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Place oftheir Birth.

PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

ence; in one of which he calls him-self Magister; and in another, CustosHospitalis.

Dates.

Observations.

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Gastus, or Ca-st.us.

1169

Great disputes arose concerninghis election; and several of theknights were of opinion that the ab-dication of his predecessor could notbe valid without the approbation ofthe pope. The king of Jerusalem,and the patriarch, in conjunctionwith the bishops, appeased the dis-putants, and it was agreed to haverecourse to the sovereign pontiff;but whether or not Gastus receivedhis bull of election is unknown ; asindeed are the time and place of hisbirth. He only reigned one yearand a few months; and not fouryears, as asserted by some authors.It is a matter of doubt, whether heabdicated or died in office. Hiselection, it is thought, took place

See bull of elec-tion.

7.

Joubert, orJosbert.

1170

Syria.

Was named regent of the kingdom

of Jerusalem . 1172

Acquisition of Castle Margat.

Death of the grand-master. 1177

Baudoin and other historians say.

that his death happened in either1178 or 1179; tut Sebastian Paoliquotes charters which clearly provethat he died in October 1177.

During this reign, Salahedin orSaladin Youssouf, the son of Nod-gemeddir Aioub, by birth a Curd,took upon himself the title of Soudanof Egypt.

See UniversalHistory.

Vertot places thisevent in 1178<

( Error.)

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Ttogerde Mou-lin.

from

1173

to

1177

Normandyin France.

He was named grand-master inthe diplomas ; which can only beexplained by supposing that he wasnamed to the mastership of the IIos-

1173

Sebastian Paoli.

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