year: 1215
initiator: Patriarch Albert or Patriarch Ralph of Jerusalem
recipient: Pope Innocent III
text: 1205 or Nov. 11-30 1215. Either Patriarch Albert or Patriarch Ralph of Jerusalem swears obedience to Pope Innocent III and his successors, promises to defend them, to assist papal legates, to come to synods, to make an ad limina visitation to Rome every 4 years and to conserve the properties of the patriarchate.
1205 or Nov. 11-30 1215. Either Patriarch Albert or Patriarch Ralph of Jerusalem swears obedience to Pope Innocent III and his successors, promises to defend them, to assist papal legates, to come to synods, to make an ad limina visitation to Rome every 4 years and to conserve the properties of the... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, p. 333, nos. 176, 176 bis (RRH no. 779)
year: 1221
initiator: Maurus, ecclesie Dominici Templi abbas benedicendus
recipient: Patriarch R[alph] of Jerusalem and his successors
institution: Templum Domini
text: (c.1220-1221). Maurus, ecclesie Dominici Templi abbas benedicendus, promises obedience to Patriarch R[alph] of Jerusalem and his successors.
(c.1220-1221). Maurus, ecclesie Dominici Templi abbas benedicendus, promises obedience to Patriarch R[alph] of Jerusalem and his successors.
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, p. 341, no. 183 (RRH no. 952)
RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2104
year: 1229
initiator: Patriarch Gerold of Jerusalem
recipient: Pope Gregory IX
text: Mar. 26. Acre. Patriarch Gerold of Jerusalem reports to Pope Gregory IX critically and at length on the actions of the emperor Frederick II in the Holy Land. He describes the journey of the emperor from Acre to Jaffa in November 1228, followed by the Christian army; the anger of the sultan at the refortification of Jaffa and the seizure of provisions from neighbouring casalia at a time when negotiations for a truce were in train; the emollient response of the emperor; the rejection of the emperor’s notary, who was responsible for negotiations, and the sultan’s request for direct talks with comes Thomas; the ill treatment of pilgrims; the sending of singers to please the emperor; and the emperor’s private announcement on 11 February to 4 of the leaders of the Latin East that poverty was forcing him to make a truce. The patriarch describes the terms of the truce: including the surrender of the city of Jerusalem, which could be fortified, except for the Templum Domini, which the Sarraceni can enter, Bethlehem and 2 small casalia on the road between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, the casalia on the road between Jerusalem and Jaffa, Nazareth and 2 casalia between Nazareth and Acre, Tyrum [Toron], which cannot be fortified, Sidon and 2 casalia. He stresses the absence of any grant of land outside Jerusalem to the patriarch, the Holy Sepulchre, the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, St Mary of the Latins, St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, the Templum Domini, the Mt of Olives or Mt Sion. Only the Knights Templar gained their property between Jerusalem and Jaffa. The nobles reluctantly agreed, provided they could fortify Jerusalem. The magistri of the Military Orders and the bishops of England replied that they could not agree if the patriarch was not consulted, but the emperor replied that he would not take this step. The emperor then swore to abide by the terms of a secret codicil privately with no one present. The emperor had the support of the magister of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans, who with, comes Thomasius and the dominus Sydonis received oaths of acceptance from the sultan of Egypt. The dominus Sydonis approached the sultan of Damascus, but he refused to agree, claiming that his relations were plotting against him. The magister of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans asked the patriarch to come to the entry into Jerusalem. The patriarch gave reasons for his refusal. The magister sent, through frater W. de ordine Predicatorum, penitentiarius patriarche, a transcript of the truce, which the patriarch subjects to critical analysis. The patriarch continues that the emperor crowned himself in the church of the Holy Sepulchre. There followed a long speech delivered by the magister of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans in both German and French, praising the emperor’s achievement. The Wintoniensis episcopus and the Exoniensis episcopus, the magister of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the preceptor of the Knights Templar [the magister being absent] met the emperor and the magister of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to discuss aid for the refortification of Jerusalem, but after delays they had no reply, even after the Knights Templars had offered to take responsibility for this. The emperor returned to Acre by way of Jaffa.
Mar. 26. Acre. Patriarch Gerold of Jerusalem reports to Pope Gregory IX critically and at length on the actions of the emperor Frederick II in the Holy Land. He describes the journey of the emperor from Acre to Jaffa in November 1228, followed by the Christian army; the anger of the sultan at the... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:299-304, no. 384 (RRH no. 1001)
year: 1244
initiator: Peregrinus abbas Sancte Marie de Latina
recipient: Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem
institution: Saint Mary Latin
text: c.1244. In the presence of dominus Arnaldus Liddensis episcopus, the patriarch’s vicarius, Peregrinus abbas Sancte Marie de Latina makes his profession of obedience to Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem, including the promise of an annual ad limina visitation to the church of Jerusalem personally or by means of an emissary.
c.1244. In the presence of dominus Arnaldus Liddensis episcopus, the patriarch’s vicarius, Peregrinus abbas Sancte Marie de Latina makes his profession of obedience to Patriarch Robert of Jerusalem, including the promise of an annual ad limina visitation to the church of Jerusalem personally or by... more
sources: Bresc-Bautier, Cart St-Sépulcre, pp. 342-3, no. 185 (RRH no. 1129)