Letter 14009: **From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
To John, Bishop of Palermo.
He grants permission for a church to be consecrated.
Gregory to John, Bishop of Palermo.
Concerning the church which, as you suggest, has been completed by your Beloved in honor of the blessed and ever-virgin Mary, through Savinus our subdeacon and rector of the patrimony: by the tenor of our injunction you shall know that permission to consecrate it has been granted to you, so that, brother, [...] you may rejoice in the perfection of charity.
Given in the month of December, in the seventh indiction.
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Latin / Greek Original
AD JOANNEM PANORMITANUM. EPISCOPUM.
Basilice consecrande dat facultatem.
Gregorius Joanni episcopo Panormitano.
Basilicam quam a dilectione tua in honorem beatz
semperque virginis Mariz, per Savinum suhdiaco-
num nostrum et rectorem patrimonii, suggeris esse
perſectam consecrandi tibi preceptionis nostrz $erie
noveris facultaltem attributzm. quatenus, frater cha-
britatis perſectione gratuleris. * Data mense Decem-
bri, indictione 7.
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