Letter 3040: The instructions I gave you in my previous letter are to be carried out as directed.

Gregory to Peter, subdeacon of Campania. Some days ago we wrote to you that you should carefully examine Numerius, deacon of the church of Nuceria, and if nothing stood in the way of his advancement to the priesthood, you should send him here to be consecrated, God willing. Therefore if, after making the examination we spoke of, you are going to send the aforesaid deacon to us, you will take care to admonish the clergy and people of that city to come with him, as many as are able, so that in their presence, if it pleases God and he is to be ordained, he may be consecrated. Furthermore, since Felix the defensor is said to have a slave girl named Catella, who with great tears and earnest desire seeks the habit of the religious life, but her aforesaid master does not allow her to convert, we therefore wish your experience to go to the aforesaid Felix, and carefully inquire into the girl's intention; and if you find it to be as described, pay her price to her master, and send her here with trustworthy persons, with the Lord's help, to be placed in a monastery. But do this in such a way that through any slowness of your action the aforesaid girl's soul may not suffer any harm in her desire.

AD -PETRUM $SUBDIACONUY. Numerium diaconum, 8i episcopatu diqnum judicet, Romam miltal consecrandum. Catellam 8ervam , 5i animo. sincero monaslicum habitum pelit, a Felice redimat. Gregorius Petro subdiacono Campaniz. Ante aliquot dies tibi scripsimus, ut Nnmerium diaconum * Nucerinz Ecclesiz interrogare Þ subtili- © In Cod., lib. 1, tit. 40 : Judeus servum Chrislia- num nec comparare debebit, nec largitatis aut alio quocunque litulo consequetur. Quod 5i aliquis Judao- ruM..... non 80lum mancipii damno mulletur, verum eliam capilali sen'entia puniatur, etc. Kt lege 8-quente: Graecus, seu Paganus, e: Judaus, et Samaritanus, et alius harelicus, id est, non eiislens orthodorus, non potest Christianum mancipium habere, etc. Lege di- Slinct. 04, et extra., leg. 'y, tit. 6, de Judzis, cap. 2. Infra, passim, de Judzis, necnon in conciliis Galliz, ubi plura videbantur Judzis permissa, quz prosequi. nos(ri non esl jnstituti. Gussaxv. Vide, infra, lib. 1y, episl. 21, et Eusebium, lib. iy de Vita Constanlini, Cc. 27, ubi refert pium imperatorem legem tulisse, ne Christianus, ullus Serviret Judatis; et $i quis Chri- S|lane religionis 8ervus penes Judzum deprebende- retur, illum quidem liberate donandum, Judzum vero pecunia multandum, Eeisr. XXXIX [AlL. 58]. — © Recent. Ed., redigere, Inconsullis Sane Mss., sallem antiq. et potioribus. © Turon. Co. S. Gatianij, cui concinit Edit. Pa- ris. 1518, addit ; Mense Junio, indict. 11. Eersr. XL [Al. 59]. — * Nuceria urbs olim Cam- panie in Picentinis, nunc principatus Cciterjoris if regnv Neapolit., adhuc episcopalis $ub archiep. $9 lermtlano. » Id es, curiosius, diligentius ; quo Sensu Spe 2 | OO I OT rr rn Pm e oommmmmmmmw man — —_— -—vo_—_—_ — — __ EPISTOLARUM L1B. II. — INDICT. XI. — EPIST. XLII ter debuisses$; et $i nihil esset quod'ei ad sacerdotii A tradere festinabis; ita ut nulla exiade ei sit quoquo- gradum potuisset obsislere, huc eum consecrandum Deo auctore transmitteres. Et ideo si, facta interro- gatioue quam diximus, Suprascriptum ad nos dia- conum transmissurus es, clerum et populum civita- tis ipsius admonere curabis, ut cum eo quanticun- que potuerint venire non differant, quatenus els presentibus, si Deo placuerit et ordinandus ſuerit, consecretur. G : Preterea quia Felix defensor puellam nomine Catellam habere dicitur, quz enum magnis lacrymis et vehementi desiderio habitum conversationis ap- petit, sed eam prefatus dominus Suus converti © mi- nime permiltit, proinde volumus ut 'experienlia tua prefatum 4 Felicem adeat, aique puella ejusdem animum S$ollicite requirat; ct si ita es:e cognoverit, pretium ejusdem puella suz domino prebeat, et buc eam in monasterio dandam cum personis gra- vibus, Domino auxiliante, transmittat. Ita vero hec age, ut non per lentam G5Z& actionem (uam pra- ſaiz puellze anima detrimentium aliquod in desiderio $UO Suslineat.