Tergeste, commune (Trieste / Trst)

Following a dispute between the Venetians and Istrians, one that resulted in the embargo on all trading between Istria and Venice, Margrave Winther, together with the people and the bishops of Istria, promise to cease all hostilities towards the Venetians, not to usurp or occupy the properties of the Patriarchate of Grado or Venetian bishoprics in the region, to regularly take cognizance of and adjudicate the complaints lodged by the Venetians against defaulting debtors from Istria, to abolish all the newly instituted duties and only charge the customary fees of a docking tax and a market fee, and to promptly inform the Venetians in case the king of Italy plans any offensive against them so that they could safely repatriate.

Emperor Otto II confirms to Patriarch Vitalis of Grado and the bishops subject to him the jurisdictions, immunities, and other rights of their churches.

A public placitum held in front of Istrian Count Werihen whereby the dispute between the Bishopric of Poreč, represented by Bishop Andrew, and a Bertha, a widow of a Cadoloh, regarding the latter's fiscal obligations towards the Church of Poreč (herbaticum and glandaticum) is judged in Bertha's favor.

Pope John XIX confirms the possessions of the Patriarchate of Grado.

Following the Synod of Rome, convened to resolve the recently rekindled conflict between the patriarchs of Aquileia and Grado, Pope Benedict IX writes to Urso, the patriarch of Grado, informing him of the Synod’s decision to support the cause of his church against the Aquileian Patriarch Poppo, who had recently launched a second military invasion of Grado before his untimely death; the pope confirms the metropolitan status together with the ecclesiastical and secular jurisdictions of the Patriarchate of Grado, dubbed “New Aquileia” for the very first time in an authentic papal document.

Faced with the might of the Venetian navy and the crusading army on their way to Constantinople, the people of Trieste ask forgiveness from Doge Enrico Dandolo for their past transgressions, and promise fealty to the doge and the Commune of Venice, guaranteeing the safety and duty-free trading for the Venetians throughout their jurisdictions, aid in combating piracy in the zone from Rovinj northward, a tribute of fifty urns of wine paid yearly on St. Martin’s feast day and transported to the ducal palace in Venice, and generally to perform all the duties promised by other Istrian communities.

The representatives of the Commune of Trieste pledge fealty to Venice, promising to observe the pacts agreed by the two polities regarding the rights, status, and mercantile freedoms of the Venetians in Trieste (the edition includes the appended and originally undated pact between Venice and Trieste mediated by the prior of Santa Maria dei Crociferi and Pietro Zeno, and the oaths of consuls of Trieste and Venetian advocates serving in Trieste).

With the help of Fulcher, the bishop of Concordia, a peace treaty is reached, signed between Venice on the one side and the Patriarchate of Aquileia, the count of Gorizia, and the Commune of Trieste on the other, ending the war that had begun in 1283.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli: first, Venice elects its negotiators; second, Patriarch Raymond issues his statement; third, the Venetian envoys present their terms in two separate statements; finally, Patriarch Raymond responds to Venetian terms and a semblance of a peace treaty begins to take shape.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. On Bernard’s suggestion, the parties negotiate regarding a partial restitution of Venetian towns in Istria, a two-year truce, and a lasting peace following the promulgation of the arbitrational sentence of Pope Nicholas IV, the jointly elected judge arbiter in the dispute regarding Istrian jurisdictions.

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. After Patriarch Raymond’s reply and counterproposal, a final sketch of the treaty is presented to the parties.

Venice signs a peace treaty with the patriarch of Aquileia, Count Albert I of Gorizia, and the Commune of Trieste, ending their final conflict and restoring amicable relations as defined by their previous pacts; Venice retains the jurisdictions over the subjected communities in Istria with the exception of Muggia, Buje, and Dvigrad; the settlement of the dispute over the jurisdictions in Istria between Venice and the Patriarchate of Aquileia is entrusted to Pope Nicholas IV.

Doge Andrea Contarini and the Commune of Venice appoint Leone Bembo and Andrea Venerio as their legal representatives, authorizing them to negotiate and conclude peace agreements and settlements on their behalf with the Commune of Trieste.

The Commune of Trieste appoints Facina de Canciano and Francesco de Bonomis as its legal representatives, authorizing them to negotiate and conclude peace agreements and settlements on its behalf with Venetian Doge Andrea Contarini and the Commune of Venice.

The Commune of Trieste appoints Bartolomeo Stoiano and Francesco de Bonomo as its legal representatives, authorizing them to negotiate and conclude peace agreements and settlements on its behalf with Venetian Doge Andrea Contarini and the Commune of Venice.

The Commune of Venice and the Commune of Trieste sign a new treaty, ending all hostilities and reconfirming the old pacts between the two polities; the Commune of Trieste is required to relinquish the sequestered ship (over which the conflict originally started), to swear fealty and obedience to the doges and the Commune of Venice, to raise to standard of St. Mark on the day of election of a new Venetian doge and on every Easter day, to observe the old treaties with Venice, to pay all the fines incurred for not respecting these old treaties, and to consign to Venice those responsible for the attack on the sequestered ship.