Letter 10059

**From:** Gregory I, Bishop of Rome **To:** John, Fortunatus (bishops), and Anthemius (subdeacon) **Date:** ~600 AD **Context:** Joint letter addressing administrative matters in the region. I write to you all together because the matters at hand concern all of you and require coordinated action. There are issues in the region that none of you can resolve in isolation — they require communication and cooperation among you. I charge each of you with your portion of this work and expect you to keep one another informed. Report back to me jointly on what has been accomplished and what still requires attention.

AD JOANNEM ET FORTUNATUM EPISCOPOS, ET ANTHEMIUN SUBDIACONUM. Gregorii homines ac possessiones commendat. Gregorius Þ Joanni et Fortunato episcopis, et An- themio subdiacono. Ea que filjis nostris ultro nos decet impendere, negare eis petentibus non debemus. Et ideo JOSS quoniam filius noster gloriosus Gregorius expreſecto possessiones, quas illic habet, vel homines $u0s ſra- expreſectus. Eersr, LIX. — * Hzc epist. cum duabus sequenti- bus abest a Mss. complur. -_ <v % —_ _ a. thc Tre” ed ak cor th. Dh, 4 £113 | EPISTOLARUM LIB. a. — INDICT. IH. — EPIST. LCXl. 4194 ternitati vesir2 a nobis studuit commendandos, A Dei illic opus minime celebretur, sed etiam pene pro scriptis vos presentibus adhorlamur ut utilitatibus eju3 salva ratione Cconcurrere et pos$es8iones ejus aique homines tueri, sicut desiderat, debealis; nec evs contra juStitiam a quibuslibet vexari aut patia- mini pregravari. Sed id agite, ut tuitione vestra prae- dicti filii nostri supplere praesentiam valeatis, quia ita $e, Sicutl nostis, bene exhibuit cunctis, ut omnia solatia habere mereatur.