Letter 12035: **From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
AD DESIDERIUM VIENNENSEM eFscoyun.
Ne Pancratium diaconum suum a monaslica vita
revocet.
Gregorius Desiderio episcopo in Gallia.
Pancratius lator prxsentium, ut asserit, diaconus,
* apostolorum $e liminibus reprzgentans', a nobis
cipatus. Unde, divina inspiratione compunctus, gra- -
liam monastice conversationis appeliit, illicque in
eodem quem $sumpsit babitu desiderans permanere,
etiam diaconum se cjusdem monasterii ſactum esse
commemorat. De cujus loci servitio avelli nulla pa-
litur ratione. Nunc vero, quantum asserit, fraterni-
las vestra non quidem impedientis intentu, sed af-
ſectu benevolentiz, in officio eum suz vult Eccle-
82 revocare. Hortamur jgitur ut tam promptze de-
votioni ejus, quam in $ancto studet habere propo-
ito, minime vestra $it impedimento fraternitas;
magis autem quibus valetis adhortationibus pasto-
rali admonitione 1 20G +<uccendite, ut fervor hujus
desiderii in eo non tepescat ; ut qui, a turbulento cu-
rnrum s2cularium tumultu se Segregans, quietis de-
Siderio portum monaslerii appetiit, rursum in eccle-
8alubriter hzc citius valeant que $ibi ipjugcta- sunt
ad effectum, * Deo auctore, perducere.
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