Letter 7037

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Unknown|gregory great
From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome
To: Donus, bishop
Date: ~597 AD
Context: Gregory instructs Bishop Donus to pay fifteen pounds of silver to Faustinus, or to provide the equivalent from the church's resources.

Gregory to Donus, bishop.

Fifteen pounds of silver are owed to Faustinus. Either pay them directly or provide the equivalent from the church's resources. This is not a large sum by the standards of episcopal administration, and there is no reason for delay.

See to it.
Gregory

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