20 surviving letters between Gregory the Great (Wisigothic) and John, spanning c. 590–604.
A monastery dedicated to the holy proto-martyr Stephen is to be consecrated, and it is right that such a dedication...
Given the present dangers [the Lombard invasions that were making many Italian towns unsafe], the episcopal seat of...
The case involving Leo, bishop of Catania, has reached a point where I must give you clearer direction.
I want to commend to you the work of Bishop Secundinus, who handled the case of Anastasius with exactly the kind of...
I am directing you to see to it that Centegus and his wife Flora receive the ten pounds of gold that have been...
Sacred vessels belonging to the church have been sold — sold by clergy who had no right to sell them.
A man named Felix has come to my attention.
A dispute has arisen involving the church's land agents [actores — the officials who managed the church's...
Ten pounds of gold are to be paid to the bishop Basil of Capua [for the ransom of captives — ransoming Christians...
I am receiving complaints that the annual grain supply [annona — the public food distribution that had been part of...
I am writing on behalf of Leontius, the ex-consul.
The case of Rusticiana and the invasion of her property has been dragging on for too long.
I am writing to you as well about the unjust encroachment on Faustus's property.
I must address a practice that has been reported to me and that I regard as problematic: the appointment of clerics...
Gregory to John, bishop of Prima Justiniana.
I am granting you the use of the pallium [the wool vestment worn across the shoulders that signified metropolitan or...
We are commanded by the Lord's precepts to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to share in their afflictions as...
Not much time has passed since certain matters concerning your brotherhood were reported to us, about which, as we...
Brother, I must ask you to attend more carefully to the material well-being of your clergy.
I must ask your personal intervention on behalf of two men: Passisinus — a man of great distinction — and Blanca,...