Letter 2063

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Unknown|gregory great
From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome
To: Fortunatus, bishop
Date: ~593 AD
Context: A second letter to Bishop Fortunatus directing the consecration of the abbess Gratiosa's monastery.

Gregory to Fortunatus, bishop.

I am following up on my instruction to consecrate the monastery of the abbess Gratiosa. Has this been done? If not, I direct you once again to proceed, and I want a report when it has been completed.

A consecration that is perpetually being deferred is not properly a consecration; it is an intention. Convert it into an act.
Gregory

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.