St Lazarus of Jerusalem of the Order of St Augustine, relating that their petition claimed that numerous clerical and lay brothers of their house have incurred the sentence of excommunication for violence against their members and against secular clerics, but the hazards of the journey and high expense make traveling to the Apostolic See for absolution burdensome. The pope allows the priests serving the order to absolve the brothers, if they do fitting satisfaction to the victims and they are not guilty of serious crimes, in which case they shall be sent to the Apostolic See. Valid for two years.
August 12. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the master and brothers of the house of the Lepers of St Lazarus of Jerusalem of the Order of St Augustine, relating that their petition claimed that numerous clerical and lay brothers of their house have incurred the sentence of excommunication for... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:476-77, no. 3156
year: 1247
text: August 13. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Dean [Boniface] of Sidon, residing in Acre, and the archdeacons of Nicosia and Acre, relating that Archbishop [Eustorge] of Nicosia excommunicated Canon Giovanni of Città di Castello, Jean de Brie the bailiff of the lord of Beirut (Balian of Ibelin) and the layman Bérard de La Frigoule, all residing in the Kingdom of Cyprus, after they legitimately appealed to the Apostolic See, to the prejudice and serious harm to the lord of Beirut (Balian of Ibelin). The pope orders the addressees to relax the sentence to a caution – once the excommunicates have sworn to obey the Church’s mandates should the sentence be found to have been justly promulgated – to hear anything that might remain of the case, and to decide the case canonically, various obstacles notwithstanding. If all three cannot carry this out, [then two or one can].
August 13. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to Dean [Boniface] of Sidon, residing in Acre, and the archdeacons of Nicosia and Acre, relating that Archbishop [Eustorge] of Nicosia excommunicated Canon Giovanni of Città di Castello, Jean de Brie the bailiff of the lord of Beirut (Balian of Ibelin) and... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:475, no. 3150; Schabel et al., Bullarium 1:371-72, no. e-30
year: 1247
text: August 14. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes), relating that, as the patriarch’s agent Master Filippo of Tripoli proposed before him, since the pope granted the patriarch the power of providing eight of his clerics with prebendal benefices in the cathedral churches of his patriarchate, and, considering the agent’s obedience, labour, honourable character, knowledge of letters and laudable conversation, the patriarch wishes to provide him with a post (personatus), the pope orders the patriarch to provide him with a post (personatus) or other ecclesiastical rank (dignitas) in a church of his patriarchate as he sees fit, notwithstanding that the agent is otherwise beneficed or any papal indulgence to the contrary.
August 14. Lyons. Pope Innocent IV writes to the patriarch of Jerusalem and papal legate (Robert de Nantes), relating that, as the patriarch’s agent Master Filippo of Tripoli proposed before him, since the pope granted the patriarch the power of providing eight of his clerics with prebendal... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 1:473, no. 3138