Letter 1119: Gregory to Peter, subdeacon, of the church of Taormina [a city in eastern Sicily].
AD PETRUM SUBDIACONUM.
De relituendis T aurominitane Ecclesi@ possessionibus
alque pecunits. |
Gregoris Petro 8ubdiacono.
Quanto apostolice sedi ab Ecclesiis reverentia
c#leris exhibetur, tanto eam in earum decet esse
twitione $01l citam. Et quia domus vel lines atque
possessiones * Tauromimnitanz juri Ecclesiz perti-
nentes ab actionariis dicuntur nostre Ecclesiz con-
© Panormus, vulgo Palermo, urbs marilima, hodie
archiepiscopalis, et Siciliz caput. Gussanv.
cimi, ex quibus patet illos episcopos, saltem Grego-
rium et Victorem, Romam ut $se purgaren!, venire
ju>$0s.,
Gussanv. Observaudum in Ms. Bigotiano, Vite sancii
Gregorii auct. Joanne Diacono, pro nativitas legi
salivi/as vel satio, lib. 11, cap. 60, ubi hac epist. re-
fertur. |
Eersr, LXXITIT (AL. 71). — * Taurominium, vulgo
Taormina, urbs olim episcopalis Siciliz maritima
in ora Urientali vallis Demon, inter MessSanaim ad
Boream, et Catanam ad Austrum. GussaNv.
Þ Hoe es, auxilium, adjutorium. Reg. sancti Be-
nedicti, cap. 51, de cellerario, solatia ei dentur, Su-
pr +, epist. 65, vobts solatianiibus, hoc est juvantibus.
Infra, spe vox isLa codem SensSu uSurpatlur.
EersT. LXX1V (Al. 72). —* De exarchis,jam dictum
esl supra, ad episl. 35.Inter episcopos, n: unulliolim
dic} $u4t exarchi, qui tanguann primates pluribus
sentis hujus precepti pagina deputamus, quatenus,
cogni!a verilate, si ita es!, cuncta-quz occupata di-
diceris in ante ſatz Ecclesiz pristina jura restiluas.
Quia vero pervenit ad nos, vivente adhuc Victorino
episcopo , ejusdem Ecclesiz perisse pecunias, ad
earum requisitionem te Secundino ſratri et coepiscopo
nostro volumus przbere Þ solatia , et utilitatibus
ejusdem Ecclesiz in quo neces8arium fuerit salva
Z2quitate concurrere. [ta elenim cuncla que in hujus
przcepii pagina continentur effectui mancipare ſesti-
na , ut de z#quitate servata przeſati episcopi relatio-
nibus ipse lauderis.
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Gregory to Peter, subdeacon [Gregory's administrator in Sicily].
Pastor, who has served as bishop, is now infirm and has lost the use of his eyes [or has significantly impaired vision].
The church that is being consecrated requires relics for its altar.
The instructions I gave you in my previous letter are to be carried out as directed.