Letter of Pope Honorius III to the King of Man, 1223
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Letter of Pope Honorius III to the King of Man, 1223
- Description
- Papal letter from Pope Honorius III to Reginald, King of Man, exhorting him to provide free land to churches within his kingdom for the building of priestly dwellings. The letter emphasises the king's role as patron of churches and his obligation to support religious institutions through charitable donation. This document establishes the ecclesiastical relationship between the Papacy and Manx sovereignty in the early medieval period.
- Date
- 13th of the Kalends of February, 1223
- Place
- Isle of Man
- Type
- Primary Source Transcription
- Date Created
- 1223-01-20
- Creator
- Pope Honorius III
- Audience
- Reginald, King of Man
- Identifier
- ADD. MSS. (Vatican); Manx Soc vols IV, VII, IX
- Language
- Latin and English