Letter 10067

From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome To: Hilarius, notary Date: ~600 AD Context: Gregory instructs Hilarius to protect in all respects a ship sent to support a monastery. Gregory to Hilarius, notary. A ship has been sent carrying supplies for the support of a monastery. I direct you to ensure that this ship is protected in all respects for the purpose for which it was sent. Monastic communities depend on reliable supply chains. When something is sent for their support, it must reach them. Diversion, theft, interference — none of this is acceptable when the resources in question are destined for a religious community. See that the ship and its cargo reach their destination intact. Gregory

AD HILARIUM NOTARIUM. Miszam pro suslentatione monasterii navem in cunclis tueri precipit. Gregorins Hilario nolario. Navem in qua Vitalis presentium portitor navigat al dlectissimam filiam nostram Adeodatam abbalis- Eerisr., LX VI [A7. 63]. — ©® In Vatic. A, Lilarita- w; et infra, Liſaritanam. Eeisr, LX VII. AL. 64. | Eersr. LX VIN [AL. 14, ind. 53]. — * In Vaticagis A $am, pro sustentatione monasterii sui emissam co- gnoscas. ua illue veniente, hac LQJO tibi auctori- tate pracipimvus ut ita eam in cunctis tuearis, atque ab omni angaria vel onere exuere excugareque ſesti- nes, ac $i specialiter nostra sit. Nam nostri causa in eodem monasterio tanta congregatio, De» propitio, degere comprobatur, ut plus illi solatiari atque con- currere quam nostrz in omnibus ſestinemus Ecclesize. Et ideo postquam voluntatem nostram. experientia - tua circa priedictum monasterium talem esse cogno- SCit, ita $e. in tuitione 8upradictze, ut diximus, uavis | impendal, ut te illic posito, nullam moram vel inpe- dimentum ab aliquo valeat s8ustinere. Nam 8i, quod non credimus, in aliquo negligens esse lenlaveris, vehementer te nostram noveris offeusam incurrere. B _ EPISTOLA LXVII. AD OPPORTUNUM. 0b asperam correctionem contristatum lenit, atque ad - perſectam conrersionem hortalur, Gregorius * Opportuno de Aprutio, Pervenit ad me quia, ex eo Llempore quo dilectio- nem tuam verbis asperis propter quzdam que mihi jure disþlicuerant contristavi, magna libi sit oborta tristitia atqu2 continuus animi mcaror. Unde te, di- lectissime fili, volo cognoscere quia ego illa verba non asperitale cordis sed amore tuz anime sum lo- cutus. Tu itaque ad omnipotentem Deum tota mente convertere; quam nihil sit ſugitiva prasens vita considera; zterna premia lucrari festina; in quan- tum virtus $uflicit, castiga carnem, que, quandiu in C voluptatibus vixit, animam casligavit. Benignitatem tuam proximis exhibe, psalmodiz et lacrymis horas vite frequentius iinpende, illala mala a proximis Xquanimiter tolera. Si contra veritatem injuriam pertuleris, lucrum puta, ut hc agens, per tempora- lia quz despiciendo pateris, ad crelestia regna pertin- gas. Omnipotens autem Deus cor et corpus tuum cceles1is gratize salute perfundat, not de ejns Spiritu et recla interius sentire et recla exlerius suſlicias agere. A et E, Opportuno de Abrutio. In Valic. B et uno e Colbert., MN _ episcopo de Abrutio. ln Vatic. D et duobus Teller., Opportuno abbati. Aprutium in Samujo dicitur Interamna, vulgo Teramo, quod inter amnes Turdinum et Viciolain positum il.