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April 8. Naples. Pope Alexander IV writes to the archbishop of Tyre (Tyrensis) and the bishop of Lydda (Lidensis), relating that because the church of Jerusalem lacked a patriarch and a prior he has heard that it has collapsed spiritually and temporally, with few remaining in it who have the industry to direct it prosperously and govern it in a healthy way. He orders the addressees to care for the church diligently until the patriarch he has recently provided arrives or sends someone in his place, and they shall not permit its treasures, incomes, and other goods to be alienated, taken away, or dispersed.