Laudabiliter

The Papal Bull Laudabiliter (Latin: glorious / commendable ... ) by Pope Adrian IV in the year 1155 was addressed to Henry II of England. With the Bull King of England was granted permission to intervene in the reform of the Irish Church.

Adrian IV intention was to have been followed to obtain the papal control over Ireland and to promote the expansion of other religious monasteries in Ireland. The Pope, even Englishmen, was strongly interested in expanding his power and gave this letter to Ireland free "conquest" by the English King Henry II; he endorsed it to the right of possession. However, there have long been doubts about the authenticity of the bull: " The bull Laudabiliter this regard could also be a British forgery. " In the Vatican archives a copy of the bull has been found. Also, the future Pope John XXII. was the bull is unknown, as it appears in his correspondence with Robert Bruce.

It is undisputed, however, that Pope Alexander III. confirms the reign of Henry over Ireland in September 1172 and therefore since this time was papal approval of the reign of Henry over Ireland at the latest.

The bull is mentioned a good 33 years after its creation in Giraldus Cambrensis, who wrote Expugnatio Hibernica 1188, a description of the conquest of Ireland by the Normans. Here is wirdergegeben in the second part of the text of the bull.

Furthermore, the Bull of Matthew of Paris, the author of the Historia Anglorum in the 13th century is mentioned.