RRR: Correspondence/envoy
2336
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
text: Jun. 7. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX consoles the Knights Templar and others imprisoned by the Sarraceni in Aleppo and assures them he is doing everything he can to secure their release. They may make confession and receive the Sacrament from frater Manassarius, or any Franciscan, or even from Jacobite priests [sacerdotes Jacobiti]
Jun. 7. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX consoles the Knights Templar and others imprisoned by the Sarraceni in Aleppo and assures them he is doing everything he can to secure their release. They may make confession and receive the Sacrament from frater Manassarius, or any Franciscan, or even from Jacobite... more
sources: Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 2:419-20, no. 8; [Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1055-6, nos. 4403-4. Calendar entries]
RRR: Permission/licence/authorization
2378
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
[Feb. 9. Lateran. Because their habits impede their use of arms, Pope Gregory IX permits the Knights Templar to wear large surcoats, with the sign of the cross on the front, when they find themselves in dangerous situations.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 3:181-2, no. 5058. Calendar entry].