Letter 8016: Gregory to Marinianus, bishop of Ravenna.
AD MARINIANUM RAVENNE EPISCOPUM.
Redeuntem Roma Claudium abbatem impense com-
mendat.
Gregorius Mariniano episcopo Ravennatli. |
Quod/ communem filium Claudium abbatem lato-
rem prasentium longa apud nos hactenus mora re-.
tinuit, res jlla ſecit quod magnum nobis, sicut no-
S$lis, erat in verbo Dei solatium; quem eliain hic
adhuc volueramus diutius retinere, * $i et ipse non
ſeslinas$et ad $Suum monasterium, et n0s Ccongrega-
tioni fratrum ejus prasentiam esSe OMNninO NECESSA=-
riam sciremus. Et ideo quia illum sicut petiit et
exigebat ulilitas relaxandum esse prospeximvs, Ccollt-
mendantes eum, hortamur ut sanctitas vestra $a-
cerdotali eum affectione suscipiat , paternam ili
Sidii $ui beneficio liberum ab omni inquietudine -
reddituin quieti et utilitatibus fratrum vacare per»
mittat, atque peculiariter sicut a nobis eum scit di-
ligi diligat ; quatenus et charitatis vestrz affectum
quem- olim expertus est, in se multiplicius recogno-
Scat, et nos in vohis invenisse $e gaudeat.
908 * EPISTULA X\I.I.
AD MAURENTIUNM.
De 8acre lectionis studio gratulatur. Sic 8tudentium
deflet raritatem ; 8e collegam spondet.
Gregorius Maurentio magistro militum.
Dilectissimus filius meus Cyprianus diaconus re-
verlens mihi valde placuerat, si ad me totus rediis-
Set. Sed postquam gloria veslra in Sicilia sese reli-
nuit, certissime <cio quia pradictus filius meus ad
me quidem corpore rediit, sed mente in Sicilia re-
mansit. Hae tamen dicens, lantum quieti vestre
congaudeo, quantum . de meis occupationibus inge-
D verbis ejusdem epistolze. Legenda sancti Augustini
epist. 48, al. 84, in qua hortatur monachos ad Ec-
clesiz munia obeunda. GussaNnv. "*
P Hac legimuns tantum in Vatic. et Colbert.
Eeisr. XVI [Al. 49]. — © Vulgati recent., Nisi et
ipsum ad suum monasterium ſeslinare, el... . . . pre-
sentiam esse Omnino necessariam $ciremus.
Þ Ita in quatuor Vatic., omnibus Norm., Corb.,
Colbert., Rhem., non, ut habent Excusi, monas!e-
rioque ejus. Hinc ,patet Claudium abbatem plurimis
monaslteriis ſuisse preposiuum.
Eeisr. XVIL [AL. 25, lib. xn, ind. 7]. — * Hee
epistol: desideratur in Anglic. Norman. et plerisque
Mss. In ontiq. Edit. legebatur, Luvino Cathanens:
episcopo. 'Sed lectio hc, etsi ei suffragetur Vatic
A, mendosa est, ad episcopum enuiu non SCFIPSISSC'
Sanclus Gregorius gloria ves(ra.
iden ——
—_
misco. Atque hoe summopere exhortor, ut si pala- A compellantur ; quatenus, cunctis vigilantibus, me-
tum cordis dulcedo tetigit intime snavitatis, ita in-
trorsus rapiatur animus, ut triste sit omne quod
foris s0nal, omne quod: foris delectat. Laudo autem
quod humana conventicula cavelis, quia $xpe ani-
mus qui renovari in Deo per compunctionis gratiam
desiderat, per prava colloquia atque verba iterum
veterascCit. Quzsivi autem qui vobis adhzreant in
lectionis. Sacrz collegio, et neminem reperi, et ve-
hementer ingemui pauperlatem boni. Et quamvis
peccator ego valde occupatus sum, tamen si ad beati
Petri apostoli limina venire volueritis, in $acro
eloquio $trictum poleritis me habere collegam. Om-
nipotens Deus cclesti vos protectione cuslodiat,
alque ab antiqui hostis insidiis munitos . permanere
concedat.
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