Document 2/131/4 (Abdn. Reg., ii, 259-60)
- Description
- Pope Alexander [III] writes to all the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors and other ecclesiastical prelates, noting the work done by the Knights Templars in defending the church, and, following the example of Honorius [II] and Innocent [II] his predecessors, he commands that no one in their parishes may presume to attack or retain any of their possessions, rents or other things, on pain of excommunication.
- Firm date
- 18 May 1160
- Dating Notes
- 15 kal. June, pontifical year 1, must be Alexander III as Alexander IV in Naples at this time, not the Lateran
- Place date (modern)
- Lateran
- Place date (document)
- Laterani
- Related Place
- Lateran
- Source for Data Entry
- Aberdeen Registrum, ii, 259-60
- Trad. ID
- Abdn. Reg., ii, 259-60
- Calendar number
- 2/131/4
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin