Fantinus, Guardian (Defensorem)

defensor and rector of the papal patrimony in Sicily (correspondent of Gregory the Great)|Palermo (Panormus), Sicily
Fantinus was a defensor of the Roman Church under Pope Gregory the Great (papacy 590-604), one of the lay or clerical agents Gregory deployed to administer the papal patrimony and enforce ecclesiastical discipline in the provinces. The letters of Gregory's Register address a defensor Fantinus serving as rector of the patrimony in Sicily, based at Panormus (Palermo), where he managed church estates, oversaw clergy, and handled legal and financial matters on the pope's behalf. Beyond his role as a recipient of Gregory's administrative correspondence he is little attested, and details of his career rest almost entirely on these letters.
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From Basil of Caesareac. 363 AD

I am very much astonished to hear that, after the kind promises which you made and which were only such as might be expected from your generous character, you have now forgotten them and are putting violent and stern pressure on our sister. What to think, under the circumstances, I really do not know. I know from many who have experienced your l...

basil caesarea #108
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 591 AD

I want to remind you that I have already addressed this matter with Bishop Victor directly: the synagogues of...

gregory great #9038
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 596 AD

The books and furnishings belonging to the monastery of the abbot Fuscus have been improperly taken or withheld.

gregory great #10014
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 596 AD

A dispute has arisen between the bishops Sabinianus and Theodorus about expenses incurred for hospitality, and also...

gregory great #10124
From Pope Gregory the Greatc. 598 AD

Furthermore, let it be your care to enquire with all zeal and diligence whether the above-named monastery over which the aforesaid lady presides has sufficient means, or whether it suffers any need. And whatever you may truly ascertain, as well as what is done with respect to those who desire to be baptized, make haste to inform us in full. The ...

gregory great #8023
From Pope Gregory the Greatc. 599 AD

A little time ago we wrote to Victor, our brother and fellow bishop, that — inasmuch as certain of the Jews have complained in a petition presented to us that synagogues with their -chambers, situated in the city of Panormus, had by him been unreasonably taken possession of — he should keep aloof from their congregation until it could be ascerta...

gregory great #9055
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 601 AD

The heirs of Isidorus committed to build a hospice [xenodochium — a house for the care of pilgrims and the poor].

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From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 601 AD

From the estate of the late deacon Servideus, you are to distribute the following: ten horses are to go to the...

gregory great #12039
From Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)c. 603 AD

Gregory to Fantinus, defensor [a church legal officer responsible for protecting ecclesiastical property and rights].

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From Pope Gregory the Greatc. 604 AD

Such things about our brother and fellow bishop Exhilaratus, as you yourself also know, have come to our ears as ought by all means to be visited with severe punishment. But, since it has been smoothed over by our most reverend brother and fellow bishop Leo , who has also declared that he was judge in that case, we have thought it fit that he [i...

gregory great #14004