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RRR:
2990
year: 1254
text: . After May 31. Möngke (Mangu Chan) sends a letter to King Louis IX, saying that as there is one God in the heaven, there is thus only one ruler on earth: Genghis Khan (Chingis Chan). He demands obedience from Louis and all other European rulers. The envoy David who came to Louis was an imposter. Louis sent him and his own envoys to Güyüg (Keu Chan), but they arrived after his death and his widow, Oghul Qaimish (Camus), responded inappropriately. The two monks (William of Rubruck and his companion) Louis sent to Sartaq were sent on to Batu and he sent them to Mangu Chan. Mangu Chan is giving them the letter for Louis. . After May 31. Möngke (Mangu Chan) sends a letter to King Louis IX, saying that as there is one God in the heaven, there is thus only one ruler on earth: Genghis Khan (Chingis Chan). He demands obedience from Louis and all other European rulers. The envoy David who came to Louis was an imposter.... more
sources: Rubruk, Viaggio in Mongolia, pp. 274-78; RRH 1215. English translation in The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck, ed. Jackson and Morgan, pp. 248-50
comments: Note: The reference to David is to Eljigidei’s embassy to Louis who encountered the king in Cyprus at the end of 1248.
RRR:
2991
year: 1254
text: . June 1. Will of Marguerite lady of Sidon (Sydon), whereby she founds a chaplaincy in the church of St John to be maintained at the expense of Julian lord of Sidon: the executors to be the archbishop of Tyre, John the abbot of St Samuel, the marshal of the Hospital, Hugh Revel, the grand commander, and G. Carmelite prior. . June 1. Will of Marguerite lady of Sidon (Sydon), whereby she founds a chaplaincy in the church of St John to be maintained at the expense of Julian lord of Sidon: the executors to be the archbishop of Tyre, John the abbot of St Samuel, the marshal of the Hospital, Hugh Revel, the grand commander... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:761, no. 2686; RRH 1215a
RRR:
2992
year: 1254
text: . July 5. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of Neauphle-le-Vieux in the diocese of Chartres and the dean of Rouen (Guy de Bourbon),* ordering them to allocate to the noble man Count Jean de Monfort, son of the late King of Jerusalem John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), up to six thousands livres tournois from the cash redemptions of crusade vows (if the men are old, weak, and unable to fight), legacies and various offerings for the Holy Land collected in the provinces of Reims and Sens and put in safe places before being handed over to the count, whom the pope wants preferred over all others who have taken the cross if they are not now fulfilling or about to fulfil their vows. This privilege is motivated by the involvement of Jean de Montfort with the crusade’s business and his devotion towards the Roman Church. . July 5. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of Neauphle-le-Vieux in the diocese of Chartres and the dean of Rouen (Guy de Bourbon),* ordering them to allocate to the noble man Count Jean de Monfort, son of the late King of Jerusalem John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), up to six thousands... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 143r-v, no. 12; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:473, no. 7815
RRR:
2993
year: 1254
text: . July 25. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Jubin in the diocese of Antioch, ordering him to confer a vacant bishopric or archbishopric or the first one available in the patriarchate of Antioch or in the Kingdom of Cyprus on the patriarch of Antioch (Opizo Fieschi), whose income is reduced by the incursions of the enemies of the Faith. The abbot of Jubin shall also prevent the chapters of the cathedrals in those areas from electing a successor in case of a vacancy, notwithstanding various obstacles, using ecclesiastical censure against those who contradict. . July 25. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the abbot of the Cistercian abbey of Jubin in the diocese of Antioch, ordering him to confer a vacant bishopric or archbishopric or the first one available in the patriarchate of Antioch or in the Kingdom of Cyprus on the patriarch of Antioch (Opizo... more
sources: Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:482-83, no. 7873; Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:441-42, no. e-93
RRR:
2994
year: 1254
text: . July 31. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre Gilles [de Saumur], relating that he decided to fulfil his request for the pallium, presented on his behalf by the canon of Tyre Master Guillaume [of Caesarea], whom the pope has entrusted to transmit the pallium to Bishop [Étienne] of Beirut, who will assign it to Gilles according to the form sent in the bull to him and receive from Gilles the oath the pope includes in the same bull. Gilles can wear the pallium in his cathedral during the various feasts specified in the privileges of his church. . July 31. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre Gilles [de Saumur], relating that he decided to fulfil his request for the pallium, presented on his behalf by the canon of Tyre Master Guillaume [of Caesarea], whom the pope has entrusted to transmit the pallium to Bishop [... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 157r, no. 87; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:489, no. 7902
RRR:
2995
year: 1254
text: . July 31. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to Bishop [Stephen] of Beirut concerning the above (without the text of the form and the oath). . July 31. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to Bishop [Stephen] of Beirut concerning the above (without the text of the form and the oath).
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 157r, no. 87; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:489, no. 7903
RRR:
2996
year: 1254
text: . August 1. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to Count Jean de Montfort, son of the late king of Jerusalem John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), and his wife, granting that no papal delegate, subdelegate, executor or conservator can issue ecclesiastical sentences against them or their children or their land without special papal mandate quoting this indulgence in full and verbatim. . August 1. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV writes to Count Jean de Montfort, son of the late king of Jerusalem John of Brienne (Jean de Brienne), and his wife, granting that no papal delegate, subdelegate, executor or conservator can issue ecclesiastical sentences against them or their children or their... more
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 170v, no. 189; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:505, no. 8006b
RRR:
2997
year: 1254
text: . August 1. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV names as conservator for the above the abbot of Neauphle-le-Vieuxe diocese of Chartres. . August 1. Anagni. Pope Innocent IV names as conservator for the above the abbot of Neauphle-le-Vieuxe diocese of Chartres.
sources: ASV, Reg. Vat. 23, f. 170v, no. 189; Innocent IV, Les registres, 3:505, no. 8006b
RRR:
2998
year: 1254
text: . Before August 6. Acre. [Cardinal-Bishop Odo (Eudes de Châteauroux) of Tusculum (Frascati), papal legate, issues the following statutes in Acre (Accon) with the advice and consent of the prelates of Syria.] The legate wishes to eradicate certain things that the Celestial Father did not plant. He hears many loud complaints against the clerics of Outremer and certain abuses and perverse customs that stain the integrity of the church of Outremer, in which many churches sell the sacraments, which is the plague of simony. When one chooses burial in the cemetery of Saint Nicolaus of Acre (Acconensis), or in another cemetery of Outremer, canons or clerics will not join the procession without first obtaining a fixed payment that they later divide among themselves. If the deceased's relatives have a stone monument made in the cemetery, they are forced to pay a gallon of oil, which is four quarts, or some other price, to the clerics of the church that owns the cemetery, or else they cannot have the monument. The person who makes the monument in the cemetery receives a fixed price, keeping two thirds and giving one third to the church that owns the cemetery, and sometimes more. Thus it appears that the administrators of the church sell holy land. Some also demand a fixed price for baptizing a child, and when the person bring the child is poor, they rent for a fixed price the holy cloth, white or shining, for the ceremony. They also demand the candle that is lit and carried with the child to its house, for the honour of the baptized and the parents, and they will not allow them to carry it without receiving a security so that the candle is given to them at the end. Some prelates demand three solidi, or one raboinus, or some other price, for contracting engagements, or else they will not attend. Some prelates extort 43 denarii or some other price from those wishing to solemnize their marriage in the eyes of the Church, or else they will not perform the office or duty at the wedding, or perform the ceremony, or allow it to be celebrated. They also extort from the bride and groom a plate of food and two cups of wine, or some other price, to perform their duty in the celebration of the nuptials. The above should canonically be done for free, just as the prelates receive orders, posts, and benefices for free. When some people wish to contract an engagement for a future marriage, a money fine is established for contracting the marriage, with or without predetermining the time. If the time is fixed and passes without the marriage yet contracted, even if the parties wish to marry later, the prelates demand the fine and force the parties to pay it. If the parties decide not to marry, the prelates extort the fee from both parties. If one still consents, they demand the fine from the dissenting party, but sometimes they even demand it from the one who still consents, thus greedily punishing the innocent. These things are against the holy regulations that marriage must be free, following free and peaceful consent, and in which there is no place for the fear and coercion of a fine, resulting in unwanted marriages. The legate condemns at length this practice, in which the Church, which completely condemns other coercion in marriage, turns it into profit for herself. When a marriage has been celebrated, a priest carries holy water and sometimes lit candles to the house where the couple will live, and approaching the door he places the water at their feet, demanding twelve denarii or another price for this objectionable task, which involves the sin of divination. It is also asserted that some priests and other clerics in orders keep girls in their houses, ostensibly as servants, with whom some are said to associate disgracefully, or through whom other girls are procured. Thus, on papal authority, the legate strictly prohibits the above abuses, which have become customary through long use, establishing, proclaiming, inviolably decreeing, and commanding by virtue of obedience that nothing shall be demanded henceforth on the basis of past agreement or convention for burials, processions for the dead, funeral rites and monuments, benedictions for those getting married, receiving chrism and oil, baptizing and registering the faithful, white cloth, wax, or any other ecclesiastical sacrament. If, however, something is freely given after the function has been carried out, the clerics are not forbidden from receiving what is offered as a gratuity or out of devotion. The white cloths must be taken back, however, so that they are not put to elicit use. Regarding the exaction of money fines, called repetailles in the vernacular or other names, imposed for marriages and engagements, which are such a common evil that it is difficult to remove them, anyone going against this statute or committing any fraud with respect to it, once they are aware of it, shall be ipso facto suspended from his duties. Nevertheless, the prelates shall impose a suitable punishment for perjury or breaking faith on the unwilling party in the marriage. The legate also forbids in his legation the demanding of the raboinus or any price for engagements or the 43 denarii or any price for marriages on pain of twenty days' suspension from entering church ipso facto. In order to avoid danger to souls, however, the legate grants the patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops in his legation, or their vicars, the power to absolve clerics in their dioceses from the above sentences, after the guilty have taken an oath not to attempt such things in the future and have restored the money they have taken from people, if they can find them, or otherwise pay it to the bishop for the needs of the poor. If they cannot repay this, a penance shall be enjoined on them that will strike such terror that it will restrain them and others in the future. Priests and others in holy orders are forbidden from maintaining any women in their houses, for any reason, on pain of loss of benefices, unless the women are persons canonically permitted. For where men and women live together, the stimulation of the flesh is not far away. Those who go against, although warned by their superior, are ipso facto deprived of their benefices, which can be freely given to others by those who have the power. If they do not have benefices, they shall be restrained with sentences of suspension or excommunication. The legate also establishes that each patriarch, archbishop, and bishop shall hold a diocesan synod at least once a year, in which this statute shall be read publicly, and they shall have the statute written in the books of the cathedral church for the permanent record. . Before August 6. Acre. [Cardinal-Bishop Odo (Eudes de Châteauroux) of Tusculum (Frascati), papal legate, issues the following statutes in Acre (Accon) with the advice and consent of the prelates of Syria.] The legate wishes to eradicate certain things that the Celestial Father did not plant. He... more
sources: Schabel, Synodicum Nicosiense, pp. 174-85, text F
RRR:
2999
year: 1254
text: . August 6. Acre. [Cardinal-]Bishop Odo (Eudes de Châteauroux) of Tusculum (Frascati), papal legate, writes to Archbishop Hugo (Ugo da Fagiano) of Nicosia or his vicars, relating that he has been working for the salvation of souls and trying to remove certain abuses that are prevalent in Outremer and stain the Church's reputation, scandalizing layfolk. He thus sends the addressee the text of the above statutes that he published with the advice and consent of the prelates of Syria. The legate orders the recipient to make these statutes public in the Great Church of Nicosia when the city's clergy is assembled and to have them implemented by the suffragan bishops or their vicars and in other places in the Kingdom of Cyprus as he sees fit. . August 6. Acre. [Cardinal-]Bishop Odo (Eudes de Châteauroux) of Tusculum (Frascati), papal legate, writes to Archbishop Hugo (Ugo da Fagiano) of Nicosia or his vicars, relating that he has been working for the salvation of souls and trying to remove certain abuses that are prevalent in Outremer... more
sources: Schabel, Synodicum Nicosiense, pp. 174-75 and 184-85, text F.1 and 23

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