Letter 9015: Gregory to Chrysanthus, bishop of Spoleto.

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Chrysanthus|c. 594 AD|Pope Gregory the Great|AI-assisted
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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.

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