Letter 5002: The tenor of the report submitted to you sufficiently explains the complaint of the religious lady Theodosia, in which we have found on reading it many heads of accusation, not befitting priestly gentleness, against our brother and fellow bishop Januarius; so much so that, after the foundation by her of a monastery for servants of God, all that ...
Gregory to Felix, Bishop, and Cyriacus, Abbot.
The report submitted to you makes sufficiently clear the complaint of the religious lady Theodosia, in which we found -- upon reading it -- many accusations against our brother and fellow bishop Januarius that are unbecoming of priestly gentleness. It appears that after her foundation of a monastery for servants of God, everything associated with greed, disorder, and injustice was on display at the very dedication of the oratory.
If the case is as described in her report, and if you are aware of any additional improprieties that have been committed, I urge you first to see that all wrongs are redressed, then to press upon Musicus, the abbot of the monastery of Agilitanus, to devote his immediate and full attention to settling the monks he had begun to establish there. Let this venerable place be put in order by you -- with the Lord's help -- in a decent and proper manner, so that we are not disturbed by the frequent complaints of this religious woman that her good intentions go unfulfilled, and so that the neglect of so pious an undertaking -- which we trust will not occur -- does not fall on your souls.
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