year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon endows the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: Hiestand, PK, p. 117-19, no. 14; Mayer, UKJ 1:117-18, no. 16
RRR: Establishment/foundation document
39
year: 1100
initiator: Godfrey of Bouillon
recipient: Church of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
*Jul. 22 1099 – Jul. 18 1100. Godfrey of Bouillon settles monks in the abbey of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
sources: William of Tyre, p. 431. See Mayer, UKJ 1:117-18, no. 16 [5]
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
87
year: 1105
initiator: Hugo, abbot of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: †Oct. 1 1102 – Dec. 2 1105. Hugo, abbot of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, announces to all Christian people that, with the advice of Patriarch Evremar, Cardinal [Ode]risius [of Montecassino], King Baldwin I, and the whole church of Jerusalem, including the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, he has begun to rebuild the church of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, which had been so destroyed by the pagans that a Benedictine community cannot be established. He founds a confraternity to help finance the reconstruction. He promises the confratres 2 Masses a week at the tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one for the living, the other for the dead. A long list of confratres contains almost entirely the names of individuals residing in Norman southern Italy, the only possible settlers being Willelmus de Buris and Hugo de Puteolis.
†Oct. 1 1102 – Dec. 2 1105. Hugo, abbot of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, announces to all Christian people that, with the advice of Patriarch Evremar, Cardinal [Ode]risius [of Montecassino], King Baldwin I, and the whole church of Jerusalem, including the canons of the Holy Sepulchre, he... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 99-102, no. 6. See Mayer, UKJ 1:145-6, no. 30 [16] (RRH no. 36c)
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
124
year: 1112
initiator: Hugo, abbot of Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: *Winter 1109/1110 - Apr. 6 1112. Hugo, abbot of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, establishes a hospital next to the abbey for the poor and pilgrims, dedicated to St Saviour, funded by a tithe on all St Mary’s goods and supported by a confraternity, the members of which share in the abbey’s prayers and merits. It will feed 13 poor persons on every Feastday of the Apostles and whenever a confrater dies. Another poor person will be fed each day for thirteen days after such a death and on the anniversary each year. Each confrater will provide an eleemosynary subscription of 13 besants a year. The members include domnus Balduinus rex primus; Bernardus episcopus de Nazareth; Guillelmus de Buris; Guido de Miliaco; Goscelinus domnus de Tiberiade; domnus Balianus; and many others.
*Winter 1109/1110 - Apr. 6 1112. Hugo, abbot of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, establishes a hospital next to the abbey for the poor and pilgrims, dedicated to St Saviour, funded by a tithe on all St Mary’s goods and supported by a confraternity, the members of which share in the abbey’s... more
sources: Delaborde, Chartes, pp. 47-9, no. 19; Mayer, UKJ 1:175-6, no. 50
RRR: Establishment/foundation document
1591
year: 1207
initiator: Amatus abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
recipient: Joannes clericus et diaconus
institution: Saint Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
text: May 1-31. Amatus abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, together with his convent, records how they sent frater Arnaldus, the prior, and frater Joannes to Antioch on their abbey’s business and to establish what the abbey had owned for a long time. The brothers, wishing to preserve the abbey’s properties in future, found a cleric of Patriarch Peter of Antioch called Joannes diaconus, the son of dominus Helias de Cursalt, who became a confrater. In the presence of the patriarch, Arnaldus and Joannes assigned to Joannes clericus et diaconus one of the abbey’s guastinae, situated next to the house of the Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, in which there was a ruined oratory dedicated to the Mother of God. Joannes diaconus promised to repair it so that the brothers of St Mary could worship there. He was bound to build a house and to plant fruit bearing trees and a viridarium in the guastina and also to recover goods of St Mary which had been alienated. The abbot seals a confirmation of the new position of Joannes. Witnesses: Arnaldus prior; frater Adam; frater Petrus; frater Joannes; frater Julianus.
May 1-31. Amatus abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, together with his convent, records how they sent frater Arnaldus, the prior, and frater Joannes to Antioch on their abbey’s business and to establish what the abbey had owned for a long time. The brothers, wishing to preserve the abbey... more
sources: Kohler, ‘Chartes’, pp. 172-3, no. 64 (RRH No. 820a)