Letter 10055
Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)→Unknown|gregory great
**From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
**To:** Leontius, Former Consul
**Date:** ~600 AD
**Context:** Commends Gregorius, a former prefect, to the ex-consul.
Gregorius, who formerly held the prefecture, is a man of integrity and I commend him to you without reservation. He has business or needs in your area that may require assistance from someone of your standing. I ask you to receive him kindly and help him as you are able. Any favor you do him, you do for me, and I will be grateful for it.
AD LEONTIUM EXCONSULEM.
Gregorium expreſectum commendat.
Gregorius Leontio exconsuli.
Cum juslitiz vigor in coguitione vestra, et verilas
jJuvare suſliciat quos tuetur, cuvjusquam apud vos com-
mendatione opus non ſuerat, quippe qui ea que pro
=quitate petenda sunt ex vobis impenditis. Sed ne
postulantium desideria, qui bonorum Gliorum $tu-
dium paterna crescere adhortatione conſidunt, post-
ponere videamur; idcirco illa apud gleriam vesiram
agere quz ultro exhibetis omn:bus modis invitamur.
Eapropter paterna dilectione vos $alulantes, peti-
venienti tam apud Leontium gloriosum exconsulem
in disponendis rationibus suis, quam apud alios, ubi
causa poposcerit, opem. ſerre, et partes illius suble-
yare ſavente justitia ſestinetis, ut, vobis sacerdotali-
ter concurrentibus, nullam molestiam vel dispendium
contra ordinem possit 2quitalis incurrere. Quem gi,
quod non credimus, gravari ſrusira in aliquo senseris
tis, apud predictum gloriosum virum agere vos, epi-
scopali modestia servala. necesse est, ut yerbum
quod ei per Azimarchum virum magniticum 5Scribo-
nem prebuit, custodire debeat ac servare, alque
illum irrationabiliter aſſligi vel 8ustinere dispendium
minime patiatur. Ita ergo ſraternitas vestra $e erga -
eum $o0llicitam curet ostendere, et in ejus $e causis
mus ut glorioso viro filio nostro Gregorio exprz- B Secundum Deum $tudeat exhibere, ut et sacerdo-
ſecto charitatis gratiam, qua estis przditi, largius tri-
buatis; * quatenus ille et quidquid equitatis in ve-
stra benignitate conſidit, veris possit effectibus ex-
perirj, et nos bona que de vobis muliipliciter pr-
dicantur addiscentes, assidue pro gloriz vestr# inco-
lumitate omuipoteniem valeamus Dominum depre-
cari, '
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**From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome
**To:** Leontius, Former Consul
**Date:** ~600 AD
**Context:** Commends Gregorius, a former prefect, to the ex-consul.
Gregorius, who formerly held the prefecture, is a man of integrity and I commend him to you without reservation. He has business or needs in your area that may require assistance from someone of your standing. I ask you to receive him kindly and help him as you are able. Any favor you do him, you do for me, and I will be grateful for it.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.