Letter 5124

Gregory the Great (Wisigothic)Unknown|gregory great
From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome
To: Castorius, deacon
Date: ~595 AD
Context: Gregory instructs Castorius to investigate the lives of bishops and priests in the Pisaurum area — a second assignment of this type.

Gregory to Castorius, deacon.

The investigation of the clergy in your assigned area is to continue and to be completed. I am following up because I have not received the report I was expecting.

The quality of the clergy in any region is not a matter to be investigated once and forgotten; it requires ongoing attention. But at this point I specifically need the report from the investigation I assigned you previously.

When is it coming?
Gregory

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.