Letter 10007: Gregory to Marinianus, bishop of Ravenna.
AD MARINIANUM RAVENNATEM FPISCOPUM.
Se contris/atum valde, quod monialem e monasterio
iterum abductam revorare neglexerit. Ut vel nunc id
preslet impense horlalur.
Grezorius * Mariniano episcopo Ravennr.
Si latoris presentium Stephani viri clarissimi
querela verilate $ubsislit, omnino nos fraternilas
veslra con!tristatos intelligat, cur tam pigra vel deses
exsliſerit, ut ante ad nos facti pravitas quam cor-
rectio perveniret. Questus itaque est quod cognatam
eju-, cui aliquando Þ Petrus qu dam nequissimus
diabulico instinctu de monaslerio exire $Sua-erat,
_- alque a Cratios0 votario nostro fucrat mutato ha-
bitu unde exierat revocala, nequissimus vir iniqua
Eerisrt. VII. [AL. 8], — © Hic titulus spe in Grego-
rianis epistolis occurrit. Nunc pass)m unicuique libe-
raliter off-rtur; at olim iis sol's concedebator quibus
id honoris a <privcipe collatum fuerat, llns autemn
conferendi Solemnis formula legitur lib. vi Variar.
c. 58.
Kerst. VIE (AL. 9], — © In Colbert. vet., necnon in
VY..ticanis D et E, inscribitur hc epistola Stephano.
sed recent.
In R gio, Januario episcopo Caralit.
M.nn,
'Eprisr. IX [| Al.
in largitionales et privatianos ; alii videntur conſuu-
SANCTI GREGORI| MACNI
10]. — * Dislinguunt alii palatinos
nuncusque impudice retineat. Ex qua re valde nos
Sicut diximus, tua desidia contrislavit, cur necdum
in monaslerium revocala Sit ac retrusa. Vel nunc
ergo proposili tui consideratio et zelus le castitatis
accendat id summopere modis quibus potueris stu-
dere, ut asperitatem quam de tanlz iniquitalis per-
petratione concepimus, ejus Citius valcas © corre-
clione mollire. Nam et Vitali defensori pracipimns
ut vobis hac in cansa £0latiari non differat. Sed
quia memoratus Petrus ab homine ſilii nostri magni-
lici Filoxeni dicitur defensari, apud eum vobis cum
omni $tudio et charitate instanter ageydum est, ut
eam Sine aliqua facial dilatione reslitui, quem cre-
dimus hoc, quia bonus omnino vir esse dicitur, sine
B mora facturum. Quod si ſorte, quod non credimus,
aliqua hoc ſuerit excusatione dilatum, tunc eltiam
4 publice conteslandus est. Atque fralernitas nobis
ve>tra renuntiet, ut exinde ® in urbem regiam LO47
$Cribamus, quatenus, quod fieri honeste negligitur,
ea qua dignui est ultione plectatur.
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