Letter 2004: The garden which belonged to Felicianus is to be transferred to the monastery of the handmaids of God.

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Sabinus, Guardian (Defensorem)|c. 591 AD|Pope Gregory the Great|AI-assisted
monasticismproperty economics

Gregory to Sabinus, subdeacon.

The garden which belonged to Felicianus is to be transferred to the monastery of the handmaids of God. Make the necessary arrangements to accomplish this transfer properly and with appropriate documentation so that the monastery's right to the property is secure.

The monastery in question serves God through the lives of women dedicated to his service. Their material needs — including the ability to produce food for themselves — are part of what enables that dedicated life. Property administered on behalf of such communities is to be treated with the same care and diligence we apply to all church property.

See to the transfer promptly.
Gregory

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Latin / Greek Original

AD SABINUM SUBDIACONUM.
Hortum Feliciani monas'terio ancillarum Dei traden»
dum.
Gregorius Sabino subdiacono.
Uſlicio pietalis impellimur monasteriis provida con-

colligitur, Gussaxv.

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Projectitius episcopus Narniens's el Interamnz exci-
Sx: creatus ann. 5c5. Obiit autem 595. Dicitur Inter»
amna . desolatla, quia eam Totila, occis0 episrops
Proculo, exscindi jusserat circa ann. 547, Unde cu-
ram ejus gesserunt episcopi Narniense> usque al ann,
6v6, quo restaurata Interainna, Anagstasius acrlama
lus est episcopus Iliteramnensis. Gossavy. In Ms.
nomen hvjus episco}4i varie scribitur, Prejectio, Pro-
jecuo; $ed maxime Prajecto, ut babent Vatic. plu«
rimi, Norm., Corb., Regii, Andeg. In Excusis, con-
$entiente Colbert., Prejectitio,

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Interamnam. |

© Vulgati, aſflixit, reluctantibus 4 Vaticanis, Norni.,
etc. De verbi addico siguificatione jum dictum lib. N
Moral., num. 15, Vide eliam lib. rx, nun, 52, hÞ.
xx11, num. 22 : $i enim de prosperitalte addicitur, el
de calamilate s& odientis letatur. Paulo autea : Cunt
nec de proſectu addicimur, :

4 De zelo + 7th Supra, epist. 17, lib. 1, et infra,
lib. v, epist. 44.

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depulati esse noscuntur, necessilatem aliquam, quod
averlat Dominus, possint sustinere. Keoque expe-
rientix luz hac aucloritle precipimus, ut hortum
quondam Feliciani presbyteri positum in regione pri-

ma, ante gradus 8anctze Sabine, excusalione post-

posita, monaslerio Euprepiz, in quo ancillarum Dei
congregalio esse dignoscitur, jure proprietario pos-
zidendum tradere sine ambiguitate ſestinet, qualenus
nostre beneſicio largitatis in Dei servitio, ips0 quo-
que suffragante, 8ecuris mentibus perseverent *.

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