De ortu et origine religionum.
Founders of Monastic Life
A chronological list of early monastic orders with their founding years and papal contexts.
500. The Order of Saint Benedict began to flourish in the year of the Lord 500, in the time of Pope Felix. (Ptol?) 900. The Order of Cluny in the year of the Lord 900, in the time of Pope Adrian III. (Ptol.) 1082. The Order of the Carthusians in the year of the Lord 1082, in the time of Pope Victor III. (Ptol.) p. 1078.) 1097. The Order of the Cistercians in the year of the Lord 1097.
Military and Mendicant Orders
The founding of the Hospitallers, Templars, Teutonic Knights, and Friars Preachers, with notes on the Templars' suppression.
The Order of the Hospital of Saint John in the year of our Lord 1199, during the time of Pope Urban II. The Order of the Templars in the year of our Lord 1112, during the time of Pope Paschal II, which was destroyed by Pope Clement V at the Council of Vienne in the year of our Lord 1312, on the eleventh kalends of April — in the pontificate, however, of Pope [illegible] in the fifth year — not by a definitive sentence, but by provision of the apostolic see, during the time of Emperor Henry [VII]. The Order of the House of the Teutonic Knights in the year of our Lord 1190, during the time of Pope Celestine III and of Emperor Henry VI. (Dusb. I,.) The Order of the Friars Preachers in the year of our Lord 1216, under Pope Honorius III. (Ptol 25. Mart.
Friars, Hermits, and a Royal Marriage
The founding of the Friars Minor and Carmelite hermits, the marriage of blessed Elizabeth, and a devastating earthquake in Burgundy.
p. 399 f.) The Order of Friars Minor in the year of our Lord 1223, under Pope Honorius, in. The Order of Hermits of Mount Carmel and the Order of Brothers of the Valley of Scholars were confirmed by the same Lord Pope Honorius. 15. In which year blessed Elizabeth took a husband. In the year of our Lord 1221, Elizabeth took the Landgrave of Thuringia as her husband. In the year of our Lord 1225, in Burgundy, in the mountains of the Salt Mines, by the force of an earthquake, a certain mountain split away from the other mountains and crossed over to the mountains opposite, buried the whole valley, and suffocated five thousand people. (ptol. Mart.)
A Page from the Chronicle
A brief manuscript page reference closing the chapter.
p. 400.)
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500 Ordo sancti Benedicti iacepit proficereb anno domini D tempore Felicis pape mc. (Ptol?) 900 Ordo Cluniacensis anno domini DCCCC tempore Adriani pape III. (Ptol ) 1082 Ordo Cartusiensis anno domini MLXXXII tempore Victoris pape Illd. (Ptol. p. 1078.) 1097 Ordo Cisterciensis anno domini MXCVHe.
Ordo hospitalis sancti Johannis anno domini MCim tempore Urbani pape II. Ordo Templarioruin anno domini MCXII tempore Paschalis pape n, qui destructus fuit a Clemente papa V in concilio Viennensi anno domini mcccxii xi kalendas Aprilis, pontificatus vero f dich pape anno vn, non per sentenciam definitivam, sed per provisionem sedis apostolice tempore Henrici imperatoris vn. Ordo domus Theutonice anno domini mcxc tempore Celestini pape Hl et Henrici imperato ris VI. (Dusb. I,.) Ordo fratrum Predicatorum anno domini MCCXVI sub Honorio papa III. (Ptol 25. Mart.
p. 399 f.) Ordo fratrum Minorum anno domini MCCXXiil sub Honorio papa in. Ordo Heremitarum montis Carmeli et ordo fratrum vallis scolarium per eundem dominum Honorium papam sunt confirmati. 15 Quote anno beata Elizabeth duxit maritum. Anno domini mccxxi Elizabeth duxit lantgravium Thuringie in maritum. Anno domini MCCXXV13 in Burgundia in montibus Salinarum ex virtute terre motus mons quidam se divisit ab aliis montibus et transiit ad montes oppositos, totamque vallem cooperuit et v milia hominum suffocavit. (ptol Mart.
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