RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2329
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory IX forbids this venal practice to continue.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. The canons of the Holy Sepulchre have been spreading the fiction that the Holy Fire, which descends on the tomb of Christ during the Easter Vigil, also falls on the site of the Prison of Christ in the church of the Holy Sepulchre and are charging pilgrims as a result. Pope Gregory... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4151. Calendar entry].