ABSTRACT
Burchard of Ursberg might not seem the ideal first witness to summon in the case for Hyacinth Bobone. not only was the pro-imperial Premonstratensian prior generally hostile to the papacy, he had never visited the Roman Curia before 1198, and is often unreliable concerning the times before he had reached manhood.1 And yet, writing his world chronicle in about 1229/1230, he tells us a story of such importance in learning about Cardinal Hyacinth that call him we must.
