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1887

RRR: 
1887
RRH: 
947
Other: 
Oliver of Paderborn, ‘Briefe’, pp. 296-307, no. 5; also ed. Röhricht, ‘Die Briefe’, pp. 195-202, no. 5
YEAR: 
1221
text: 
Sept. 1-30. Oliver of Paderborn writes to the sultan of Egypt [rex Babilonis] al-Kamil, trying to convert him to Christianity and persuade him of the Christian right to the Holy Land, reminding him that he had been prepared to negotiate its surrender. He refers to a miracle at Beirut, celebrated each year in the cathedral, and of a mass baptism of Jews; to the icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary at casale Sardenaum near Damascus that exudes oil; and to the images of 2 cherubim in the Templum Domini in Jerusalem, dressed in gold, placed there on God’s orders. He praises al-Kamil’s generosity to Christian prisoners and the army after defeating them.

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Sources: 
Oliver of Paderborn, ‘Briefe’, pp. 296-307, no. 5; also ed. Röhricht, ‘Die Briefe’, pp. 195-202, no. 5 (RRH no. 947)
GRANTOR: 
Oliver of Paderborn
RECIPIENT: 
Sultan of Egypt [rex Babilonis] al-Kamil

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