Letter 9015: Gregory to Chrysanthus, bishop of Spoleto.
To Chrysanthus, Bishop of Spoleto.
That he should place the relics of martyrs in the basilica of Rieti.
Gregory to Chrysanthus, Bishop of Spoleto.
Paulus, a deacon of the Church of Rieti, has demanded of us by a petitionary representation that the relics of the blessed martyrs Hermes and Hyacinth and Maximus ought to be placed at the fonts in the basilica of the blessed Mary, ever-virgin, mother of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is situated within the city of Rieti. And therefore, dearest brother, if in that same place [there is] no [...], [the relics] of the martyrs, having been received with reverence and without doubt, you shall diligently consecrate.
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Latin / Greek Original
AD CIRYSANTHUM EPISCOPUM SPOLETANUM.
M artyrum reliquias in basilica Reatina collocet.
Gregorius Chrysantho episcopo ® Spoletano.
Paulus, Þ Ecclesie Reatinze diaconus, petitoria
nobis insinuatione poposcit ut ad fontcs Q4J in ba-
Silica bealz Mariz semper virginis genitricis Dei et
Domini nostri Jesu Christi , quz est intra civitatem
Realinam posita, reliquiz beatorum mariyrum Her-
melis et Ryacinthi et Maximi debeant collocari. Et
ideo, frater charissime, $i in eodem loco nullum
SANCTI GRECGORI MACNI-
martyrum cum reverentia sine ambiguitale suscepta
diligenter consecrabis.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern gregory great retranslated v1.
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