Weichard II of Petrapilosa swears before Patriarch Raymond della Torre to abide by the mandates of the Church of Aquileia regarding the damage he inflicted while serving the counts of Gorizia, namely Henry II and his father Albert I, in the war between against the patriarch, whereas the patriarch, accepting the pledge of fealty, absolves him from the excommunication he had imposed on him, declaring that he cannot do the same for the destruction of the bell tower of Oprtalj, a destruction that Weichard attributes to Count Henry II of Gorizia, who, being present, declares himself responsible for it.
In Christi nomine, amen.
Anno Eiusdem millesimo ducentesimo nonagesimo septimo, indictione decima, die sexto exeunte octubri, in castro Utini in patriarchali palacio, presentibus dominis Bernardo decano Civitatensi, magistro Humano canonico Aquilegensi, Albertino plebano Tarcenti, fratre Bonfilio de ordine Minorum, Nicolino de Budrio, Petro de Utino, Carstmanno nepote ipsius et aliis pluribus ad hec vocatis testibus et rogatis.
Coram reverendo in Christo patre ac domino Raymundo sancte sedis Aquilegensis patriarcha constitutus dominus Wicardus de Petrapilosa corporaliter ad sancta Dei evangelia iuravit stare mandatis ecclesie ac ipsius domini patriarche super iniuriis illatis et dampnis datis per eum ipsi domino patriarche et Aquilegensi ecclesie ac eorum subiectis in servicio illustris domini Henrici comitis Goritie seu magnifici domini Alberti patris eius tempore guerre que fuit ultimo inter ipsum dominum patriarcham et dictos dominos comites, in qua fuit conflictus inter eos seu eorum homines apud Belgradum.
Et idem dominus patriarcha ipsum ad humilem postulationem tunc absolvit ab excommunicatione quam auctoritate sua incurrerat occasione huiusmodi, dicens se non absolvere ipsum nec posse absolvere ab excommunicatione quam incurrerat dirrudendo seu faciendo dirrui campanile ecclesie de Portulis, ipsumque ad graciam suam recepit, salvo sibi omni iure et actione quod et quam contra eum habebat et quod ab eo petere potuerit ante guerram predictam.
Dicto quoque domino Wicardo se excusante ac dicente quod dictum campanile non ipse sed prefatus dominus Henricus comes Goritie dirruerat seu dirrui fecerat, quod quidem dictus dominus Henricus ibidem confessus extitit et contentus.
(SN) Ego Walterus Civitatensis apostolica et imperiali auctoritate notarius predictis omnibus interfui et rogatus scripsi.
The present document testifies that the war effort undertaken by the counts of Gorizia, Albert I and his son Henry II, together with their ministerials, the lords of Duino, against Patriarch Raymond which was fought in Belgrado in March of 1297, as described by the contemporary to the events, Odoric of Pordenone (see doc. 1297_HR), did not evade Istria. Namely, the lord of Petrapilosa and Grožnjan, Weichard II, joined the Gorizian army both at Belgrado and in Istria, where they attacked the town of Oprtalj, destroying the bell tower of the parish church.
This “campanile ecclesie de Portulis” can only refer to the Istrian town of Oprtalj and not to Perteole in Friuli, as erroneously interpreted first by the Friulian polyhistor Marcantonio Nicoletti in the 16th century, subsequently taken over by Manzano, Vesnaver, Benedetti and Darovec, all repeating the same mistake (all cited above).
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