Not a town in 1200: the ruins of imperial Rome's great harbour on the right bank of the Tiber mouth, with a church, a bishop's title and pasture on the Isola Sacra.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not a town: the silted harbour of Claudius and Trajan and the see of the cardinal-bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina, Pietro Gallocia
- Title
- The Church (the cardinal-bishop's see)
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- medium
GM Part 4 names Pietro Gallocia bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina. The ancient harbour basins have silted; the Isola Sacra between the two Tiber mouths is pasture and salt marsh.
Lord in 1200
The cardinal-bishop and the pope; within Rome's district.
Overlord
The pope.
How things stand that morning
Papal; inside Rome's district.
Wealth
Salt and pasture.
Walls and castle
Ruins of the ancient harbour.
Trade and crafts
Salt, pasture, the river channel (Fiumicino) to Rome.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General description.
Primary sources for Rome
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Montecassino; Annals of Ceccano (Fossanova) (12th and early 13th centuries; Ceccano to 1217). Two sets of annals from either side of the papal and Sicilian frontier. Read online
- Chronicle of Richard of San Germano, Richard of San Germano (first version about 1216, enlarged to 1243). The fullest southern narrative of the Hohenstaufen kingdom, written by a notary on the border of the Terra di Lavoro. Read online
- The Deeds of Innocent III, Anonymous (a curial official, perhaps Peter of Benevento) (about 1208 to 1209). The curia's own account of the pontificate's first decade, with letters copied in. Read online
- The Book of Census of the Roman Church, Cencius Camerarius (Cencio Savelli, later Pope Honorius III) (1192, with later additions). The papal rent roll: every church, monastery, town and kingdom that owed a census to Rome in 1192, diocese by diocese, with the sums, followed by lists of papal lands and castles, the ceremonial Ordo and copies of charters. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
Sources and studies
- campaign notes, Part 4 (Pietro Gallocia, bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina)
- Church map record ps-rome (Ostia and Porto with the salt pans)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.