Letter 1012: Agapitus, abbot of the monastery of St. George, informs us that he endures many grievances from your Holiness; and not only in things that might be of service to the monastery in time of need, but that you even prohibit the celebration of masses in the said monastery, and also interdict burial of the dead there. Now, if this is so, we exhort you...
Book I, Letter 12
To John, Bishop of Orvieto [a town in central Italy].
Gregory to John.
Agapitus, abbot of the monastery of Saint George, informs us that he suffers many grievances at your hands. You have not only withheld things the monastery needs in times of hardship, but you have even prohibited the celebration of Mass there and banned the burial of the dead.
If this is true, we urge you to stop this cruelty. Allow the dead to be buried and Mass to be celebrated there without further obstruction, so that the venerable Agapitus is not forced to bring new complaints to us about these matters.
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Latin / Greek Original
Gregorius Joanni episcopo *® de urbe veteri.
Agapitus, abbas monasterii sancti Georgii, insinua-
vit nobis plurima se a vestra sanctitate Þ gravamina
Suslinere, et non solum in his quz n»cessilatis FYY
tempore aliquod monasterio possint ſerre subsidium ;
verum eliam quod in eodem monaslerio missas pro-
hibeatis celebrari, sepeliri etiam ibidem mortuos
interdicatis. Quod si ita est, a tali vos hortamur in-
C bumanitate suspendi; et sepeliri ibidem mortuos,
vel celebrari missas, nulla ulterius habita contradi-
mns.- post pontiſicem equitat, ex ordine Romano. Ho-
die major domus appellatur. De vicedominis vide in
Decret., dist. 89, cp. Diaconum, et cap. Quia. In
Decretal., lib. v, tit. 3, de Simoma, cap. Consulere.
Nam qui pro ejusmod!: ofticiis pecunias dabant, si-
moniz rei censebantur. Vide et Capitular., lib. ni,
cap. 26, et lib. v, cap. 120. Aliquando distingue-
bantur ab economis; hi enim ad clerum, ili ad epi-
scopum perlinebant. Gussaxv. Consule Glossarium
Cangii. Vicedomini apud Gothos meannit Cassiodo-
rus, lib. v Variar., epist. 44. _
Eeisr. XII. — © Orrieto, urbs Etrurie permunita,
eli-mnum episcopalis.
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