Letter 9139: The resignation of Castorius from the episcopate has left your community without its shepherd, and I write to urge...
Paatoralis nus cura coastringit ccclcsiii) Haccrdotia moderaminc dcstitutis sollicita
considerationo concurrere. Et ideo quiii' ccclesia vestra diu sacerdotis proprii corporia
u qua nostis impedicnte molestia pastorali est regiminc destituta, vestris precilius permoti
eundvm episcopum non destitimus ammonere, ut, si cx eadem molcatia ae mclioratum
essc sentirct'', ad suscepti sacerdotii debuisset ministcrium remcare. Qui scmel a nobis
saepiusvc commonitus cadem urguente'' molcstia nunc scriptis nobis supplicatiunc por-
recta noacitur intimassc nullatcnus se ad rcgimcn eiusdem ecclesiue vel'' susceptum
v> oflicium impedientc molcstia adsurgero posse. Qua pcrsonae eius" dcspcraljonc com-
pulsi nocossarium duximus de ordinationc nos vcstrae ecciesiae cogitaro. Hortamur
crgo, ut uno omncs eodemque consensu rcmoto' atrepitu talem vobis pracficicQdum
cligatis auxilianto Domino sacerdotcm, qui et a vcncrandis canonibus nullatcnus rcBpuatur
ot tanto ministerio dignus valeat rcppcriri. Qui dum fuerit postulatus cum soUemnitatc
» decrcti omnium subscriptionibus roborati ct visitatoris pagioa pruscquonte ad nos veniat
ordinandus, quatcnus ccclcsia vcstra disponcnte Bomino proprium habcre valcat sacer-
dotem. Volumus autem, ut cum qucm unanimitasB vcstra clcgerit ad fratrem ct co-
epiacopum nostrum Marinianum Uavennac sinc dilationc aliqua pcrducatis, ut ab oo
suptilitcr inquisitus atque perspcctus ipsius quoquc ad nos vonione tostimonio roborctur.
< t) ipsa codd. n. ') cHule q* 1. ■) eplatice p*i. '') ita q* 3. 3; muuUt Rt. q' l. <=) kie
in nutrg. add.: \A eit i»i in iiullij mGmbrurum debililsluB fuerit q' 3. *') ta ventr» e' i. ') addita
ora. Q*li abditit Jl 1. f) cuimecmrclur if* I. s) antiititeB Jtl.
IX, 13ti ia lituio: cuiiHinleiili om. K* 1 — Arimin oUr. q* 1. 4; Arimiiiine q* '2.3; ArimineiiBe R I;
Arimineusi R* 1. *) quia um. eodd. u. *■) et add. Q* I. ^) srguente eodd. ». '^) velut R I.
•) eiuB Sl; eiuadem q*. premolo Rl. B) uQiainilaB Q* I.
3) Nota efedwm epwwpuffl Arimiiu, urlii» in Pentapoli nitae, ab epiacopo Bavetm. txaminari, Romae
a papa amsecrari, epiicopam Fori Qtmelii, iirovinciae AemUiae, cuius me^opoli» tam tunc Ravenna eral,
ab epiecvpo Sartnn. conaeerari: cf. ep. VII, 30 (n. 1); Loemng, 1. 1. I p. 443 s». Sed aliaa neque eituh
Modi examinatio per ep. Bavennatem comtnenoraliw (ef. ep. I, 55 ». II, 28.)
IX, I3ii. Cf. rp. in-aeced. et neq. alque de formula tp. 1, 76. VI, 31 et ep. II, 40 n.
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tione su&cepimns eosque noBtrae desiderantes ecclesiae mtlitare grate concesBimua.
PniemiBso quapropter excellentiae Testrae patemae Balntadonis alTectu petimuB, ut eos
pro bono desiderii aui, quo ad" apoBtolorum principia petram Bolidam concurrerunt, ne
fluctuantium adhuc erroribus mixti naufragium deaperatae salutia incurrerent, habere
dignemini commeadatOB'' quatenua ad propria remeantes nullia propter hoc bonum, quod
appetiBae noacuntur, perreraorum inquietudinibus perturbentnr, sed magia in omnibua
auxilium vestrae tuitionis iQveniant', ut ex corum quiete aliomm adhuc in scismate
poBitomm corda tlectantur atquc boram per bonum veatri patrocinii provocati^ sequaces
' existant. Ad augmentum namque mercedis vestrae pertinet', si intcr curaB bellicaa,
sicut corpus ab exteriori" hoate, sic animam ab interai insidiatoris impugnatione protegitia.
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