1818

Apr. 25. Rome St Peter’s. Reminding the dean [decanus] and chapter of the church of Antioch that he had turned down their choice of Cardinal Pelagius of Albano to be patriarch and that the canonici Anselmus, Ulricus and Prandus had visited him, Pope Honorius III informs the dean and chapter that, employing his rights of provision, he has appointed magister Petrus de Capua, subdiaconus pape, doctor Parisiensis, the nephew of the late Cardinal Peter of St Marcellus, to the patriarchate of Antioch. He orders the chapter to be united and to care for the church of Antioch until the arrival of the new patriarch.