RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1941
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Nicosia and the bishops of Paphos, Limassol and Famagusta
institution: Templars
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 21. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for the archbishop of Nicosia and the bishops of Paphos, Limassol and Famagusta the ruling by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John on the agreement between Queen Alice, her son and heir Henry and the barones, milites and homines of the kingdom of Cyprus and the church of Cyprus. He repeats Cardinal Pelagius’s letter of 14 September 1222.
Jan. 21. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for the archbishop of Nicosia and the bishops of Paphos, Limassol and Famagusta the ruling by Cardinal Pelagius of Albano, the papal legate, and the magistri of the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers of St John on the agreement between Queen Alice, her... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:239-45, no. c-47
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1950
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus
text: Jul. 19. Segni. Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus has shown Pope Honorius III the letter written by Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus on 10 March 1204, containing regulations in relation to the Cypriot clergy. The pope confirms it, reproducing it with certain corrections, for the archbishop of Nicosia, the bishops of Paphos, Famagusta and Limassol, and all the clergy in Cyprus.
Jul. 19. Segni. Magister Thomas Nychosiensis canonicus has shown Pope Honorius III the letter written by Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus on 10 March 1204, containing regulations in relation to the Cypriot clergy. The pope confirms it, reproducing it with certain corrections, for the archbishop of... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:246-50, no. c-48
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1955
year: 1223
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop and brothers of Mount Sinai
institution: Mount Sinai
text: Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing animal fodder. He confirms their right to freedom from secular exactions.
Dec. 4. Lateran. At the request of the bishop and chapter of Mt Sinai, Pope Honorius III reconfirms papal protection. He grants them freedom from the payment of tithes on lands cultivated by themselves before the Fourth Lateran Council, and on noval lands cultivated by themselves and producing... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 393-4, no. 80
RRR: Eleemosynary grant
1970
year: 1224
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Abbas and convent of Episcopia
institution: Sancte Marie Montis Cyrinarum, Ordinis Sancti Augustini
text: Nov. 7. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for the abbas and convent of Episcopia the eleemosynary grant made by the late King Hugh of Cyprus to the late I prior ecclesie Sancte Marie Montis Cyrinarum, Ordinis Sancti Augustini, and his successors of the place [locus] Taylus, in which the abbey is situated, and the place called Episcopia. The pope also confirms the abbey’s freedom and immunity from tithes, granted by the late Alanus Nicosiensis archiepiscopus with the agreement of his chapter, saving the obedience that Cistercians customarily accord to their bishops.
Nov. 7. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for the abbas and convent of Episcopia the eleemosynary grant made by the late King Hugh of Cyprus to the late I prior ecclesie Sancte Marie Montis Cyrinarum, Ordinis Sancti Augustini, and his successors of the place [locus] Taylus, in which the abbey is... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:263-4, no. c-58
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1981
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Abbas Sancte Maria de Episcopia
institution: Sancte Marie Montis Cyrinarum, Ordinis Sancti Augustini
text: Mar. 8. Lateran. At the request of the abbas Sancte Marie de Episcopia, Pope Honorius III takes the abbey under papal protection, establishing the religious life of the canons, who follow the rule of St Augustine as Premonstratensians. He confirms its possessions, specifically the place [locus] where it is situated and the casale called Prestia. The abbey is exempted from the payment of tithes on noval lands. It may receive postulants, is exempt from interdicts and may receive chrism from from the diocesan bishop. No one may build a chapel or oratory in its parrochia without episcopal assent. The laity can choose burial by the monks, who may recover tithes appropriated by laymen. The election of abbots should be free. No crime can be committed on the abbey’s property.
Mar. 8. Lateran. At the request of the abbas Sancte Marie de Episcopia, Pope Honorius III takes the abbey under papal protection, establishing the religious life of the canons, who follow the rule of St Augustine as Premonstratensians. He confirms its possessions, specifically the place [locus]... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:266-9, no. c-61
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1982
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus
text: Mar. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus the privilege of papal protection issued for the church of Valenia by Pope Urban III. He confirms its rights, including free elections, and the possessions and tithes held by the bishop’s predecessors. He specifies: the site in Valania on which the church stands with houses, the church of Margant with houses, casale Coket, casale Iobar, casale Bethselmon and 2 cartice grece in the plain of Rogia, half of the casale called Colcas, and the lordship which the bishop has in that casale, possessions and tithes in Valania and in its territory, [and in] Margant and its territory, the tithes of the lands of the late Raynaldus dominus Margati, the tithes of Rossa, Potema, Pharang and other adjacent casalia, mills and gardens, the church of Rossa, the tithes of Cham, Hisen and Aloso and the tithes of the casalia that the said Raynaldus had in the terra sancti Parlerii, and other possessions and tithes that the church is known to have held. Honorius confirms the arrangements approved by Popes Lucius III and Urban III for the Greek and Armenian churches in the diocese, which must recognise the bishop of Valania as their bishop.
Mar. 17. Lateran. Pope Honorius III confirms for Bartholomeus Valaniensis episcopus the privilege of papal protection issued for the church of Valenia by Pope Urban III. He confirms its rights, including free elections, and the possessions and tithes held by the bishop’s predecessors. He specifies... more
sources: Hiestand, PK, pp. 375-7, no. 189; also ed. Claverie, Honorius, pp. 405-8, no. 90 (RRH no. 971)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
2011
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop-elect of Lydda
text: Oct. 19 and 21. Rieti. Pope Honorius confirms and reinforces the mission of the bishop-elect of Lydda [Liddensis electus] in northern Iberia to collect crusade subsidies and issue crusade redemptions. In particular, he grants papal protection to the goods of the bishopric in the East, including those given by the bishop and chapter of the church of Acre, while the bishop is in the West. [336]
Oct. 19 and 21. Rieti. Pope Honorius confirms and reinforces the mission of the bishop-elect of Lydda [Liddensis electus] in northern Iberia to collect crusade subsidies and issue crusade redemptions. In particular, he grants papal protection to the goods of the bishopric in the East, including... more
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 435-7, nos. 118-19
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1983
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Bethlehem
text: May 5. Tivoli. At the request of the bishop of Bethlehem, Pope Honorius III confirms the rights of his church, in spite of the fact that it has been occupied by the Muslims [pagani] for 39 years.
May 5. Tivoli. At the request of the bishop of Bethlehem, Pope Honorius III confirms the rights of his church, in spite of the fact that it has been occupied by the Muslims [pagani] for 39 years.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, pp. 408-9, no. 91
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
2015
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers
institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Dec. 22. Pope Honorius III confirms the agreement between the bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers [1-31 May 1221].
Dec. 22. Pope Honorius III confirms the agreement between the bishop of Acre and the Hospitallers [1-31 May 1221].
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:344, no. 1827 (RRH no. 945)
RRR: Confirmation/renewal of grants
1999
year: 1225
initiator: Pope Honorius III
recipient: Archbishop of Apamea
text: Aug. 16. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms the right of the archbishop of Apamea to sell [the proceeds of] revenues and buy mounts, needed for him and his household, without the payment of any secular dues in the city and principality of Antioch.
Aug. 16. Rieti. Pope Honorius III confirms the right of the archbishop of Apamea to sell [the proceeds of] revenues and buy mounts, needed for him and his household, without the payment of any secular dues in the city and principality of Antioch.
sources: Claverie, Honorius, p. 426, no. 109