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uobis supplicationis : quatinus cum dicta domus Sancti Saluatoris per incre- 

 menta religionis passim et indies proficiens hospitalitatis giatia non tarn infra 

 cenobium quam extra et in grangia specialiter eadem pre ceteris domoriim 

 comprouincialibus polleat, prout accepimus, odorque aromaticus inibi fi-agi-ans 

 innumeros ad dei cultnm attracbat et inuitet, quod per patres et predecessores 

 uestros ad augmentum sacre religionis est utiliter prouisum factum et confir- 

 niatum, itidem et uos ut et etiam consolidentur nnionare solitis : 



Sunt uero ut dicitur qui contra statutum commune tarn neeessarium et 

 perutile cum nil aliud agere preualeant uirus euomunt iniquitatis et detrac- 

 tionis, quibus tamen ut de eetero era obstruantur loquentium iniqua nostra 



antidotum prouidere saluberrimum ; personam nicbilominus nos- 



tram in fine uobis intime commendantes. pro qua si placet oretis et denote 



ab aliis insuper negotii de quo supra sit mentio, presentes 



literas dicto domino abbati in presentia nostra coustituto concessimus" 

 patentes. 



Datum Viterbii dominica proxima ante festum Ascensionis dominice, 

 pontificis domini Alexandri quarti anno septimo. 



The original letter is not extant, but we bave an early and faded transcript 

 which is difiScult to decipher (see p. G8). 



The writer was John of Toledo, cardinal priest of St. Laurence in Lucina from 

 1244 to 1262, when he became cardinal bishop of Porto. He appears repeatedly 

 between 1245 and 1260 in the Papal Letters, as having charge of ecclesiastical 

 matters in Great Briuin and Ireland. He was himself a member of the Cistercian 

 Order,' and a learned man. Tlie abbot of Citeanx, whose name was Guido or Guy, 

 succeeded him as cardinal of St. Laurence in Lucina ' 



65. 



CoDfirmation by Guy. abbot of Citcaux, and the General Chapter of the 



Cistercian Order, of the union of the abbey of Killenny with the abbey 



of Duiske. 



Dated at Citeaux, 1261. 



Frater G. dictus abbas Cisterciensis totusqne connentus abbatum capituli 

 generalis uenerabilibus et in Christo dilectis filiis abbati et conuentui Sancte 

 Saluatoris in Hybemia salutem in Christo. 



Cum uere religionis augmento intelligentes uenerabilem patrem B. quondam 

 abbatem Frigidi Montis pro reparatione ordinis et animanim salute uobis oon- 

 tnlisse abbatiam Vallis Dei cum omui iure suo, ita ut de eetero non sit abljatia 

 que jier se commode subsistere non poterat, sed a<l uos pleno iure pertineat 

 cum omnibus ad se perlinentibus, predictam collationem et unionem presen- 

 tibus litteris confirmauimus, monentes et mandantes quatinus sic studeatis in 



Eabel, Eitrnrtk. Calk. i. 7. ' GWiia Ckriaiann iv, 99G. 



