Non parum animus noster (Latin for "Our mind is deeply [troubled]") was a crusading bull issued by Pope Alexander III on either 11 September 1171 or 1172 to promote the Northern Crusades against the pagan Estonians and Finns.Eric Christiansen, The Northern Crusades (London: Penguin, 1997), p. 71. It was addressed to the rulers and peoples of Denmark, Sweden and Norway and begins with a description of the threat posed by the Estonians.Iben Fonnesberg-Schmidt, The Popes and the Baltic Crusades: 1147-1254 (Brill, 2007), p. 59. Alexander declared:
Alexander further promised an indulgence and one year's remission of sin to those who fought the pagans. Those who died in this crusade would receive full indulgence:
The sole copy of the bull to survive is in Peter Cellensis' letter-book.Fonnesberg-Schmidt, p. 55, n. 117.
Divini dispensatione Pope Eugenius III issued a papal bull called Divini dispensatione in 1147, endorsing the brief Wendish Crusade, which was part of the Northern Crusades.
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