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March 23. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Patriarchs [Jacobus Pantaléon] of Jerusalem and [Opizo Fieschi] of Antioch, informing them that Philippus de Pazano, papal subdeacon and canon of Nicosia (Nicosiensis), told him in his presence that Pope I[nnocentius IV] had sent letters to Archbishop [Egidius] of Tyre (Tyrensis) and Bishop [Opizo] of Tripoli (Tripolitanus) ordering them to provide Philippus, who had already been received in the church of Nicosia, with a vacant office or rank and prebend of that church or the next one that becomes so, even if such an office or rank had the care of souls attached. The same bishop, to whom the archbishop assigned his charge in the affair before the death of Pope Innocentius, received the letter and began to proceed. Despite the fact that Pope Alexander sent a letter restoring Philippus to the position from which he had been excluded by the constitution the pope published concerning expectant canons, Philippus still has not been able to obtain any comfort by this grace. Thus the pope orders the patriarchs to proceed to provide Philippus with an office or rank and prebend in that church according to Innocent’s letter.