RRR: Correspondence/envoy
1319
year: 1191
initiator: Pope Celestine III
recipient: Clergy in the East
text: Apr 15-Oct 25 [or Apr.14 1191 - 1196]. [238] Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy in the East condemning the practice of chapters submitting the names of two candidates to the patriarch and king before election to a bishopric, although he allows for the assent of the king and patriarch being sought after a canonical election.
Apr 15-Oct 25 [or Apr.14 1191 - 1196]. [238] Pope Celestine III writes to the clergy in the East condemning the practice of chapters submitting the names of two candidates to the patriarch and king before election to a bishopric, although he allows for the assent of the king and patriarch being... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 348-50, no. 171