Letter 9193

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Unknown|gregory great
From: Pope Gregory I
To: Anthemius, Subdeacon
Date: July 599 AD
Context: Gregory commends Donatus, the bearer of this letter

Donatus, who carries this letter to you, is a man known to us and deserving of your assistance. I commend him to your care and ask you to help him in whatever he requires within your authority to provide. This kind of personal commendation is not given lightly — treat it as an expression of our confidence in both the man commended and the one to whom he is commended.

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