Document 2/131/19 (Kel. Lib., no. 467)
- Description
- 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.
- Source for Data Entry
- Kelso Liber, ii, no. 467
- Trad. ID
- Kel. Lib., no. 467
- Calendar number
- 2/131/19
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin