Letter 10016: I have appointed the bishop Venerius to serve as your visitor during the current vacancy.
To the people of Tauriana and Turris.
[Rubric:] Let them obey Venerius, the visiting bishop, and let them suitably elect a priest for themselves.
Gregory to the clergy, the order, and the people dwelling together at Tauriana, Turris, and Consentia.
Learning of the death of your bishop, etc., as in book XI, epistle 59, with the name changed to John, in [the place of] Venerius. [...]
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Latin / Greek Original
AD TURRITANOS ET TAURIANENSES.
Venerio episcopo visitatori obediunt, idoneuthyque ib i
eligant zacerdotem.
Gregorius * clero, ordini et plebi convistenti Tau-
rianas, Turris et Consentias.
Vestri antislitis obitum cognoscemes, ec. tt lib.
x1, episl. 59, mutalo nomine Joanni , in Vener.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern gregory great retranslated v1.
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