De donatione regni1 Cecilie Carolo.
The Grant of Sicily to Charles of Anjou
Pope Urban IV grants the kingdom of Sicily to Charles of Anjou in 1261, with a marginal citation reference.
In the year of our Lord 1261, Pope Urban IV gave the kingdom of Sicily—which Manfred had violently seized—to Charles, count of Provence, brother of the king of France, so that he might wrest it from him. (Mart. p. 407.
Brother Anno of the Teutonic Order
A brief notice on Brother Anno, seventh master general of the Teutonic Order, his devotion, his good works for the order and the Holy Land, and his death.
(Ptol.) Concerning Brother Anno of Annon, seventh master general of the Order of the House of Teutonia. Brother Anno, general of the Order of the House of Teutonia, was at this time a man of … … devoted to God, who did many good things for the state of the order and of the Holy Land. He died on the first of the Ides of July.
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Anno domini MCCLXI1I idem Urbanus papa regnum Cecilie, quod Manfredus violenter occupaverat, dedit Carolo comiti provincie fratri regis Francie, ut eriperet illud ab eo. (Mart. p. 407. Ptol ) De fratre Annone magislro generali vii ordinis domus Theutonice. k Frater Anno generalis ordinis domus Theutonice vn fuit hoc tempore, vir 8. juiiutique deo clevotus, qui multa bona fecit pro statu ordinis et terre sancte, Obiit vni idusa Julii *.
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