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Pope Leo III confers the pallium upon Fortunatus II, the incumbent patriarch of Grado.
Pope Leo III confers the pallium upon Fortunatus II, the incumbent patriarch of Grado.
Emperor Charlemagne bestows immunities upon the Church of Grado due to the special services and merits of its incumbent Patriarch Fortunatus II.
Emperor Charlemagne exempts the four ships of Fortunatus II, "the patriarch of the Venetians and Istrians," from all the tolls.
The Plea of Rižana (Placitum Rizianense): The representatives of Istrian towns and cities present their grievances to counts Aio and Cadulus, the envoys of the Roman emperor Charlesmagne, in an official placitum held by the river Rižana in the district of Koper.
Pope Leo III writes to Emperor Charlemagne regarding the situation of Fortunatus, the patriarch of Grado who had been exiled from his see by the Venetians and "the Greeks". The pope agrees that the Church of Pula should be bestowed upon Patriarch Fortunatus as his new seat.
Emperor Louis the Pious informs Patriarch Fortunatus II of Grado and the faithful of the province of Istria that, at their request, he confirms the free election of the patriarch, bishops, abbots, tribunes and other authorities, that in the event of breach of faith, quarrels and oppression of the poor, the legal judgment awaits them and that violators of the Placitum of Rižana (doc. 804_PR) will be subject to the prescribed penance.
Emperor Louis the Pious and his son Lothar write to Venerius, the patriarch of Grado, confirming the possessions of his Church, including the Patriarchate's jurisdictions in Istria.