Letter 27: A similar decree concerning two serfs of Maxima, an illustrious and magnificent lady, who have been ordained as...
Gelasii papae ad Buflnum et Aprilem episcopos. (a.494
I.S5. Simile decretum de duobus originariis Maximae iUuslris et magnificae feminae
diaconis ordinatis.
Gelasius papa Rufino et Aprili episeopis.
Quis enim aut leges principum aut patrum regulas aut admo-
nitiones modemas dicat debere contemni, iiisi qui impunitum sibi
tantum aestimet transire commissima? Actores siquidem filiae nostrae
illustris et magnificae feminae Maximae jietitorii nobis insinuatione
conquesti sunt, Silvestrupi atque Candidum originarios ^) suos contra
conBtitutiones^ quae supra dictae sunt, et contradictione praeeunte a
Ijucerino^) pontifice diaconos ordinatos. Ideo, fratres carissimi,
tantae praeyaricationis excessus noveritis sagacius inquirendos-, et
si constiterit querelam veritate fulciri, continuo, qui contradictione
praeeunte non legitime sunt creati, a sacris officiis repellantur'*).
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