Letter 9032

From: Pope Gregory I To: John, Bishop of Syracuse Date: ~598 AD Context: Gregory instructs John on the case of Leo, bishop of Catania, in which Leontius has submitted an excuse The case involving Leo, bishop of Catania, has reached a point where I must give you clearer direction. Leontius has communicated his reasons for the position he has taken, and I have considered them. My judgment is that the matter be handled as follows: you are to investigate the specific charges against Leo with the thoroughness the case demands, gathering testimony from reliable witnesses and examining the documentary evidence. Do not allow the prestige of those involved to influence the process. A bishop stands before the canons as any other clergyman does. Report your findings to me before taking any final action.

riliUB noater glorioaua vir Leontiua exconaule*^ de fratre et ooepiacopo noatro Leone''' graviter est questus, noeque eius querella omni roodo perturbavit, quia ita I ^) ita Dium. /. 53; li mn. todd. n. •) atant 04. t) iarae C 1. 2, ttd torr. C2; iure (eccle- (uutico) 04. B) Don om. Ol. S, Kd m. 2 add. 02. ") diffor 01; differt corr. tn differU 03. ') ila Dium. /. 53; coniiiioluiii eodd. n. IX, 31. •) »er«ci C3.4. <>) ipecuIariMr 01.2.3; apetisliter C4; peodia rite eoni. ifomnuen. •) ideoque codd. n.; om. et 04. ^) defenaorie eodd n. •) uoetri 04. f) CBtheDensibiu Cl.4; . Caten. C2; CtuleD. C3. ■) Sir&c. C3. h) auHa» 01; caritBtii corr. m cuitai m. 2. 03. >) ila Dium.f.M. 04; rotu 01.2.3. IX, 32 in tituio: SirACusaDo 01. 3, ted in indieibiu: Syr. — ■) ex conioUta eodd. n. >■) de fratrii et coepiscopi iiostri LeoDia Cl. 2. 3; vits mppl. Em. IX, 31. Oyridatio pMtea cara Bilonici mandata ett: cf. ep, IX, HS. I) Cf. ep. praecedente». i 3} Cf. Diumi f 54. 55. IX, 32. De JiAofnic cf. ep. VI, 18 n. I) De Leontio <f. qp. VIII, 3S n. 3) De Leone Cata- nenei cf. ep. I, 70 p. 00 n. 3. IV,34n. VI,45n. yGoogle ,GoogIe GREGORIUS LEONTIO EXCONSULE. ocienteB gratia patcrna vos scripta' auecipere, ai illud peragcre'' Btudearous, gloriKin Testram uUro non est dubiuro opcrari': filionim noBtrorum dfbideria non patiamur'' con- tristari*. Et ideo quia glorioBUB filiuB uoster Apollonias' magister militum' lator" prac- sentium nostris se apud vos voluit apicibiis commeudari, Balutantes gloriam Tcstraro'' paterna dilectione petimuB, ut salva ratione gratiam vestri ' favoris inveniat et patrocinionun opem in quocumque neceaae fiierit coneequatur, quatcnus, dum gloria veatra ea quae sponte conBuevit impendere nostra quoque commendatione praestiterit, ct ipse bo optatum in vobis gaudeat invenire subBidium et nos uberes sinceriBBimae bonitati veatrae gradae referamua. K, 35. Gregorius I. pajm Fantino defensori scribit de xenodockio ex testamento Jsidori, metmriae viri, in urbe Panormitana constUuendo. !>!>8, Oet. Codd. C: cap. 93. Edd. M: LO). XII. ep. 10; G: L*. X. <p. II. — laffi Sig. 1559 (1441). GREGORIUS PANTINO DEPENSORI. ba quae tienda mandat piae' voluntatis intentio'', ut ad effectum^^ valeant por- venire, cura debet sacerdotalia exiatere. Proinde experientiao tuae praccipimua, iit heredibua laidori'' inluetris meraoriae viri adsidue et forliuB debeat inminere, ut xeno- dochium quod auctor eoruro per' ultimae voluntatia arbitrium in Panonnitana' fieri civitate coostituit aine aliqua difficultate quae aunt diepoBita implere featinent', ne, ei ampliue adhuc neglegendum putaverint, iam iram Dei'' de iegibue venientero, quaro' huiusmodi dispositionem implere differentee merentur, incurrant'. Si vero deputata in eorum xenodochio^, quod fiendum eet, quantitae' videtur forte non poese sufGcere, locus" ia quo xenodocbium ipsum fiierat conetituendum vel quicquid ibi relictum est xenodochio sancti Theodorl', quod in praedicta civitate a Petro quoudam constitutum est, applicetur, quatenua et beredes a eollicitudine vel laboro conetituendi xenodochii vateant exui et voluntas defuncti Balubriter sumat effecturo", dum, etsi in loco alio, ipsi tamen rei quicquid a teetatore deputatum est erbgatur. Ita experientia tua sollicitudinem gerat, ut unum e duobua eine aliqua debeat fieri" tarditate. «al>tu ind. Cl. 2. ■) Bcripts om., led add. m. 3 C2. >>} praeagere Cl. 2, nd cott. C2. '} ut hic add. C 4. <') patimar, uf videtur, C2. *) contristriBl*ri CS; es conitri«tari eorr. C3. ^) Appolioniu« C2.3, tedeorr. CS. s) \Uon C l 2. 3. ^) ttiKUMa im. Cl. ') Tertmn Ci. IX, 36. •) pis C3. ") iDtentio om. Cl. «) nt •ffectnin C 1. 3. 3, led corr. C'3. ■») HUidori U Cl. 2; Yeidori C3. •) pro C3. P«nonnit« C1.2 et ex PBDonnite eorr. C3. t) feetiuet C3. 3. >■) iMHtTTam de C I. 2. S; iam tynnnide C4. ') in Aic add. C3. ^) xenodochis C3. >) ex quautu eorr. C 1. ») loonm Cl.2. 3. ") sffectum C1.3. •>) 6eri om. eodd. n„ led add m. 2. C2; compleri C4. IX, 34. De LeotOio eiuaqat wiunere cf. ep. VIII, 33 n. IX,4n.3. I) De Apolbmio ef. ep. 49 IX, le n.l. IX, 36. De FatUmo, miore pairiawnii Ptmomalani, ef. ep. III, 56 n. IV, 43 n. i) Cf. C. I. 1,3,46. 2) De mona*terio S. Theodori cf. ep. I, 9. V, 4 n. 1.2 ; RoA. Pirrwn in 3ic. mcra p. 31. 23. Beo, OftEO. U. 9 yGoogle GBEI50R1! T. KEGISTI CMd. C .■a.3. «. £\*.i Jf; L*. X£ ™. .-T. '.; L*. IX <ii. ". - ^'■■*< J GREG*JKIVS iSTHEMIO SU >j-i-*VT\ tte r.;:n.' ie i? eis Tili* d-f-jcia ar.jie ci^c:! ,GoogIe ecGlesiaeticis nihil impendati, sed in ea illi'' quatn exhibet hospitalitate proficiat, quia dignum est, ut bono laudandoque operi'= concurrere ac ferre conBultum modis omnibus debeamus.