Letter 37: It is indeed established and prescribed by Gelasius's own orders that no one in a church or oratory not dedicated...
--m] Gelasii papae acl Johannem episcopum Soranum.
Ut in oratorio quodojn Magetuie feminae spectabitis defunctorum nondne eHvina p.i
celebrentur officia , sed publica frequentatione et processione cessanie , indadffei.
Gelasius papa Johanni episcopo Sorano^).
Certum est quidem et nostris praeceptionibus constitutum, ne
quis in ecclesia aut in oratorio, quod sedis nostrae non legitur per-
missione dedicatum, processionem publicam putaret impendi, ne con-
ditores furtivis subreptionibus contra regularum statuta prosilirent.
Sed quia Magetia-) spectabilis femina petitorii nobis oblatione sug-
gessit, in possessionibus propriis suonmi corpuscula condidisse; frater
carissimC; humanitatis intuitu, quod priora statuta non maculef)
funeribus et sepulcris, tantum in comprehensis petitorio locis mini-
steria noveris pro soUemnitate prae^tanda, ut defunctorum nomine
solummodo divina celebrentur officia, publica frequentatione et pro-
cessione cessante. Data^) Idibus Aprilis.
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