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1541
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
institution: Templars
text: Jan. 18. Rome. St Peter’s. The magister and brothers of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] have complained that the king of Cilician Armenia has fired their casalia, confiscating beasts and crops to the value of 50000 besants, and has seized 2 of their castles [castra], rupes W[i]ll[elm]i and rupes Ruissoli. Pope Innocent III encourages King Leon to make satisfaction and informs him that he has appointed the episcopus Bibliensis and the episcopus Valaniensis as judge delegates to hear the case.
Jan. 18. Rome. St Peter’s. The magister and brothers of the Knights Templar [militia Templi] have complained that the king of Cilician Armenia has fired their casalia, confiscating beasts and crops to the value of 50000 besants, and has seized 2 of their castles [castra], rupes W[i]ll[elm]i and... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 7:340-1, no. 189 (RRH no. 801)
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1544
year: 1205
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Abbots of Lucedio and Mount Tabor and the noble laymen Comes Bertoldus and Gerardus de Furniualle
text: Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Concerned by the threat to Christianity posed by the dispute over the principality of Antioch between King Leon of Cilician Armenia and his nephew on one side and the count of Tripoli on the other, and the failure of the mission of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis and Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, Pope Innocent III appoints the abbots of Lucedio and Mt Tabor and the noble laymen Comes Bertoldus and G[erardus] de Furniuall[e] to end the dispute, compelling the parties to observe a truce in the interim and preventing the king of Jetrusalem, the Hospitallers of St John and the Knights Templar from taking sides in the dispute.
Mar. 5. Rome. St Peter’s. Concerned by the threat to Christianity posed by the dispute over the principality of Antioch between King Leon of Cilician Armenia and his nephew on one side and the count of Tripoli on the other, and the failure of the mission of Cardinal Soffred of St Praxedis and... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 8:3-6, no. 1 (RRH no. 802)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1569
year: 1206
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, and the canons of the Holy Sepulchre
institution: Holy Sepulchre
text: Apr. 20. Rome. St Peter’s. Because the dispute between the patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem over the boundary between the province of Tyre and the province Petracensis has not been resolved over a long period Pope Innocent orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, papal legate, and the canons of the Holy Sepulchtre to send suitable representatives to him in Rome during the 3 years from the next Feast of St Luke to answer the charges made by the patriarch of Antioch against the patriarch of Jerusalem’s predecessor and the canons.
Apr. 20. Rome. St Peter’s. Because the dispute between the patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem over the boundary between the province of Tyre and the province Petracensis has not been resolved over a long period Pope Innocent orders the patriarch of Jerusalem, papal legate, and the canons of the... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 9:97-8, no. 52
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1574
year: 1206
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre
institution: Saint Mark in Tyre
text: Aug. 3. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III informs the archbishop of Tyre that the doge of Venice has complained that the archbishop has refused to accept the decision of an appeal in relation to the church of St Mark in Tyre. The pope has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem and Cardinal P. of St Marcellus, the papal legates, to investigate and send a report to him.
Aug. 3. Ferentino. Pope Innocent III informs the archbishop of Tyre that the doge of Venice has complained that the archbishop has refused to accept the decision of an appeal in relation to the church of St Mark in Tyre. The pope has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem and Cardinal P. of St... more
sources: Innocent III, Die Register 9:246-7, no. 138 (RRH no. 814)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1641
year: 1211
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate
institution: Templars
text: May 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reminds the papal legate, the patriarch of Jerusalem, that he had already ordered him to judge in the dispute between the king of Cilician Armenia and the Knights Templar over the castle of Gaston and other issues. The Templars were prepared to submit to judgement, but the king had refused to accept their approach and had occupied by force their property in portus Bonellus and in other places in Armenia, which provided them with much of their sustenance, installing guards [custodes] in their houses. The patriarch had ordered the king to withdraw his guards and had excommunicated him, warning the inhabitants of, and pilgrims to, the Latin East to do nothing to assist him. The king then seized all the Templar possessions in Cilician Armenia, except for 2 castles which he could not occupy, and destroyed Templar casalia in the principality of Antioch to deprive their castles of provisions. Knights Templar and their companions had been wounded and killed. Innocent is writing to the patriarch of Antioch, the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon, Tripoli, Tortosa [Anteradensis], Limassol and Famagusta, and King John of Jerusalem, confirming the excommunication of the king of Cilician Armenia and ordering them to publicize it.
May 18. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reminds the papal legate, the patriarch of Jerusalem, that he had already ordered him to judge in the dispute between the king of Cilician Armenia and the Knights Templar over the castle of Gaston and other issues. The Templars were prepared to submit to judgement... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:155-8, no. b-32 (RRH no. 851)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1651
year: 1211
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 30. Lateran. Pope Innocent III has heard that the legitimacy of the election by the chapter of Nicosia of magister Durandus eiusdem ecclesie thesaurarius to the archbishopric has been challenged by many, including Galterus de Monte Beliardo, a parishioner. Durandus has claimed that this challenge is motivated by the animosity Galterus has for the king. The pope does not have enough evidence. He asks the patriarch of Jerusalem to judge the case. If he finds for the elect he should consecrate him and confer the pallium.
Dec. 30. Lateran. Pope Innocent III has heard that the legitimacy of the election by the chapter of Nicosia of magister Durandus eiusdem ecclesie thesaurarius to the archbishopric has been challenged by many, including Galterus de Monte Beliardo, a parishioner. Durandus has claimed that this... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:160-1, no. b-35
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1663
year: 1212
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
text: Oct. 10. Lateran. Pope Innocent III admonishes the patriarch of Antioch. He has heard from Iterius, a canon of the church of Antioch, that his uncle Patriarch Peter, who had suffered persecution and died, had given him and his brother 1000 Saracen besants to be spent on their education [in studiis scholasticis]. But the present patriarch, on receiving the money from the magister of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, with whom it had been deposited, not only did not grant it to Iterius and his brother, but also deprived him of the fourth, with which the old patriarch had augmented his prebend with the consent of his chapter, and had confiscated a gastina called Naria and refused to grant them the revenues, amounting to 1000 besants [aurei]. These had been transported to the castle of Cursarium in the custody of the dean of Antioch. Innocent orders the patriarch to investigate and if need be ensure satsfaction.
Oct. 10. Lateran. Pope Innocent III admonishes the patriarch of Antioch. He has heard from Iterius, a canon of the church of Antioch, that his uncle Patriarch Peter, who had suffered persecution and died, had given him and his brother 1000 Saracen besants to be spent on their education [in studiis... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:697-8, no. 181 (RRH no. 859a)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1664
year: 1212
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Oct. 10. Lateran. Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch of Jerusalem as apostolic legate to investigate the dispute between the patriarch of Antioch and Iterius.
Oct. 10. Lateran. Pope Innocent III orders the patriarch of Jerusalem as apostolic legate to investigate the dispute between the patriarch of Antioch and Iterius.
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:698, no. 181 (RRH no. 859a)
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1682
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: King Leon I of Cilician Armenia
text: Feb. 28. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reprimands the king of Cilician Armenia for his excesses in the principality of Antioch, his violation of treaties and his promises. The pope has heard from the patriarch of Antioch and many others that the king had broken his written commitment to a truce, had sent his nephew Raymond Rupen with a large army into the territory of Antioch, had ravaged and burnt casalia belonging to the churches and carried off loot amounting to more than 100000 besants. Leon had received a man who had been deposed as patriarch of Antioch. He had replaced the archbishop-elect of Tarsus [Tarsensis] with a Greek, expelled the Latins and divided the church’s possessions among his milites. Innocent warns the king that he has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem, his suffragans and the bishops of Cyprus to enforce the excommunication of the king, his nephew and his supporters until satisfaction is made. He has forbidden the kings of Jerusalem and Cyprus, the Knights Templar, the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem and any peregrini in the province of Jerusalem to have any relations with those who have been excommunicated.
Feb. 28. Lateran. Pope Innocent III reprimands the king of Cilician Armenia for his excesses in the principality of Antioch, his violation of treaties and his promises. The pope has heard from the patriarch of Antioch and many others that the king had broken his written commitment to a truce, had... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:169-71, no. b-39 (RRH no. 862)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
1684
year: 1213
initiator: Pope Innocent III
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
institution: Templars
text: Mar. 15-22. Lateran. Pope Innocent records that the patriarch of Jerusalem has informed him that, after the bishop of Sidon had left the Holy Land for the Holy See, a letter had arrived from the king of Cilician Armenia offering immediate peace with the Knights Templar, humbly begging for absolution from his excommunication and asking for justice in his case and that of his nephew against the count of Tripoli. Meanwhile the count of Tripoli had argued that as he held Antioch from the emperor of Constantinople he was exempt from patriarchal jurisdiction. The pope orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to absolve the king from his excommunication, but to deny him and his nephew justice in their dispute with the count of Tripoli for the time being, because of his grave offences. As for the count of Tripoli, his argument that he is subject to the emperor of Constantinople should be dismissed as frivolous and inane.
Mar. 15-22. Lateran. Pope Innocent records that the patriarch of Jerusalem has informed him that, after the bishop of Sidon had left the Holy Land for the Holy See, a letter had arrived from the king of Cilician Armenia offering immediate peace with the Knights Templar, humbly begging for... more
sources: Innocent III, ‘Register’ 216:792-3, no. 7 (RRH no. 863)