Letter 12042

From: Pope Gregory I To: Romanus, Defender Date: ~602 AD Context: Gregory writes to Romanus with instructions for the Sicilian patrimony Romanus, I have instructions for you regarding the current state of the Sicilian patrimony. The administrative arrangements I previously specified are to continue, and the matters that were pending resolution are to be addressed as I described. I rely on your good management of these affairs and on your prompt reporting when situations arise that require decisions from this see. Continue as you have been, and write to me frequently.

AD ROMANUM DEFENSOREN. Salustium admoneat ne posthac Luminoso Ecclesie 8ervo sil moles!us. Gregorius Romano deſensori. Luminosus przsentium lator violentiam $e ux0- remque- Suam a Salustio viro clarissimo ASSCrens zuslinere , huc necessilate eadem faciente venire compulsus est. Unde quia servum ganctz Marie, quod est * parochiz Grumentine, 8e esse as8erit, necesse est ut ecclesiastica tuitione valletur. Expe- rientia itaque tua prezfato supplici ecclesiastica 10n desiciat impertiri s6latia, eumque de quo queritur admonere, quatenus se ab eorum inquietudine com- pescat. Si vero est quod 8ibi in eis rationabiliter dicat posse compelere , electorum judicio lermine- tur, tuaque quidquid definitum Merit ex8ecutione modis omnibus impleatur.