RRR: Correspondence/envoy
673
year: 1161
initiator: Fredericus Ptholomaidis episcopus
recipient: Abbot and brothers of the abbey of Florennes and the chapter of the church of Saint John the Evangelist of Liège
text: 1153 - Sept. 11 1161. [83] F[redericus] Ptholomaidis episcopus writes to the abbot and brothers of the abbey of Florennes and the chapter of the church of St John the Evangelist of Liège. He records how the canons of St John had asked him to send them relics of St John the Baptist, which had been recently discovered in Sebaste. In Jerusalem he met magister Bovo, who encouraged him to use the influence he had with the hierarchy in the Holy Land and with the king [Baldwin III] and his mother the queen [Melisende] and informed him that he wanted to present a relic of St John the Baptist to the abbey of Florennes. Fredericus and Bovo spent the night in Sebaste, celebrated Mass and persuaded the bishop to present them with a relic, which they divided between Florennes and St John of Liège. The relics are being brought back to Europe by Bovo.
1153 - Sept. 11 1161. [83] F[redericus] Ptholomaidis episcopus writes to the abbot and brothers of the abbey of Florennes and the chapter of the church of St John the Evangelist of Liège. He records how the canons of St John had asked him to send them relics of St John the Baptist, which had been... more
sources: Berlière, ‘Une lettre de Frédéric’, pp. 123-5