Pope Alexander III writes to John, abbot of Kelso, praising his devotion to Alexander himself and to the church of God and recalling that his abbey is a special daughter of the Roman church, thus, he indulges the privilege of wearing a mitre on appropriate days at mass in the church of Kelso, in processions in the monastery, and in papal councils.
Firm date
circa December 1165
Dating Notes
See _Chron. Melr._, 37 (under 1165: ‘John, abbot of Kelso, came from Rome wearing a mitre’), also Pope Alexander returned to Rome for the first time since 1159 on 23 November 1165.