Letter 39: Trigetius has informed Gelasius by petition that on his property called Sextilianus he has built a basilica...
Pope Gelasius I to Herculentius, Bishop of Potentia (495).
Trigetius has informed Gelasius by petition that on his property called Sextilianus he has built a basilica dedicated to the holy archangel Michael and the confessor Marcus out of his own devotion. Gelasius therefore instructs Herculentius that, if the place falls within his diocese, he is to perform the solemn consecration of the aforementioned basilica. However, Trigetius is to endow it properly and retain no proprietary rights over it beyond his right to attend the liturgy.
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Latin / Greek Original
Oelasii papae ad Hereulentium episcopum Potentinum. fl^^^
41. Fladem condiiione cnmecrari ecctesiam in honoreMsaticforwri Michaelis archangeli
et Marci confessoris permittil.
Gelasius^) Herculentio episcopo Potentino.
Trigetius^) hujus petitorii nobis insinuatione suggessit, in re
sua, quae^) Sextilianus vocatur, basilicam se sanct<^rum Michaelis
archangeli et Marci confessoris pro sua devotione fundasse. Et ideo,
frater carissime, si ad tuam pertinet paroeciam, benedictionem
.supra memoratae basilicae sollemni veneratione depende. Nihil
tameu fundator ex hac basiiica sibi noverit vindiciindum, nisi pro-
cessionis aditum, qui Christianis omnibus in commune debetur.
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