RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2314
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Tortosa, the abbas of St Samuel in Acre, the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis, the abbas of Mt Tabor and the abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat
institution: Saint Mary of the Latins
text: [Mar. 3. Lateran. Hearing that the abbey of St Mary of the Latins has become corrupt and extravagant, Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Tortosa [episcopus Anteradensis], the abbas of St Samuel in Acre, the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis, the abbas of Mt Tabor and the abbas of St Mary of the Valley of Jehoshaphat to reform it.
[Mar. 3. Lateran. Hearing that the abbey of St Mary of the Latins has become corrupt and extravagant, Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Tortosa [episcopus Anteradensis], the abbas of St Samuel in Acre, the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis, the abbas of Mt Tabor and the abbas of St Mary of the... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:914-15, nos. 4140-2. Calendar entries
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2327
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that many religious communities in the kingdom of Jerusalem retain thieves, who are commonly called scaranni, who despoil the Sarraceni in times of peace, thereby endangering truces between Christian and Sarraceni, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his suffragans to compel the religious to eject the scaranni.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that many religious communities in the kingdom of Jerusalem retain thieves, who are commonly called scaranni, who despoil the Sarraceni in times of peace, thereby endangering truces between Christian and Sarraceni, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem and his... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:916-17, no. 4149. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2345
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Antioch
text: [Jul. 29. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch to preceed against those in the city and diocese of Antioch who refuse to recognize his jurisdiction.
[Jul. 29. Anagni. Pope Gregory IX authorizes the patriarch of Antioch to preceed against those in the city and diocese of Antioch who refuse to recognize his jurisdiction.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1098, no. 4464. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2315
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Bishop of Tortosa, the abbas of St Samuel in Acre and the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis
text: Mar. 3. Lateran. Hearing that the canons of Bethlehem have become corrupt and heretical, Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Tortosa [episcopus Anteradensis], the abbas of St Samuel in Acre and the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis to reform them.
Mar. 3. Lateran. Hearing that the canons of Bethlehem have become corrupt and heretical, Pope Gregory IX orders the bishop of Tortosa [episcopus Anteradensis], the abbas of St Samuel in Acre and the prior Sancti Aegidii Acconensis to reform them.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917-18, no. 4152
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2328
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: [Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that shipowners are transporting pilgrims at unsuitable times, so that they are frequently forced to seek refuge in infidel ports and that the pilgrims are enslaved, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to decree general times for sailing, with the advice of the prelates and other suitable persons in the kingdom of Jerusalem, and to compel shipowners to comply with this.
[Mar. 9. Lateran. Hearing that shipowners are transporting pilgrims at unsuitable times, so that they are frequently forced to seek refuge in infidel ports and that the pilgrims are enslaved, Pope Gregory IX orders the patriarch of Jerusalem to decree general times for sailing, with the advice of... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:917, no. 4150. Calendar entry].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2346
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa
text: Jul. 31. Anagni. The patriarch of Antioch has complained that Prince Bohemond [V] of Antioch has refused to receive investiture of Antioch from him or take the customary oath of fidelity to the church, which he is injuring in violation of the terms of the agreement reached with his father Prince Bohemond [IV]. He has denied the rights of jurisdiction of the castellanus castri Cursarii, an official of the church, who had condemned the murderer of a priest to death, and has challenged the jurisdictional rights of the church. Pope Gregory IX orders the archbishop of Tyre and the bishops of Acre and Tortosa [Anteradensis episcopus], to whom he also writes, to compel the prince to make satisfaction.
Jul. 31. Anagni. The patriarch of Antioch has complained that Prince Bohemond [V] of Antioch has refused to receive investiture of Antioch from him or take the customary oath of fidelity to the church, which he is injuring in violation of the terms of the agreement reached with his father Prince... more
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1099-1101, nos. 4471-2
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2316
year: 1238
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East
text: Mar. 4. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX grants the Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East [per terram ultramarinam] the same indulgence as was conceded in the Fourth Lateran Council to those going to the aid of the Holy Land.
Mar. 4. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX grants the Franciscans and Dominicans in the Latin East [per terram ultramarinam] the same indulgence as was conceded in the Fourth Lateran Council to those going to the aid of the Holy Land.
sources: Kedar, Crusade and Mission, p. 213, no. 2 b
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2361
year: 1239
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
text: [Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX approves Armenian customs that accord with canon law. He forbids illicit preaching and grants an indulgence to those Armenians engaged in warfare in defence of the faith against the Sarraceni.
[Mar. 1. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX approves Armenian customs that accord with canon law. He forbids illicit preaching and grants an indulgence to those Armenians engaged in warfare in defence of the faith against the Sarraceni.
sources: Gregory IX, Les Registres 2:1223-4, nos. 4733-5. Calendar entries].
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2362
year: 1239
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Patriarch of Jerusalem
text: Mar. 2. Lateran. The patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, has asked for licence to translate the bishop of Paphos to the archbishopric of Nazareth. The bishop fell ill at Paphos and is anyway ignorant of the language and rites of the Greci, who make up the population of his diocese. Pope Gregory IX agrees to the patriarch’s request.
Mar. 2. Lateran. The patriarch of Jerusalem, the papal legate, has asked for licence to translate the bishop of Paphos to the archbishopric of Nazareth. The bishop fell ill at Paphos and is anyway ignorant of the language and rites of the Greci, who make up the population of his diocese. Pope... more
sources: Schabel, Bullarium 1:330-1, no. d-32
RRR: Council/ruling decisions/legislation
2376
year: 1240
initiator: Pope Gregory IX
recipient: Brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans
institution: Hospital of Saint Mary of the Germans
additional institution: Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
text: Jan. 12. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX wishes the brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to answer the claims of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that St Mary should be subject to St John, drawing attention to letters of Popes Celestine II, who subjected the German house [in Jerusalem] to the Hospital of St John, and Adrian IV. Gregory orders the brothers of St Mary to prepare their reply by the Michaelmas.
Jan. 12. Lateran. Pope Gregory IX wishes the brothers in Acre of the Hospital of St Mary of the Germans to answer the claims of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem that St Mary should be subject to St John, drawing attention to letters of Popes Celestine II, who subjected the German house [in... more
sources: Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 2:575-6, no. 2247