Letter 2026: Inasmuch as we have enjoined on our brother and fellow bishop Paulus the work of the visitation of the Neapolitan church, therefore let not Fraternity shrink from assuming the visitation of the Nepesine Church, to the end that, according to the requirements of the Paschal festivity, whatever the solemnity of divine service demands may, through y...

Book II, Letter 26 To John, Bishop [of Nepi, a town north of Rome]. Gregory to John. Since we have assigned our brother Bishop Paul to oversee the Neapolitan church, let Your Fraternity not hesitate to take on the oversight of the church of Nepi [a town in central Italy north of Rome]. The Easter season's requirements demand that whatever the solemnity of divine worship calls for be fully carried out through your efforts. Until we can decide what should be done regarding our brother Bishop Paul, let Your Fraternity prove yourself so skillful and attentive in all things that the bishop's absence is not felt at all. The month of April; the tenth Indiction [592 AD].

Book II, Letter 26 To John, Bishop. Gregory to John, etc. Inasmuch as we have enjoined on our brother and fellow bishop Paulus the work of the visitation of the Neapolitan church, therefore let not Fraternity shrink from assuming the visitation of the Nepesine Church, to the end that, according to the requirements of the Paschal festivity, whatever the solemnity of divine service demands may, through your operation, be in all respects fulfilled. Until, then, we may be able to consider what should be done with regard to our aforesaid brother and fellow bishop, let your Fraternity strive to show yourself so skilful and vigilant in all things that the absence of the bishop aforesaid may not at all be felt. The month of April, the tenth Indiction.

Gregorius Stephano * chartulario. Scientes magnitudinem charitatis vestrz toto Do- minum ecorde diligere, ob hoc ea que in massis 599 » de jure quondam patrici e recordationis Julii contra preceptia dominica contraque canonum regu- lam commissa esse didicimus, ad ejus necesse duxi- mus referre notitiam, quatenus et quz perpetrala sunt corrigi debeant, et alii deinceps tentare non presumant. Insinuatum igitur_ nobis es, in massa que nuncupatur © Marato, abbate monasterii sancti Georgii quod in eadem situm est, duos monachos reſugisse ; et unum quidem ex eis jam conjugem ac- cepisse, alium autem laicum effectum s:2culariter vivere; cum nec ex familia masse homines ipsi esse liberi asseraitur, et vel si Secundum condilionem debuissemt agere, contra Deum erat ut post adeptum divini officii cultum, ad s:rcularem vitam atque ha- bitum remearent. Unde bortor ut, babita judicis terni consideratione, monachos ipsos retrudi sine dilatione faciatis, ne corum exemplo, cum veslro, quod absit, peccato, ceterorum monasleriorum di- striclio dissipetur, sed magis ut magnitudinis vesir S0latio aliis monachis sspes gerendi talia submorea- tur. Asserit aulem pradictus abbas presbyterum predidiez mass novas monaslerio ipsi velle impo- nere conguetudines, que ex tempore conditi mona - +teriii per (riennale tempius hactenus non fuerunt, Eersr, XAXXVITE (AL. 20, mdict. 7). —* In colle- clione Pauli Diac., epist. 45, consemtientibns duobus "Tell. et Mss. Norm., necnon Vatic. D, icgitir, char- inlario, vel chartario Siciliw. Additur in Vaiic. et Teller., de monackis reslituendis. De hoc Stephano lege epist. 3, indict. 11, ad Joannem sanctze Lu- ciz Syracus. abbatem. » Sie restiinimus ex Mss. cum Vulgati habeant, de jure quondam patricii viri pic recordationis. In duo- us Teller. pro in massis legitur in marsts. © Norm. , Marathodis ; dno Teller., Mirathodis, vel Narathodis. Corb. duo et antiq. Colb., Maratodis. lo Vulgatis legitur de abbate... reſugisse, delibus viris oblatum ſuerit, portionem se asserat debere percipere. Quod magnitudo vestra studeat diligenier aguoscere; et si hoc ab initio non ſuit, cliam Jabentibus temporibus aliud noviter imponi non conceiat, maxime cum exiguze subslantiz et monastcriumn pauperum esse didicimus, et abbaten; ipsum bospilalem omuino esse multorum alleslativ- ne didiclinus 9. |