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February 18. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to the master, preceptors, convents, and all the brothers of the Hospital of St John in the province of Jerusalem, relating that since he has committed the office of full legation to Patriarch [Jacques Pantaléon] of Jerusalem both in the province of Jerusalem and in the Christian army for the aid to the Holy Land wherever it is in that province, he orders them to receive, treat, and assist him as a legate of the Apostolic See, indeed more truly as the pope in him, accepting and observing his healthy warning and orders as long as he carries out his legation, any indulgence notwithstanding unless it make full and explicit mention of this letter. The pope writes similar letters to the master, convent, and all the brothers of St Lazarus in the province of Jerusalem; to the master, preceptors, convents, and all the brothers of the house of the knighthood of the Temple in the province of Jerusalem; and to the master, convents, and all the brothers of the houses of St Mary of the Teutonics in the province of Jerusalem.