2835

RRR: 
2835
YEAR: 
1251
text: 
. *Before September(?). Summary of letter read out at the General Chapter of the Cistercian Order (? September) in which King Louis and his wife reported on their wretched state, adding that the war between the sultan of Egypt (Babiloniae) and the sultan of Aleppo (Halapiae) is a source of hope.
Sources: 
Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora 5:257. The Chapter General responded by ordering prayers throughout the Order for the French royal family. ‘Statuta selecta’ ed. Martène and Durand, 1243-1646, at cols. 1394-95

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