RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2293
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Nazareth, the electus Sidoniensis and the archidiaconus Sidoniensis
text: [Apr. 11. Viterbo. Informed by the prince of Antioch that the son of C. bajulus regni Armeniae has, with the authority of the catholicos of Armenia, married the widow of Philip, the late king of Armenia, and relative of the prince of Antioch, within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, and further that the bajulus killed Philip, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Nazareth, the electus Sidoniensis and the archidiaconus Sidoniensis to investigate.
[Apr. 11. Viterbo. Informed by the prince of Antioch that the son of C. bajulus regni Armeniae has, with the authority of the catholicos of Armenia, married the widow of Philip, the late king of Armenia, and relative of the prince of Antioch, within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity, and... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:618, no. 3597. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2294
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus
text: May 9 and Jun. 11. Viterbo. After a case between the patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus, had been heard at the Holy See, Pope Gregory IX rules that Aimericus was wrongly deprived of his archdeaconry, prebend and other benefices in the church of Tripoli by the patriarch of Antioch. He orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and the archbishops of Nazareth and Caesarea to restore the benefices. If magister Hubertus canonicus et cancellarius Antiochene ecclesie is in possession of the benefice, Aimericus must be compensated.
May 9 and Jun. 11. Viterbo. After a case between the patriarch of Antioch and Aimericus, the nephew of the late Gaufridus Tripolitanus episcopus, had been heard at the Holy See, Pope Gregory IX rules that Aimericus was wrongly deprived of his archdeaconry, prebend and other benefices in the church... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:641-2, 689-90, nos. 3639, 3753
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2300
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, all the prelates in Syria, the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans
text: Jul. 29. Viterbo. Pope Gregory IX has heard that the baptism of slaves is being refused in the Latin East, because it is said that many pretend to want to be converted to Christianity and, having gained their liberty, abscond. He demands the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, all the prelates in Syria, the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to allow slaves who sincerely desire to convert to Christianity to be baptised.
Jul. 29. Viterbo. Pope Gregory IX has heard that the baptism of slaves is being refused in the Latin East, because it is said that many pretend to want to be converted to Christianity and, having gained their liberty, abscond. He demands the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, all the... more
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2 :417-18, no. 6
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2323
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the bishop of Acre, the patriarch of Antioch and the bishop of Tripoli
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing the much of the money left for the redemption of Christian captives held by the Sarraceni is being held back, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the bishop of Acre, the patriarch of Antioch and the bishop of Tripoli to force the release of the money and to account to the papacy for this.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing the much of the money left for the redemption of Christian captives held by the Sarraceni is being held back, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the bishop of Acre, the patriarch of Antioch and the bishop of Tripoli to force the release of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:915, nos. 4143-4. Calendar entries].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2339
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishops of Apamea and Mamistra
text: [Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishops of Apamea and Mamistra [Apamiensis et Mamistanus archiepiscopi] to induce the Armenian catholicos to subject himself to the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Antioch.
[Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishops of Apamea and Mamistra [Apamiensis et Mamistanus archiepiscopi] to induce the Armenian catholicos to subject himself to the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Antioch.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1098, no. 4466. Calendar entry (RRH no. 761)].)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2324
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarchs of Jerusalem and Antioch
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Because many of those convicted of heresy and condemned to be transported to the Holy Land cannot be distinguished from those they might corrupt, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem and their suffragans to compel these persons to wear some sign that will mark them out.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Because many of those convicted of heresy and condemned to be transported to the Holy Land cannot be distinguished from those they might corrupt, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem and their suffragans to compel these persons to wear some sign that will... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:915, nos. 4145-6. Calendar entries].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2340
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Greek, Armenian and Georgian clergy in the city and diocese of Antioch
text: [Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders all Greek, Armenian and Georgian clergy in the city and diocese of Antioch to obey the Latin patriarch.
[Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX orders all Greek, Armenian and Georgian clergy in the city and diocese of Antioch to obey the Latin patriarch.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1098-9, no. 4467. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2325
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans
text: Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that through greed many lords in the kingdom of Jerusalem forbid their slaves and other Sarraceni to hear sermons or receive baptism, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans to compel the lords to allow their slaves hear sermons at least once a month and on the great feasts and to receive baptism, although they will remain in servitude.
Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that through greed many lords in the kingdom of Jerusalem forbid their slaves and other Sarraceni to hear sermons or receive baptism, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and his suffragans to compel the lords to allow their slaves hear... more
sources: Kedar, Crusade and Mission, p. 213, no. 2 c
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2341
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
text: [Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX assures the patriarch of Antioch that no one - unless expressly mentioned in a papal letter - can excommunicate him; nor can anyone in the city of Antioch or the castle of Cursarium publish such a letter of excommunication.
[Jun. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX assures the patriarch of Antioch that no one - unless expressly mentioned in a papal letter - can excommunicate him; nor can anyone in the city of Antioch or the castle of Cursarium publish such a letter of excommunication.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1099, nos. 4468-9. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2312
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the archbishop of Nazareth and the archidiaconus Acconensis
institution: Cistercian abbey of Jubin
text: Jan. 6. Lateran. In an internal dispute in the Cistercian abbey of Jubin, in the diocese of Antioch, the prior and his accomplices, using milites and armed men, attacked the supprior and his supporters, wounding over 30 monks and conversi and expelling them from the monastery and its granges. The Cistercian general chapter could not intervene. The pope called on the assistance of the archbishop of Apamea [archiepiscopus Appamiensis] the decanus…. and magister Henricus, canonicus Antiochensis, while the abbates of La Ferté, the mother house of Jubin, and Jubin came into the papal presence and asked for intervention. Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, the archbishop of Nazareth and the archidiaconus Acconensis to proceed against the monks.
Jan. 6. Lateran. In an internal dispute in the Cistercian abbey of Jubin, in the diocese of Antioch, the prior and his accomplices, using milites and armed men, attacked the supprior and his supporters, wounding over 30 monks and conversi and expelling them from the monastery and its granges. The... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:848-9, no. 4020