Letter 9084

From: Gregory the Great, Pope, in Rome To: Benenatus, Bishop of Tindari [Sicily] Date: ~599 AD Context: Gregory directs Benenatus to consecrate an oratory in honor of Saints Severinus and Juliana. Gregory to Benenatus, bishop of Tindari. An oratory has been prepared in honor of the holy Severinus and the holy Juliana. I direct you to consecrate it. Perform the consecration carefully and with the reverence the occasion demands. The dedication of places of prayer to the saints is a good work for the whole community; do it in a way that honors both the saints and the community that will pray there. Gregory

AD BENENATUM TUNDARITANUM EPISCOPUN. Ut oratorium in honorem sanctorum Severini et Juliane consecret. Gregorins Benenato episcopo * Tundaritano. Januaria, religiosa ſemina, petitoria nobis insinua- tione suggessit , quod habetur in subditis, in massa Furiana juris sui oralorium se pro $ua devotione ſundasse, quod in honorem sanctorum Severini cou- ſessoris et Julianz martyris desiderat consecrari. Et ideo, rater cbarissime , $i in luz parochiz memo- rata constructio jure consistit, et nullum corpus ibi- dem cons1at humatum , percepla primitus donatione legitima , id est in redita Þ praestantes liberos a tri- dirigere deberemus. Quam petitionem vesiram cura- vimus effectui mancipandum. Fraternitas ergo veslra s0lito 8tudio perscrutari non differat , qualenus jin locis quibus recondendz $sunt, luminaria vel Þ ali. monia ibidem servientium ante dedicationem loci ipsius debeant profligari, et tunc in eisdem loeis directa sanctuaria sui cum reverentia collocentur, ne loca Deo dicata, sj pr:rdicta provisio omissa nunc fuerit, futuris temporibus destituta, quod ab- Sit, servientium reperiantar obsequiis. EPISTOLA LXXXVYIL.' AD, GAUDIOSUM EUGUBINUM EPISCOPUM. T adinatis Kcclesie visitationem delegat. Gregorins- Gaudioso episcopo ® Eugubino. butis ſiscalibus s0lidos decem &* gestisque municipa- gy Cognoscentes Þ Eeclesiam Tadinatem Ci1 $acer- libus alligata, predictum oratorium absque missis publicis solemniter consecrabis ; ita ut in eodem loco nec ſuturis temporibus baptiislerium construatur, nec presbyterum constituas cardinalem. Sed si * missas ibi fleri suprascripla conditrix ſorte voluerit, a dile- ctione tua presbyterum noverit postulandum, qua- tenus nihil tale a quolibet alio sacerdote ullatenus presumatur. Sanctuaria vero SUSCepla Sui cum reve- reatia collocabis.