Folia Theologica 3. (1992)
Charles Duggan: Decretal letters to Hungary
20 C. DUGGAN summonses. If they contravene this ruling, the pope will ratify any sentence the bishop canonically lays on them. The letter in fact follows the familiar formulae of papal letters to religious houses, concerning their relations with their diocesan bishop, and is presumably a section of a longer letter to such a house or filiation in the Nitra diocese. [Alexander IU] Niterinensi ecclesie pertinentibus. Volentes vos reddere apostolicis monitis ad virtutem obedientie promptiores, vobis per apostolica scripta precipiendo mandamus quatinus venerabili fratri nostro episcopo vestro debitam in omnibus obedientiam et reverentiam impendatis et devote parere curatis, nec aliqui vestrum in ecclesiis suis que sunt infra episcopatum eius présumant instituere capel- lanos, nisi prius eidem episcopo presententur, ut ab eo curam animarum recipiant, ita quidem quod sibi de spiritualibus et vobis quorum ecclesie sunt de temporalibus debeant respondere. * * * WH 1088, JL — , 1159-81. Chelt. 4.24, Tann. 2.6.10, Sang. 2.6.10, 1 Abr. 2.4.3. Pd Sang. VIII. To the bishop of Vác23 Ea noscitur Celestine III to the bishop of Vác, on the absolution of those who do violence to clerks The decretal Ea noscitur was issued by Celestine III, within the dating limits 5 November 1191 and 4 June 119224, as recorded in an excerpt from the the registers of Clement III and Celestine III in the Siguënza manuscript (Seg. 52). In response to the recipient bishop’s consultation, the pope dealt with various aspects of the canonical requirements of those who lay violent hands on clerks, but lack the capacity to travel to the apostolic 23 Celestine Hi's decretal Ex parte Bartholomei ( WH 450, JL 16604), occurs with various addresses (Aurelian., Varm. or Varin., Variensi, Varién.). Following Th einer, it is addressed to Séez (Sagiensi) in JL, and Friedberg noted the conjecture by Gonzalez that the reading was Vaciensi, Vác. But on his reading of Cauriensi in Seg. 52, Holtzmann decided for Coria, 21 Jan.-12 March 1193. 24 Corrected from 9 January by Pfaff, HJb 78 (1959) 116 and 137.
