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January 29. Lateran. Pope Alexander IV writes to Patriarch Jacobus [Pantaléon] of Jerusalem, relating that the patriarch proposed to him in his presence that for carrying out the business of the church of Jerusalem, for which reason he came to the Apostolic See, he has gone to great expense. Lest his business remain incomplete because of lack of funds, responding to his requests, the pope grants that he can borrow from Brother Raibardus, marshal of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, up to the sum of 150 ounces of gold at the weight of the Kingdom [of Jerusalem] in the name of the church of Jerusalem and he can oblige himself, his successors, and his church and its goods for this purpose, such that he and his successors are held to pay this money plus damages, interest, and expenses if he does not pay the money within the established deadline.