Letter 10022: Two matters require your attention.
AD ADRIANUM NOTARIUM SICILLE.
Agat quoque, tum ut puniatur supradictorum mona-
chorum scelus, (um ne quis illorum bona invadat.
Gregorius Adriano notario Siciliz.
Eeisr. XXII [AL. 24]. —* Atna mons, vulgo Mon-
tegibello, Sicilie maximus et notissimus ob ignes quos
evomit, a Catana urbe 45 circiler imillibus passuum
distans. GUSSANY.
Talia. Sed et Rocchus Pirrus qui ex profess0 de omni-
bus Siciliaz episcopis lraciavil, ubi de episcopis Cata-
nensibus agit, ila de Leone loquitur : Leo Calanensis
$ccessit Elpidio, de quo Gregorius epist. 21 lib; vii,
nunc 22 lib. x. Gussanv. Regium Ms. non legit sane
Gussanvillwus, ſavel enim nostrz lectioni, habelque
nit, et miramur cur, $i veritate subsistit, YOSG cam
- minime cognovisli. Veniens autem ad nos Martianus,
monachus monasterii_ sancti Viti, quod in monte
Ztna est positum, oblala nobis petitione questus est
inter alia, ita monachos ejusdem monasterii perverse
ac nequiter vivere, ut mulieres $ibi sociare, quod dici
nefas est, audeant. De qua re quia fratri et coepiscopo
noslro Leoni scripsimus, ut, requisila veritate, $i ila
repererit, districtissima * hoc studeat severitate cor-
- rigere, necesse quoque est ut in hac re tua $e expe-
rientia ad. investigandam veritatem, et puniendum
lantum scelus omnimodo sollicite debeat exhibere,
ut neque remisse, neque negligenter agi aliquid vi-
deatur. In aliis vero utilitatibus memorati monasterii
B Solatia tua in quantum ratio poposcerit z#quitalis
impende, quatenus et $i quid ei, sicut dicitur, inva-
$um est, secundum juslitiam reſogmetur, et de c:etero
przjudicium illic aliquod contra Dei timorem et le-
gum ordinem nullo modo generelur.
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