Letter 10058: **From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
To Bonifatius, bishop of Reggio.
[Argument: That he should settle without delay the case concerning the Church, and hold its men commended to him.]
Gregory to Bonifatius, bishop of Reggio.
It befits priestly gravity beyond all doubt that whatever cases he may have concerning his Church he should settle without delay-either by a peaceable arrangement, if it can be done, or else with the intervention of a judgment-so that, the matter of contention being removed from their midst, peace alone may be able to remain in concord between him and his sons. Our glorious son Gregory, former prefect, has therefore made known to us that some dispute has arisen between himself and your Church concerning certain estates which fall to him. For which reason we urge you either to bring it to an end by setting aside the quarrel, or else, all delay being put away, to cause the agents of your Church to go to the judgment of chosen men; so that, their decision going first, neither may he seem to be burdened contrary to justice, nor your Church to suffer prejudice. But since he has wished his men and the possessions which he has there to be commended to you, it is fitting that your charity not fail to bestow, in his affairs, whatever reason shall invite. And so let it hasten to help him in whatever it can, so that, with you assisting, he may not perceive himself, though absent, to be cut off from his own interests.
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Latin / Greek Original
AD BONIFACIUM REGIENSEM EPISCOPUNM.
Gregorii cum Ecclesia 8va causam absque dilatione
finial ipsiusve homines habeat commendalos.
Gregorius Bonifacio episcopo Regiensi.
Sacerdolali procul dubio convenit gravilati ut 8
quas Ecclesie suz causas habuerit, aut pacifica eas
ordinatione, $i fieri potest, aut certe judicio inierve-
niente 8ine mora definiat, ut, sublata e medio con-
tentionis materia, $0la illi cum filiis svis pacis possit
concordia permanere. Indicavit itaque nobis gloriosus
ſilius noster Gregorius * expraſecto, quod inter $6
et Keelesiam vestram de locis que competunt aliqua
Sit orta conleniio. Ob quam rem hortamur ut eam
avt cessante jurgio finiatis, aut certe dilatione 8ub-
mota Ecclesize vesir® actores ad electorum ire judi-
cium facialis; ut, eorum deſinitione precedente, nec
i!le- contra justitiam gravari, nec vestra prajudicium
videatur Ecclesia suslinere. Quia vero homines $u0s
el possessiones quas illic habet yobis voluit commen-
dari, oporlet ut vesira $e charitas in ejus causis quod-
cunque ratio invitaverit, non omittat impendere. At-
que ila eum in quibuscunque valuerit juvare- ſestinet,
ut, concurrentibus vobis, absentem $se a $u1s utilifa-
tibus esse non agnoscat.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern gregory great retranslated v1.
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