Letter 9191

From: Pope Gregory I To: Boninus, Defender Date: ~599 AD Context: Gregory directs Boninus to help monks collect servants belonging to the Roman monastery of Saint Demetrius The monks who carry this letter are engaged in the task of recovering servants who belong to the Roman monastery of Saint Demetrius. This is a legitimate exercise of the monastery's property rights, and I ask you to assist them in their efforts. Use your authority as defender to facilitate the process wherever you can and to overcome any obstruction they encounter. A monastery's household must be properly organized if it is to function as God intends, and those who obstruct the lawful recovery of its members are obstructing the work of the Church.

rilius noster Fortunatus* abbas monasterit sancti Demetrii''', quod in hac urbe Roma° situm est, latores pracsentium monachos suos illic'' pro recolligendis mancipiis •) volunt C3. h) ex fucriiit ^arr. V2. ') in iniiiiictiR C2.3. IX 190 in llltiln: Clipitiiiti add. C'l. •) indiobit codil. n, led eorr. C2 m. 2. ^) nobts om., led pait. ttipTairr. C2. =) portitor C 3. 3. •'} Ua tdd.; s codd. n. •) pereoLvore eodd. n. *) renuuiere eodd. «. B) n- ab cott. C2. ") liniim tadd. n., *nJ eorr. m. 2 C2. I) qui C 1. "■) Ua «r.; solli- ciludine eodd.n. ') («m. flmDinn) vigilaiiti cuiicta «en'onlur 1'al.A ; n. vigiliinti id cuncta c. eonieit Momnuen. IX, 191 in titHio: BonlnK eotLl. n.; er Bobnin» rorr. CS; Boiiiln edd. •) Furt. eodd. n. '') 8e- ; melrii CI.2. ral. A (ed. .V); l-lmetrii C3; Simitrii (.'•!,■ Severial edd. ") ita Cl; Ronisnfi Ca.3. IX, J90. De Authemio, «ctore patritntmii Campanine, cf. ep. 1,23 n, — 1} (^. MonanMM m ZnlDchr. f. Soeinl- und Wirtkxhafl^eadt. I p. 46. IX, 191. Boninu* ubi defenaor fuerit, nttcimus. 1) In dial. I, 4. 10 commemaralitr Forinnatuf abbHs iuoQii.st«>rii quod nppcllutur biklneuin Cirerotiia. joogle iuris 8ui monasteni, quae iUic latitare diciintur, diri^eQB petiit, ut experientiae* tuae eis debeant adesse solacia. Eapropter praescnti tibi auctoritate praecipimua, ut eis in omoibuB salva ratione concurrerc' ac opitulare festincs, quatenuB te illic coram posito atque in hac causa ferente solacia, salubriter haec citius valeant' quae aibi iniuncta sunt ad efiectum Deo adiutore perducere.