Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)→Unknown|gregory great
From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome
To: Peter, subdeacon
Date: ~593 AD
Context: Gregory instructs Peter to send the relics of St. Severinus to a church for its consecration.
Gregory to Peter, subdeacon.
The church that is being consecrated requires relics for its altar. You are to send the relics of St. Severinus [a fifth-century bishop venerated in Italy] for this purpose.
The translation and installation of relics is a solemn matter and is to be treated as such. The relics should be transported carefully and with proper reverence. When they arrive at their destination, they should be received with appropriate ceremony.
A church consecrated with proper relics and proper ceremony is a place where the faithful can come for generations to pray and receive the sacraments. The care we take at the beginning shapes what the place becomes.
See to this.
Gregory
Context:Gregory instructs Peter to send the relics of St. Severinus to a church for its consecration.
Gregory to Peter, subdeacon.
The church that is being consecrated requires relics for its altar. You are to send the relics of St. Severinus [a fifth-century bishop venerated in Italy] for this purpose.
The translation and installation of relics is a solemn matter and is to be treated as such. The relics should be transported carefully and with proper reverence. When they arrive at their destination, they should be received with appropriate ceremony.
A church consecrated with proper relics and proper ceremony is a place where the faithful can come for generations to pray and receive the sacraments. The care we take at the beginning shapes what the place becomes.
See to this. Gregory
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.