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2144
year: 1230
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
text: Sept. 13. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to desist from questioning the judgement of the patriarch of Jerusalem, as papal legate, in favour of the right of the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to wear white mantles, following privileges granted by Pope Honorius III and Gregory himself, and finance supplied by the emperor Frederick. He has ordered the patriarch of Jerusalem and the bishop of Acre, to whom he also writes, to ensure that the Knights Templar conform.
Sept. 13. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to desist from questioning the judgement of the patriarch of Jerusalem, as papal legate, in favour of the right of the brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to wear white mantles, following... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 1:322, no. 491
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2146
year: 1231
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Feb. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX transmits to the magister of the Knights Templar the complaints of the emperor Frederick that the Order has refused to accept the truce he has made with the Muslims and has gone to war, in spite of the prohibition of his balivus and the threatened attack of the rex Persarum, with the result that many milites peregrini have become prisoners-of-war. The pope forbids the Templars to act in this way.
Feb. 26. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX transmits to the magister of the Knights Templar the complaints of the emperor Frederick that the Order has refused to accept the truce he has made with the Muslims and has gone to war, in spite of the prohibition of his balivus and the threatened attack of the rex... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:345-6, no. 427
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2187
year: 1232
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 29. Rieti. On the advice of the patriarch of Jerusalem and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch, the papal legate, to absolve excommunicates and pilgrims after they had completed their sentences.
Jul. 29. Rieti. On the advice of the patriarch of Jerusalem and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar, Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch, the papal legate, to absolve excommunicates and pilgrims after they had completed their sentences.
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:385-6, no. 479
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2245
year: 1235
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jul. 28. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX orders the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to assist the baiulus and legatus of the emperor Frederick in preserving his rights. If Iohannes de Ybelino and the people of Acre try to besiege Tyre or proceed against any lands in Frederick’s lordship they should oppose them.
Jul. 28. Perugia. Pope Gregory IX orders the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the preceptor and brothers of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to assist the baiulus and legatus of the emperor Frederick in... more
sources: Rodenberg, Epistolae 1:548-9, no. 649
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2275
year: 1236
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Aug. 20. Rieti. Responding to a complaint from the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut to compel the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to withdraw from defensive alliances they have made against the prince-count with the Assassins [Asisini], who had killed the prince-count’s brother Raymond, the bajulus principis in Antiochia and many others.
Aug. 20. Rieti. Responding to a complaint from the prince-count of Antioch-Tripoli, Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Sidon and Beirut to compel the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar and the magister and brothers of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem to... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:464-5, nos. 3294-5 (RRH no. 1071a)
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2290
year: 1237
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Lydda
institution: Templars
text: [Feb. 15. Teramo. Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Lydda to assist the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, who have complained of being persecuted by Armenians and Greeks in Constantinople and other overseas territories.
[Feb. 15. Teramo. Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Lydda to assist the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar, who have complained of being persecuted by Armenians and Greeks in Constantinople and other overseas territories.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:567-8, no. 3521.
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2317
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes de Brenna, who has received from every pilgrim 2 Turonenses towards the expenses of securing the route, to see that it is guarded for 5 years.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that between Caesarea and Jaffa Sarraceni are attacking Christian pilgrims, who wish to visit the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Pope Gregory IX orders the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar to patrol the region and assure the pilgrims’ saftety. He orders G. comes... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:912, nos. 4129-30. Calendar entries
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2440
year: 1243
initiator: Pope Innocent IV
recipient: Thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV orders the thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar to provide the heirs of the comes Montisfortis the rest of the money that Pope Gregory IX had conceded in aid of the Holy Land, in order to pay his debts.
Dec. 23. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV orders the thesaurarius and brothers of the Knights Templar to provide the heirs of the comes Montisfortis the rest of the money that Pope Gregory IX had conceded in aid of the Holy Land, in order to pay his debts.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 1:61, no. 345; Claverie, L’ordre du Temple 3:115-16, no. 93
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2446
year: 1243
initiator: Emperor Frederick II
recipient: Bailli in the Holy Land
institution: Templars
text: 1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that they withdraw from their plans and recall their emissaries, on the threat of the confiscation of their properties and goods in the kingdom and throughout the western empire.
1243. Hearing that the prior and brothers of the Knights Templar are proposing to the Holy See that they extract the Templum Domini [the Temple esplanade] in Jerusalem from his lordship and that they build a castle there, the emperor Frederick orders [his bailli] in the Holy Land to demand that... more
sources: Mayer, UKJ 3:1184-5, no. 693 (RRH no. 1115)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2453
year: 1244
initiator: Pope Innocent IV
recipient: Magister and brothers of the Knights Templar
institution: Templars
text: [Mar. 14. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that women and their children in Templar lordships will be protected against ecclesiastical sanctions.
[Mar. 14. Lateran. Pope Innocent IV assures the magister and brothers of the Knights Templar that women and their children in Templar lordships will be protected against ecclesiastical sanctions.
sources: Innocent IV, Les Registres 1:96, no. 549].