3035

RRR: 
3035
YEAR: 
1255
text: 
January 13. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to Archbishop [Hugo] of Nicosia (Nicosiensis), urging him as the Lord's watchman to heed the Prophet Ezekiel's warning that, if one sees danger and does not alert the people, their blood will be on one's hands. Although the pope believes that the archbishop is zealous and diligent in looking out for souls and correcting transgressions, since the archbishop will act more eagerly the more the pope encourages him and will feel himself strengthened by papal authority, the pope orders him to be a prudent cultivator and watchman of the Lord's vineyard and to root out the thorns and thistles of vices in his subordinates and plant and propagate virtues in their stead, correcting and reforming as befits his office and as he deems expedient for the salvation of their souls.
Sources: 
Coureas and Schabel, The Cartulary, p. 100, no. 13; Schabel et al. [eds.], Bullarium, 1:456, no. f-2; trans. Schabel, Synodicum Nicosiense, p. 311, no. 24

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