Letter 5037: Gregory to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples.
AD FORTUNATUM EPISCOPUY.
Monasterium in honorem 8«ancti Petri et sancli Michae-
lis dedicet, in quo mis8as celebrent presbyteri ibi de-
servientes ; monachis tamen proficial quidquid a fide-
libus- ojſerri conligeril.
Gregorius Fortunato episcopo Neapolitano.
Theodosius, abbas monasterii sancti Martini, pe-
titoria nohis insinuatione Suggessit, que babetur in
Subditis, in domo quondam * Martini, Þ ex ejus
volunlate, decessorem $num Andream abbatem mo-
nas{erium in quo monachi- habitare debeant constru-
xi-se, Et quia id in honorem beali Petri apostolorum
principis, et sancti archangeli Michaelis posLulat de-
mus adhortandam, quatenus ad pr:dictum locum,
cum poslulaverit, ingravanter acced:s, venerande
solemnia dedicativnis impendens. Et quoties necesse
ſuerit, a presbyteris Ecclesiez tux in loco $ancto
deservientibus, celebrentur sacriſiciza veneranda
7G6Z missarum, ita ut in eodem monasterio nec
ſraternitas tua, nec presbyteri, © preler diligentiam
discipline aliquid molestiarum inſerant ; aut $i quid
illic pro diversorum devotione commoditatis acces-
Serit, Sibi existiment vindicari, cum monachis in eo-
dem loco deservientibus debeat proſicere quidquid a
ſidelibus offerri contigerit 9.
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