Letter 11070

From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome To: Candidus, priest and rector of the patrimony [in Gaul] Date: ~601 AD Context: Gregory commends to Candidus a priest named Aurelius, asking Candidus to find him a suitable oratory or place. Gregory to Candidus, priest, rector of the patrimony in Gaul. The priest Aurelius has come to my attention as a man of genuine character and ability who needs a suitable placement. I ask you to help him find an appropriate oratory or place where he can minister effectively. A good priest without a suitable position is a resource being wasted. You are in a position to identify such a placement in Gaul; I ask you to use that position on his behalf. Gregory

AD CANDIDUM PRESBYT. RECTOREM PATRIMONIL, Aurelium presbyterum commendal, ut ei oratorium vel locum aliquem commillat. Gregorius Candido * presbylero Galliz. Lator prasentium filius noster Aurelius presbyter, $esSsi0nibus beali Petri apostolorum principis orato- rium aut locus qui presbylero vel abbate indiget in- veniri potuerit, ei debeat commiti, quatenus et ipse Subsidium vite presentis inveniat, et nos invenia- mur petitioni illius paruisse. Proinde dilectioni tus eum omnibus modis commendamus, ut in quo ugus exegerit, ei tua dilectio concurral, et scriptorum no- strorum illic s0latium inveniat.